Dimensions of Climate Change in India : A Development Perspective

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Climate change and development issues. 2. Climate change and global warming. 3. Climate change and allied agricultural development. Index. Climate change is one of the major challenges in front of the world. It effects the entire globe. Climate includes patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. Flood, drought cyclone, sea-level rise, speedy storms etc, are the main climate inducers which directly or indirectly affects the economy. Flood, drought, sea-level rise and cyclone are the major climatic events which affect all sectors primary, secondary and service sector. Energy sector like as hydro-power generation, wind power production solar energy liquid bio-fuel, thermal an nuclear power plants, etc. can also be affected. The book Dimensions of Climate Change in India: A Development Perspective contains thirty chapters contributed by learned writers, elaborating on various aspects of climate change, like environmental degradation global warming and loss of biodiversity. (jacket)