Coping with Climate Change: Principles and Asian Context

Coping with Climate Change
	Preface
	Contents
	List of Tables
	List of Figures
	List of Boxes
	Chapter 1: The History of Climate
		1.1 Changing the Climate for Development
		1.2 Formation of Asia
		1.3 Climate in the Pre-pottery Neolithic
		1.4 Climate, the First Technological Revolution and Urbanization
		1.5 Asian Climate After Kyoto Protocol
		References
	Chapter 2: Industrial Revolutions, Climate Change and Asia
		2.1 Industrial Revolution and Asia
		2.2 Air Pollution and CO2
		References
	Chapter 3: Changing Environment: Where Will This Lead to?
		3.1 Changing Environment and Impact on Biodiversity in Asian Context
		3.2 Climate Change and Asian Economics
		3.3 Transcending the Tensions Between Climate and Development
		References
	Chapter 4: Greenhouse Gas Inventory
		4.1 Green House Gases and Asia
		4.2 Countrywise Scenario in Asia
		References
	Chapter 5: Climate Change and Hydro-Meteorological Risks in Asia
		5.1 Introduction to Hydro-Meteorological Disasters
		5.2 Effect of Climate Change on Hydro-Meteorological Risk
		References
	Chapter 6: Asian Geological Settings: Its Effect on Climate Change and Disaster
		6.1 Geological Setting and Common Disasters in Asia
			6.1.1 Main Geographical Features
		6.2 Climate Change and Disasters After Industrialization
		References
	Chapter 7: Climatic and Non Climatic Hazards: Asian Context
		7.1 Land Movement Disasters
		7.2 Water related Disasters
		7.3 Weather Disasters
		7.4 Fire
		7.5 Health and Disease
		7.6 Cumulative Effect of Man Made and Climatic Hazards
		References
	Chapter 8: Predicting Disaster: Asian Scenario
		8.1 Non-climate Induced Risks
		8.2 Climate Induced Disasters
		References
	Chapter 9: Early Warning Systems and Their Effectiveness in Asia
		9.1 Biological Warning Systems
		9.2 Man-Made Warning Systems
		References
	Chapter 10: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia
		10.1 Adaptation and Adoption: Human Strategy
		10.2 Adaptation and Adoption: Strategy of Other Species
		10.3 Adaptation to Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable Development and Equity
		References
	Chapter 11: Prediction of Regional Climate Change
		11.1 Factors Affecting Asian Regional Climate
		11.2 Future Emphasis
		References
	Chapter 12: Capacity Assessment: Is Asia Ready to Face Climate Change
		12.1 Climate Forecast and Data Products That Support Decision-Making
		12.2 Making Decision-Support Information Responsive to Decision-Maker
		12.3 Looking Toward the Future
		References
	Chapter 13: Hazard and Risk Assessment
		13.1 Aerial Mapping and Surveying
		13.2 Riverine Flooding Analyses
		13.3 Coastal Flooding Analyses and Mapping
		13.4 Shallow Flooding Analyses and Mapping
		13.5 Ice-Jam Analyses and Mapping
		13.6 Alluvial Fan Flooding Analyses and Mapping
		13.7 Mapping of Areas Protected by Levee Systems
		References
	Chapter 14: Preventing and Mitigation of Disasters
		14.1 Coping with Natural Hazards
		14.2 Planning and Preparation for Different Time Scales
		14.3 Planning for Environmental Emergencies and Climate Change
		14.4 Being Prepared Saves Lives
		References
	Chapter 15: Sea Level Change and Asia
		15.1 History and Reality of Sea level Change
		15.2 Impact on Flora and Fauna
		15.3 Impact on Asian Society
		References
	Chapter 16: Impact on Biodiversity: Asian Scenario
		16.1 Changing Species Demography
		16.2 Vanishing Species
		References
	Chapter 17: Changing Livelihood Due to Climate Change: Asian Perspective
		17.1 Difficulties in Agriculture
			17.1.1 Rice
			17.1.2 Potato
			17.1.3 Wheat
			17.1.4 Maize
			17.1.5 Tomato
			17.1.6 Cassava
			17.1.7 Rubber
			17.1.8 Sugar Cane
			17.1.9 Groundnut
			17.1.10 Garlic
			17.1.11 Onion
			17.1.12 Oil Palm
			17.1.13 Asparagus
			17.1.14 Cocoa
			17.1.15 Horticultural Crops
			17.1.16 Livestock
			17.1.17 Pests and Diseases
		17.2 Dropping Fish Reserves
		17.3 Diminishing Forest
		References
	Chapter 18: Accelerating Innovation and Decelerating Climate Change
		18.1 The Tools, Technologies, and Institutions
		18.2 International Collaboration
		18.3 Kyoto Protocol and Asia
		18.4 Public Programs, Policies, and Innovation
		18.5 Existing Climate-Finance Instruments
			18.5.1 Uncertain Environmental Integrity
			18.5.2 Inadequate Contribution to Sustainable Development
			18.5.3 Weak Governance and Inefficient Operation
			18.5.4 Limited Scope
			18.5.5 Uncertainty About Market Continuity
			18.5.6 Cash and Carbon May Not Move in Same Direction
		References
	Appendix A: Glossary
	Appendix B: Abbreviation Used in This Book
	Appendix C: Impact of Climate Change on Individual Asian Countries
		Afghanistan
		Armenia
		Azerbaijan
		Bahrain
		Bangladesh
		Bhutan
		Brunei Darussalam
		Cambodia
		China
		East Timor
		India
		Indonesia
		Iran
		Iraq
		Israel
		Japan
		Jordan
		Kazakhstan
		Korea, Dem. People´s Republic
		Korea, Republic of
		Kuwait
		Kyrgyzstan
		Lao
		Lebanon
		Malaysia
		Mongolia
		Myanmar
		Nepal
		Oman
		Pakistan
		Papua New Guinea
		Philippines
		Saudi Arabia
		Singapore
		Sri Lanka
		Syria
		Tajikistan
		Thailand
		Turkey
		Turkmenistan
		United Arab Emirates
		Uzbekistan
		Vietnam
		Yemen
	Index