Environments of the poor in South Asia : simultaneously reducing poverty, protecting the environment, and adapting to climate change

By:

Sinha, Anushree & Others Eds

Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2015Description: xxiv,336pISBN:

9780199453634

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DDC classification:

362.5 SIN

Contents:

Contents List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes ix Foreword by Jairam Ramesh xv Acknowledgements xxiii Section I: The Environments of the Poor-Using a Spatial Approach 1. Reducing Poverty by Protecting the Environment and Adapting to Climate Change 3 Anushree Sinha and Armin Bauer 2. Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor to Climate Change by Mainstreaming Their Adaptations to It 13 C.R. Ranganathan, K. Palanisami, K.R. Kakumanu, and B. Agastin Section II: Dryland Poverty 3. Dryland Poverty and Climate Change in South Asia 31 Amita Shah 4. Promoting Livelihood Security for the Poor in the Fragile Drylands of Rural Rajasthan 52 Sunil Ray Section III: Coastal Poverty 5. Poverty in Coastal Bangladesh 73 Mohammad Yunus and Binayak Sen 6. Climate Change and Coastal Poverty in Bangladesh 95 Mohd. Shahadt Hossain Mahmud 7. Adapting to Climate Change in the Coastal Areas of Sri Lanka 111 Shanila Athulathmudali, Amila Balasuriya, and Karin Fernando Section IV: Floodland Poverty 8. Coping with Natural Disaster in the Sunderban Delta of India 133 Santadas Ghosh 9. Watershed Development as a Way of Creating Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural India 152 Rajesh Jaiswal 10. Poverty and Pakistan's 2010 Flood 169 G.M. Arif, N. Iqbal, and S. Farooq 11. Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Odisha Rural Livelihoods Project 191 G. Bhaskar Reddy Section V: Upland Poverty 12. The Role of the Environment in Upland Poverty in Nepal 211 Shyam Upadhyaya 13. Modernizing the Cooking Fuel of the Poor in Upland Nepal 233 Min Bikram Malla Thakuri Section VI: Slumland Poverty 14. Slum Poverty in Asia: Characteristics, Policy Responses, New Challenges, and Opportunities 257 Banashree Banerjee 15. Slum Poverty in Bangladesh: Environment and Climate Change as Factors 176 Dilruba Banu 16. The Influence of the Environment on Poor and Migrant Women in India's Slums 289 Anushree Sinha 17. The Green and Pro-poor Role of Informal Public Transportation in India 306 Anvita Arora, Mats Jarnhammar, and Faizan Jawed Siddiqi Index 321 About the Editors and Contributors 334

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Contents
List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes ix
Foreword by Jairam Ramesh xv
Acknowledgements xxiii
Section I: The Environments of the Poor-Using a Spatial Approach
1. Reducing Poverty by Protecting the Environment and Adapting to Climate Change 3
Anushree Sinha and Armin Bauer
2. Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor to Climate Change by
Mainstreaming Their Adaptations to It 13
C.R. Ranganathan, K. Palanisami, K.R. Kakumanu, and B. Agastin
Section II: Dryland Poverty
3. Dryland Poverty and Climate Change in South Asia 31
Amita Shah
4. Promoting Livelihood Security for the Poor in the Fragile Drylands of Rural Rajasthan 52
Sunil Ray
Section III: Coastal Poverty
5. Poverty in Coastal Bangladesh 73
Mohammad Yunus and Binayak Sen
6. Climate Change and Coastal Poverty in Bangladesh 95
Mohd. Shahadt Hossain Mahmud
7. Adapting to Climate Change in the Coastal Areas of Sri Lanka 111
Shanila Athulathmudali, Amila Balasuriya, and Karin Fernando
Section IV: Floodland Poverty
8. Coping with Natural Disaster in the Sunderban Delta of India 133
Santadas Ghosh
9. Watershed Development as a Way of Creating Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural India 152
Rajesh Jaiswal
10. Poverty and Pakistan's 2010 Flood 169
G.M. Arif, N. Iqbal, and S. Farooq
11. Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Odisha Rural Livelihoods Project 191
G. Bhaskar Reddy
Section V: Upland Poverty
12. The Role of the Environment in Upland Poverty in Nepal 211
Shyam Upadhyaya
13. Modernizing the Cooking Fuel of the Poor in Upland Nepal 233
Min Bikram Malla Thakuri
Section VI: Slumland Poverty
14. Slum Poverty in Asia: Characteristics, Policy Responses, New Challenges, and Opportunities 257
Banashree Banerjee
15. Slum Poverty in Bangladesh: Environment and Climate Change as Factors 176
Dilruba Banu
16. The Influence of the Environment on Poor and Migrant Women in India's Slums 289
Anushree Sinha
17. The Green and Pro-poor Role of Informal Public Transportation in India 306
Anvita Arora, Mats Jarnhammar, and Faizan Jawed Siddiqi
Index 321
About the Editors and Contributors 334

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