Effects of Demographic Change on Environmental Degradation:
Evidence and Implications for India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
C.M. Lakshmana
Biodiversity Status and Climate Change Scenario
in Northeast India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
P. Saikia, A. Kumar and M.L. Khan
A Critical Analysis of Law Relating to Biodiversity Conservation
and Forest Ecosystem Management in India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Suresh V. Nadagoudar
Part II Methodological Issues; Socioeconomic and Vulnerability
Assessments
Knowledge-Based Climate Economy: Integrated Sciences,
Accelerated Convergence and Knowledge Resources Dynamics . . . . . . . 133
Giridhari Lal Pandit
Socio-economic and Agricultural Vulnerability Across Districts
of Karnataka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
K.V. Raju, R.S. Deshpande and B. Satyasiba
Knowledge, Perception and Socioeconomic Vulnerability
of Urban and Peri-urban Households to Heat Waves in Pakistan . . . . . 191
Khuda Bakhsh, Sara Rauf and Azhar Abbas
The Conflict Between Economy and Environment—An
Environmentally Extended Social Accounting Matrix for India . . . . . . . 203
Barun Deb Pal
Climate Change and Uncertainty in Agriculture: Does Crop
Insurance Help in India? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Meenakshi Rajeev, Manojit Bhattacharjee and B.P. Vani
Climate Change and Natural Capital: Some Veiled Issues
on Sustainable Livelihood in Agriculture Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Digambar Chand and Rajendra Gartia
Economic Impacts of Climate Change in India’s Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Kala Seetharam Sridhar
Economic Impact of Air Pollution from Agricultural Residue
Burning on Human Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Surender Kumar and Parmod Kumar
Environment Security and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Santosh Gawai and Vinod Sen
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Contents
Evidence and Implications for India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
C.M. Lakshmana
Biodiversity Status and Climate Change Scenario
in Northeast India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
P. Saikia, A. Kumar and M.L. Khan
A Critical Analysis of Law Relating to Biodiversity Conservation
and Forest Ecosystem Management in India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Suresh V. Nadagoudar
Part II Methodological Issues; Socioeconomic and Vulnerability
Assessments
Knowledge-Based Climate Economy: Integrated Sciences,
Accelerated Convergence and Knowledge Resources Dynamics . . . . . . . 133
Giridhari Lal Pandit
Socio-economic and Agricultural Vulnerability Across Districts
of Karnataka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
K.V. Raju, R.S. Deshpande and B. Satyasiba
Knowledge, Perception and Socioeconomic Vulnerability
of Urban and Peri-urban Households to Heat Waves in Pakistan . . . . . 191
Khuda Bakhsh, Sara Rauf and Azhar Abbas
The Conflict Between Economy and Environment—An
Environmentally Extended Social Accounting Matrix for India . . . . . . . 203
Barun Deb Pal
Climate Change and Uncertainty in Agriculture: Does Crop
Insurance Help in India? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Meenakshi Rajeev, Manojit Bhattacharjee and B.P. Vani
Climate Change and Natural Capital: Some Veiled Issues
on Sustainable Livelihood in Agriculture Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Digambar Chand and Rajendra Gartia
Economic Impacts of Climate Change in India’s Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Kala Seetharam Sridhar
Economic Impact of Air Pollution from Agricultural Residue
Burning on Human Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Surender Kumar and Parmod Kumar
Environment Security and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Santosh Gawai and Vinod Sen
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Contents