This book is a thematic collection of previously unpublished essays on the condition of poor in difficult environmental conditions and documents some empirical observations on the interrelationship between poverty and environment. It covers Rajasthan and Odisha in India as case-studies of dry region; Sundarban delta as coastal region; India and Bangladesh's urban areas as slum regions; Nepal as upland; and Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as coastland case-study, and analyses the impact of depleting natural resources there.
This book is a thematic collection of previously unpublished essays on the condition of poor in difficult environmental conditions and documents some empirical observations on the interrelationship between poverty and environment. It covers Rajasthan and Odisha in India as case-studies of dry region; Sundarban delta as coastal region; India and Bangladesh's urban areas as slum regions; Nepal as upland; and Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as coastland case-study, and analyses the impact of depleting natural resources there.
Anushree Sinha is a macro and development economist currently working as Senior Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research. Armin Bauer is Principal Economist in the Regional and Sustainable Development Department of the Asian Development Bank Paul Bullen is a developmental editor who has written about the history and science of global warming and has taught law, political philosophy, and critical thinking
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* List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes * Foreword by Jairam Ramesh * Acknowledgements * Section I: The Environments of the Poor-Using a Spatial Approach * 1. Reducing Poverty by Protecting the Environment and Adapting to Climate Change * Anushree Sinha and Armin Bauer * 2. Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor to Climate Change by Mainstreaming Their Adaptations to It * C.R. Ranganathan, K. Palanisami, K.R. Kakumanu, and B. Agastin * Section II: Dryland Poverty * 3. Dryland Poverty and Climate Change in South Asia * Amita Shah * 4. Promoting Livelihood Security for the Poor in the Fragile Drylands of Rural Rajasthan * Sunil Ray * Section III: Coastal Poverty * 5. Poverty in Coastal Bangladesh * Mohammad Yunus and Binayak Sen * 6. Climate Change and Coastal Poverty in Bangladesh * Mohd. Shahadt Hossain Mahmud * 7. Adapting to Climate Change in the Coastal Areas of Sri Lanka * Shanila Athulathmudali, Amila Balasuriya, and Karin Fernando * Section IV: Floodland Poverty * 8. Coping with Natural Disaster in the Sunderban Delta of India * Santadas Ghosh * 9. Watershed Development as a Way of Creating Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural India * Rajesh Jaiswal * 10. Poverty and Pakistan's 2010 Flood * G.M. Arif, N. Iqbal, and S. Farooq * 11. Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Odisha Rural Livelihoods Project * G. Bhaskar Reddy * Section V: Upland Poverty * 12. The Role of the Environment in Upland Poverty in Nepal * Shyam Upadhyaya * 13. Modernizing the Cooking Fuel of the Poor in Upland Nepal * Min Bikram Malla Thakuri * Section VI: Slumland Poverty * 14. Slum Poverty in Asia: Characteristics, Policy Responses, New Challenges, and Opportunities * Banashree Banerjee * 15. Slum Poverty in Bangladesh: Environment and Climate Change as Factors * Dilruba Banu * 16. The Influence of the Environment on Poor and Migrant Women in India's Slums * Anushree Sinha * 17. The Green and Pro-poor Role of Informal Public Transportation in India * Anvita Arora, Mats Jarnhammar, and Faizan Jawed Siddiqi * Index * About the Editors and Contributo
* List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes * Foreword by Jairam Ramesh * Acknowledgements * Section I: The Environments of the Poor-Using a Spatial Approach * 1. Reducing Poverty by Protecting the Environment and Adapting to Climate Change * Anushree Sinha and Armin Bauer * 2. Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor to Climate Change by Mainstreaming Their Adaptations to It * C.R. Ranganathan, K. Palanisami, K.R. Kakumanu, and B. Agastin * Section II: Dryland Poverty * 3. Dryland Poverty and Climate Change in South Asia * Amita Shah * 4. Promoting Livelihood Security for the Poor in the Fragile Drylands of Rural Rajasthan * Sunil Ray * Section III: Coastal Poverty * 5. Poverty in Coastal Bangladesh * Mohammad Yunus and Binayak Sen * 6. Climate Change and Coastal Poverty in Bangladesh * Mohd. Shahadt Hossain Mahmud * 7. Adapting to Climate Change in the Coastal Areas of Sri Lanka * Shanila Athulathmudali, Amila Balasuriya, and Karin Fernando * Section IV: Floodland Poverty * 8. Coping with Natural Disaster in the Sunderban Delta of India * Santadas Ghosh * 9. Watershed Development as a Way of Creating Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural India * Rajesh Jaiswal * 10. Poverty and Pakistan's 2010 Flood * G.M. Arif, N. Iqbal, and S. Farooq * 11. Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Odisha Rural Livelihoods Project * G. Bhaskar Reddy * Section V: Upland Poverty * 12. The Role of the Environment in Upland Poverty in Nepal * Shyam Upadhyaya * 13. Modernizing the Cooking Fuel of the Poor in Upland Nepal * Min Bikram Malla Thakuri * Section VI: Slumland Poverty * 14. Slum Poverty in Asia: Characteristics, Policy Responses, New Challenges, and Opportunities * Banashree Banerjee * 15. Slum Poverty in Bangladesh: Environment and Climate Change as Factors * Dilruba Banu * 16. The Influence of the Environment on Poor and Migrant Women in India's Slums * Anushree Sinha * 17. The Green and Pro-poor Role of Informal Public Transportation in India * Anvita Arora, Mats Jarnhammar, and Faizan Jawed Siddiqi * Index * About the Editors and Contributo
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