Devendraraj Madhanagopal

Local Adaptation to Climate Change in South India (eBook, ePUB)

Challenges and the Future in the Tsunami-hit Coastal Regions

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book critically discusses the vulnerabilities and local adaptation actions of the traditional marine fishers of the tsunami-hit coastal regions of South India to climate change and risks,with an emphasis on their local institutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000846966
• Artikelnr.: 67393602

Autorenporträt

Devendraraj Madhanagopal (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor ( I ) in the School of Sustainability at XIM University (Odisha, India). He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Mumbai, India). He is the recipient of several international travel grants/fellowships. His works appear in Environment, Development and Sustainability and Metropolitics journals. He is the corresponding editor of the following edited books: (i) Environment, Climate, and Social Justice: Perspectives and Practices from the Global South (2022), (ii) Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia: Sociopolitical Perspectives, Routledge, UK (forthcoming), and (iii) Social Work and Climate Justice: International Perspectives, Routledge, UK (forthcoming).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Coromandel Coast of South India: Centuries-old fishing
communities under climate change and disasters
Chapter 2 Conceptual underpinnings and introducing the framework
Chapter 3 Unraveling climate change and disasters: Navigating to the field
Chapter 4 Indigenous knowledge systems in confronting climate change:
Opportunities and constraints
Chapter 5 Living with climate change: Vulnerability and adaptation actions
Chapter 6 Local institutions: Boon or bane in local adaptation to climate
change?
Chapter 7 Fisherwomen and their agencies: Scope and challenges in adapting
to climate change.
Chapter 8 Conclusion and the way forward
Appendix (References)