Coping with Climate Change (Record no. 107611)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9783642196744
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-3-642-19674-4
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Classification number G1-922
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Subject category code SCI030000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 910
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chandrappa, Ramesha.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Coping with Climate Change
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Principles and Asian Context /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Ramesha Chandrappa, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha, Sushil Gupta.
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-- Imprint: Springer,
-- 2011.
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Extent XXI, 370p. 78 illus., 56 illus. in color.
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Formatted contents note The History of Climate Change -- Industrial Revolution, Climate Change and Asia -- Changing Environment - Where will this lead to? -- Greenhouse Gas Inventory -- Climate Change & Hydro-Meteorological Risks in Asia -- Asian Geological Settings its Effect on Climate Change and Disaster -- Climate and non Climatic Hazards -- Asian Context -- Predicting Disaster Asian Scenario -- Early Warning Systems and their Effectiveness in Asia -- Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia -- Prediction of regional climate change -- Capacity Assessment - is Asia ready to face Climate Change -- Hazard and Risk Assessment -- Preventing and Mitigation of Disasters -- Sea Level Change and Asia -- Impact of Biodiversity - Asian Scenario -- Changing Livelyhood due to Climate Change - Asian Perspective -- Accelerating Innovation and Decelerating Climate Change.-.
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Summary, etc The Environmental and climatic issues varies from continent to continent and is unique to Asia. Understanding the issues does need lot of research and study material which students may not be able to gather due to shortage of time and resources. Hence an effort is made by authors gathering there experience and academic input from renowned universities of world. Climate change is real and coping with it is major concern in coming days. Most of the books written and sold in the past need updating and customizing. The general description of climate change and world will not help the professionals and students. It needs to seen area wise as a professional will work in specific geographic area. Hence an effort is made to collect data from Asia which host most populated countries along with ecological hot spots.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Science (General).
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element System safety.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climatic changes.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geography.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geography (general).
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climate Change.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Earth Sciences, general.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Sciences, general.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular Science, general.
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Personal name Kulshrestha, Umesh Chandra.
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Personal name Gupta, Sushil.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9783642196737
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19674-4
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