Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change

370 Pages·2022·21.468 MB·English

by  Rahul Bhadouria, Shweta Upadhyay, Sachchidanand Tripathi, Pardeep Singh

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Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change

Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change
Edited by
Rahul Bhadouria
University of Delhi
Shweta Upadhyay
Banaras Hindu University
Sachchidanand Tripathi
University of Delhi
Pardeep Singh
PGDAV College, University of Delhi
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Names: Bhadouria, Rahul, 1982– editor. | Upadhyay, Shweta, 1987– editor. |
Tripathi, Sachchidanand, editor. | Singh, Pardeep, editor.
Title: Urban ecology and global climate change / edited by Rahul Bhadouria,
University of Delhi, Shweta Upadhyay, Banaras Hindu University,
Sachchidanand Tripathi, University of Delhi, Pardeep Singh, PGDAV
College, University of Delhi.
Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2022. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022001032 (print) | LCCN 2022001033 (ebook) | ISBN
9781119807186 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119807193 (adobe pdf) | ISBN
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Subjects: LCSH: Urban ecology (Biology)--Environmental aspects. | Urban
ecology (Sociology)--Environmental aspects. | Urbanization. |
Overpopulation. | Climatic changes.
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Contents
List of Contributors viii
Foreword xiii
R. K. Kohli
Foreword xv
P. K. Joshi
Section 1 Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change: Introduction 1
1 Urban Ecology and Climate Change: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies 3
Rishikesh Singh, Pramit Verma, Vipin Kumar Singh, Pratap Srivastava, and Arun Kumar
2 Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Their Impact on Increased Occurrence of
Cardiometabolic Syndrome 30
Saptamita P. Choudhury, Arisha Arora, Nishi Jain, and Sanjay Kumar Dey
Section 2 Urban Landscape Design Using Emerging Techniques 57
3 An Alternative Sustainable City Framework to Tackle Climate Change Issues
in India 59
Sunny Bansal, Jayprakash Chadchan, and Joy Sen
4 Integrated Water Resource Management for Future
Water Security 73
Musarrat Parween
5 Water Urbanism and Multifunctional Landscapes: Case of Adyar River, Chennai,
and Ganga River, Varanasi, India 85
Vidhu Bansal, Sharmila Jagadisan, and Joy Sen
6 Urban Landscape Change Detection Using GIS and RS:
Chattogram City Corporation, Bangladesh 104
Mohammad Ali and Gul- e- Noor T. Hasnat
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7 Emerging Techniques for Urban Resource Restoration of Various Ecosystem:
Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Habitat Enhancement 121
Riddhi Shrivastava, Jabbar Khan, Govind Gupta, and Naveen K. Singh
8 Phytoremediation of Urban Air Pollutants: Current Status and Challenges 140
Anina James
Section 3 Biodiversity and Natural Resource Exploitation 163
9 Tree Benefits in Urban Environment and Incidences of Tree Vandalism: A Review
for Potential Solutions 165
Krishna K. Chandra, Rajesh Kumar, and Gunja Baretha
10 Environmental Status of Green Spaces in Bhaktapur District of Nepal – 2019 182
Samin Poudel, Shahnawaz, and Him L. Shrestha
11 Challenges and Opportunities of Establishing Jungle Flora Nursery in Urban
Settlements 204
Deepti Sharma and Sujata Sinha
12 Effect of the Changing Climate and Urban Ecology on Spreading of Infectious
Diseases Including SARS- CoV- 2 223
Joy K. Dey, Saiema Ahmedi, Nishi Jain, Sarika Bano, Nikhat Manzoor, and
Sanjay Kumar Dey
13 Human–Wildlife Conflict in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region – An Empirical
Study 250
Deepti Sharma and Prachi Sinha
Section 4 Urbanisation, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Climate
Change 273
14 Building Knowledge on Urban Sustainability in the Czech Republic:
A Self- assessment Approach 275
Svatava Janoušková and Tomáš Hák
15 A Sustainable Approach to Combat Climate Change: Case Studies from Some
Urban Systems 297
Meenakshi Chaurasia, Kajal Patel, Ranjana Singh, and Kottapalli S. Rao
Contents vii
Section 5 Climate Change and Threats to Ecological Conservation 321
16 Threats from Sea Level Rise and Erosion: A Case Study of An Estuarine Inhabited
Island Ghoramara, Hooghly Estuary 323
Niloy Pramanick, Eyadul Islam, Subhasree Banerjee, Rohit Mukherjee,
Arunashish Maity, Rituparna Acharyya, Abhra Chanda, Indrajit Pal,
and Anirban Mukhopadhyay
Index 346
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List of Contributors
Rituparna Acharyya Subhasree Banerjee
Department of Geography School of Oceanographic Studies
School of Earth Science Jadavpur University
Central University of Karnataka Kolkata
Karnataka West Bengal
India India
Sarika Bano
Saiema Ahmedi
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical
Department of Biosciences
Research
Jamia Millia Islamia
University of Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi
Delhi
Delhi
India
India
Mohammad Ali Sunny Bansal
Institute of Forestry and Environmental RCG School of Infrastructure Design and
Sciences Management
University of Chittagong IIT Kharagpur
Chittagong Kharagpur
Bangladesh West Bengal
India
Arisha Arora VIT School of Planning and Architecture
Department of Biotechnology VIT Vellore
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Vellore
Technology Allahabad Tamil Nadu
Prayagraj India
India
Vidhu Bansal
Department of Biosciences and VIT School of Planning and Architecture
Bioengineering Vellore Institute of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Vellore
Assam Tamil Nadu
India India