A SOURCE BOOK IN GEOLOGY
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 EVALUATION OF COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND RESILIENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 METHODOLOGY FOR BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS 1 3 DATA COLLECTION 1 4 RESULT 1 4 1 MOST RELEVANT SOURCES 1 4 2 SOURCE DYNAMICS 1 4 3 MOST RELEVANT AUTHORS 1 4 4 COUNTRY WISE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION 1 4 5 MOST GLOBALLY CITED DOCUMENTS 1 4 6 MOST FREQUENT WORDS 1 4 7 WORD GROWTH 1 4 8 CO-OCCURRENCE NETWORK 1 4 9 THEMATIC EVOLUTION 1 4 10 COUNTRY COLLABORATION MAP 1 5 DISCUSSION 1 6 CONCLUSION REFERENCES CLIMATE CHANGE, SOCIAL RESPONSE AND RESILIENCE 2 ASSESSING FLOOD RISK, INTENSITY, RECURRENCE TREND, AND INDIGENOUS COPING STRATEGIES OF THE TEESTA RIVERINE PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH 2 1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 2 3 MATERIALS AND METHODS 2 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 2 4 1 DISCHARGE PATTERN OF THE RIVER TEESTA IN THE STUDY AREA 2 4 2 FLOOD INTENSITY IN THE STUDY AREA 2 4 3 RECURRENCE TREND OF FLOOD IN THE STUDY AREA 2 4 4 INUNDATION AREA IN DIFFERENT FLOODING YEARS 2 4 5 IMPACTS OF FLOOD IN THE STUDY AREA 2 4 6 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT IN TEESTA FLOOD- PRONE AREA 2 4 7 INDIGENOUS COPING STRATEGIES 2 5 CONCLUSION 3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND LIVELIHOOD VULNERABILITY IN VIEW OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED BLOCKS OF SUNDARBAN, INDIA 3 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 3 2 1 STUDY AREA 3 2 2 METHODOLOGY 3 3 RESULTS 3 3 1 IMPLEMENTATION OF LAST TOOL, SLSI, ECVI 3 3 2 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADAPTIVE CAPACITY AND ADAPTATION IN THE LIGHT OF SLSI AND LAST MATRIX AND SLSI AND ECVI 3 4 DISCUSSION 3 4 1 LIVELIHOOD STATUS OF ECONOMICALLY MARGINALIZED PEOPLE 3 4 2 MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 3 5 CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4 BUILDING RESILIENT CITY IN COASTAL URBAN AREAS: CASE STUDY OF COMMUNITY ADAPTATION AND RESPONSE TOWARD CLIMATE CHANGE AND TIDAL FLOODS IN SEMARANG, INDONESIA 4 1 INTRODUCTION: PROBLEMS OF COMMUNITY ADAPTATION AND RESPONSE TOWARD CLIMATE CHANGE 4 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 4 3 DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR) IN INDONESIA 4 3 1 IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COASTAL URBAN AREAS IN INDONESIA 4 3 2 INDONESIA’S CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES 4 3 3 DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR) AND RESILIENT CITY CAMPAIGN IN INDONESIA 4 4 CASE STUDY: SOCIAL CULTURAL ADAPTATION PROCESS OF URBAN COASTAL COMMUNITY IN TAMBAK LOROK TOWARD ROB FLOOD 4 4 1 ROB FLOOD AND LAND SUBSIDENCE IN TAMBAK LOROK KAMPONG 4 4 2 OVERVIEW OF SEMARANG CITY: URBANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SLUM AREAS IN COASTAL CITIES OF SEMARANG 4 4 3 CURRENT MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIES IN THE COASTAL CITY OF TAMBAK LOROK KAMPONG 4 4 4 IDENTIFIED IMPACTS OF MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION 4 5 COMMUNITY PERCEPTION TOWARD TIDAL FLOODS 4 5 1 ADAPTATION AND STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY THE COMMUNITY TOWARD TIDAL FLOODS 4 6 RECOMMENDATION 4 7 CONCLUSION 5 CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATOR, IMPACT, ADAPTATION, AND INNOVATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: LEARN FROM THE PEOPLES’ EXPERIENCE OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF PROBOLINGGO, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA 5 1 INTRODUCTION 5 1 1 CLIMATE CHANGE AND TIDAL FLOOD IN INDONESIA 5 1 2 TIDAL FLOOD ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF JAVA 5 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 5 2 1 MATERIALS 5 2 2 METHODS 5 3 RESULT AND DISCUSSION 5 3 1 GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE PROBOLINGGO COASTAL PLAIN 5 3 2 LAND COVER AND LAND USE OF THE PROBOLINGGO COASTAL AREA 5 3 3 SHORELINE DYNAMIC OF THE COAST OF PROBOLINGGO 5 3 4 CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATOR IN PROBOLINGGO 5 3 5 THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN PROBOLINGGO 5 3 6 ADAPTATION AND RESILIENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE LOCAL PEOPLES IN PROBOLINGGO 5 3 7 DISCUSSION 5 4 CONCLUSION AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS 6 CLIMATE CHANGE AND GEOPOLITICAL RISKS: CASES OF RIVERINE COMMUNITIES OF TEESTA AND BRAHMAPUTRA RIVERS OF INDIA 6 1 INTRODUCTION 6 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 6 2 1 RESEARCH GAP 6 3 RATIONALE OF THE STUDY 6 3 1 OBJECTIVES 6 4 MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY 6 4 1 PROFILE OF THE CASE SITES 6 5 RESULTS 6 5 1 CLIMATE-INDUCED CHANGES OF TEESTA BASIN AND ITS IMPACT ON GEOPOLITICS 6 6 DISCUSSION 6 6 1 MACROLEVEL IMPACT 6 6 2 MICROLEVEL IMPACT 6 7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 6 8 RECOMMENDATION 6 9 CONCLUSION 7 VULNERABLE COUNTRIES, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNANCE IN THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN INDONESIA 7 1 INTRODUCTION 7 2 METHODS 7 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 7 3 1 EVIDENCE OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES VULNERABILITY IN PANGKEP REGENCY, EAST LOMBOK REGENCY, & REMBANG REGENCY, INDONESIA 7 3 2 LEVEL OF WELFARE OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF VULNERABILITY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN INDONESIA 7 3 3 A MODEL OF RESILIENCE IN FACING THE VULNERABILITY OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABLE TO DISASTERS IN INDONESIA 7 4 CONCLUSIONS 8 SOLAR-POWERED DRIP IRRIGATION MANAGED BY WOMEN FARMER GROUPS AS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION IN EAST LOMBOK, INDONESIA 8 1 INTRODUCTION 8 2 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 8 3 MATERIALS AND METHODS 8 3 1 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 8 3 2 SAMPLE 8 3 3 RESEARCH PROCEDURE 8 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 8 4 1 COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: INCREASED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY 8 4 2 COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 8 4 3 GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION (GESI): IMPROVED ACCESS, PARTICIPATION, DECISION-MAKING, SYSTEM AND WELL-BEING FOR WOMEN 8 5 RECOMMENDATIONS 8 6 CONCLUSION 8 6 1 RELATED TO THE TECHNICAL APPROACH IN AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (COMMUNITY RESILIENCE) 8 6 2 RELATED TO GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION (GESI) 9 CLIMATE CHANGE, LOCAL VULNERABILITIES, AND INVOLUNTARY MIGRATION IN DROUGHT-PRONE BUNDELKHAND REGION OF CENTRAL INDIA 9 1 INTRODUCTION 9 2 RATIONALE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRESENT STUDY 9 3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 9 4 METHODS AND MATERIALS 9 4 1 DATA SOURCES 9 4 2 STANDARD PRECIPITATION INDEX 9 4 3 TEMPORARY MIGRATION AND LOCAL VULNERABILITIES 9 4 4 STUDY AREA 9 4 5 SOFTWARE 9 5 RESULT AND DISCUSSION 9 5 1 MULTISCALE PATTERN OF RAINFALL 9 5 2 SPI EVALUATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DROUGHT 9 5 3 DROUGHT INDUCED TEMPORAL MIGRATION AND OTHER VULNERABILITIES 9 6 CONCLUSION 9 7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ACKNOWLEDGMENT 10 CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE BY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: A CASE STUDY IN INDIAN BASE STATIONS FOR THE WELL-KNOWN HIMALAYAN TREK ROUTES OF DARJEELING AND WEST SIKKIM 10 1 INTRODUCTION 10 2 STUDY AREA 10 3 MATERIALS AND METHODS 10 4 RESULTS 10 5 DISCUSSION 10 6 CONCLUSION 11 INDONESIA’S ENGAGEMENT IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS: BUILDING NATIONAL RESILIENCE 11 1 INTRODUCTION 11 2 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 11 3 MATERIALS AND METHODS 11 3 1 TWO-LEVEL GAME OF FOREIGN POLICY MAKING 11 3 2 METHODOLOGY 11 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 11 4 1 ENVIRONMENT AS INTERNATIONAL CONCERN 11 4 2 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND DIPLOMACY TOWARD CLIMATE CHANGE 11 4 3 STATE AGENCIES AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE 11 5 RECOMMENDATIONS 11 6 CONCLUSIONS 12 THE GREEN ECONOMY TO SUPPORT WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT: SOCIAL WORK APPROACH FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT 12 1 INTRODUCTION 12 1 1 HUMAN ACTIVITIES CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING 12 1 2 THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WOMEN AS A VULNERABLE GROUP 12 1 3 ADAPTATION OF WOMEN’S GROUPS TO CLIMATE CHANGE 12 2 MATERIAL AND METHODS 12 2 1 POPULATION AND SAMPLE 12 2 2 DATA COLLECTION 12 2 3 DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS 12 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 12 3 1 CLIMATE CHANGE CASE STUDIES 12 3 2 WOMEN ARE A VULNERABLE GROUP 12 3 3 ADAPTATION THROUGH THE GREEN ECONOMY 12 3 4 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM FOR WOMEN 12 3 5 IMPROVED ECONOMIC WELFARE 12 3 6 GREEN SOCIAL WORK APPROACH 12 4 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 12 5 RECOMMENDATIONS 12 6 CONCLUSION 13 RESILIENCE TO NATURAL HAZARDS AMONG THE NAVARA RICE FARMING COMMUNITIES IN PALAKKAD, KERALA 13 1 INTRODUCTION 13 2 STUDY AREA 13 2 1 CLIMATE PROFILE OF THE STUDY AREA 13 2 2 ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF THE DISTRICT 13 3 METHODS 13 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 13 4 1 EXTRACTION METHOD: PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS 13 4 2 MAJOR FACTORS AND THEIR VARIABLE LOADINGS 13 5 THE SPATIAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NAVARA CULTIVATION INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR THE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PLANNING 13 5 1 SPATIAL PATTERN OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL FACTORS WITH NAVARA CULTIVATORS 13 5 2 COMPOSITE INDEX: SPATIAL PATTERN OF RESILIENCE TO NATURAL HAZARDS AMONG NAVARA FARMING COMMUNITIES 13 6 DISCUSSION 13 6 1 WAY FORWARD 13 7 CONCLUSION CONFLICT OF INTEREST 14 LIVELIHOOD CONSTRAINTS AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL LOOPS: HOUSEHOLD DROUGHT COPING SURVIVAL STRATEGIES IN RURAL PLATEAU TRACKS OF EASTERN INDIA 14 1 INTRODUCTION 14 2 RELEVANCE OF THE STUDY 14 3 DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA 14 4 MATERIALS AND METHODS 14 4 1 APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES 14 4 2 SELECTING TARGET GROUPS AND SURVEY PROCEDURES 14 4 3 HOUSEHOLD RECALL SURVEY 14 5 ANALYSIS AND RESULTS 14 5 1 LAND USE: SHADOW OF COARSE PHYSIOGRAPHY 14 5 2 CLIMATIC HINDRANCE, DROUGHT, AND CROP CALENDAR 14 5 3 ECONOMY: REFLECTION OF HARSH PHYSICAL SETUP 14 6 LIVELIHOOD CONSTRAINTS AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL LOOPS 14 6 1 SEASONALITY OF HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY— AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION: INFLUENCE OF RAINFALL AND LACK OF ‘TECHNICAL KNOW- HOW’ 14 6 2 ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD STRATEGY: LOW DIVERSIFICATION 14 6 3 ASSESSMENT OF POVERTY AND FOOD SELF- SUFFICIENCY 14 7 RESILIENCE TRAPS 14 8 DISCUSSION 14 8 1 PRODUCTION-CONSUMPTION TRAPS 14 8 2 VARIABILITY TRAPS 14 8 3 RISK TRAPS 14 8 4 POLICY TRAPS 14 9 CONCLUSION CLIMATE CHANGE, ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS AND RESILIENCE 15 GROUND WATER DEPLETION AND CLIMATE CHANGE: ROLE OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR A MITIGATION STRATEGY 15 1 INTRODUCTION 15 2 IMPACT OF CLIMATE SYSTEM ON GROUNDWATER 15 3 ROLE OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY IN GROUNDWATER DEPLETION ASSESSMENT 15 4 ROLE OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY IN CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT 15 5 CONCLUSION 16 DEVELOPING METHODS FOR BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES IN FLOODED INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AREAS 16 1 INTRODUCTION 16 2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16 2 1 SCOPE: CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FROM A SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE 16 2 2 LITERATURE 16 2 3 APPROACHES TO IDENTIFYING AND CHANGING PRE- AND POST-DISASTER SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AT THE DISTRICT (AMP-) LEVEL 16 2 4 APPROACH TO DISASTER COPING CAPACITY AT THE SUB-DISTRICT (TAMBON) LEVEL 16 2 5 IDENTIFICATION OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AND RISK INFORMATION AND COLLECTION OF EXPERIENCES IN AREAS SURROUNDING INDUSTRIAL PARKS 16 3 RESEARCH RESULTS 16 3 1 AYUTTHAYA PROVINCE, DISTRICT (AMP-) LEVEL 16 3 2 SUB-DISTRICT LEVEL 16 3 3 SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AND RISK INFORMATION IN AREAS SURROUNDING INDUSTRIAL PARKS 16 4 ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION 16 4 1 COMPARISON WITH BEFORE THE FLOOD DISASTER 16 4 2 DISASTER COPING CAPACITY 16 5 APPLYING LESSONS LEARNED FOR PRACTICAL USE 16 6 CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES 16 7 CONCLUSIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE 17 CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGROECOSYSTEM: IMPACTS, ADAPTION, AND MITIGATION IN SOUTH ASIA SHOBHA POUDEL, BHOGENDRA MISHRA, SUJAN GHIMIRE, NIRAJAN LUINTEL, PRASEED THAPA AND REGAN SAPKOTA 17 1 INTRODUCTION 17 2 METHOD 17 3 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION MEASURES IN SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES 17 3 1 CASE 01: AFGHANISTAN 17 3 2 CASE 02: BANGLADESH 17 3 3 CASE 03: BHUTAN 17 3 4 CASE 04: INDIA 17 3 5 CASE 05: MALDIVES 17 3 6 CASE 06: NEPAL 17 3 7 CASE 07: PAKISTAN 17 3 8 CASE 08: SRI LANKA 17 4 DISCUSSION 17 4 1 CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION MEASURES ON AGRICULTURE IN SOUTH ASIA 17 4 2 CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION MEASURES ON AGROECOSYSTEM IN SOUTH ASIA 17 5 ENABLING INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY SUPPORT 17 6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 18 CLIMATE CHANGE AND FLOOD: VULNERABILITY AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE HENNY WARSILAH AND CHOERUNISA NOOR SYAHID 18 1 INTRODUCTION: PROBLEMS ABOUT VULNERABILITY AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE 18 2 CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL CRISIS ON THE ISLAND OF JAVA 18 3 INITIATIVES FOR DEVELOPING SMART AND RESILIENT CITY-BASED CITY MANAGEMENT 18 4 THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL RESILIENCE 18 4 1 BUFFER CAPACITY 18 4 2 SOCIAL SELF ORGANIZATION 18 5 METHODOLOGY 18 6 RESEARCH FINDINGS: POTENTIAL AND CONDITION OF SOCIAL RESILIENCE OF THE KEMIJEN COMMUNITY, SEMARANG 18 6 1 BUFFER CAPACITY 18 6 2 CAPACITY FOR LEARNING 18 7 THE CITY GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL CRISIS 18 8 RECOMMENDATIONS 18 9 CONCLUSION 19 SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN SOLVING WATER CRISIS-RETHINKING RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE GOURI SANKAR BHUNIA AND UDAY CHATTERJEE 19 1 INTRODUCTION 19 2 METHODS 19 3 VIRTUAL WATER AND WATER FOOTPRINT 19 4 THE INTENSIVE USE OF GROUNDWATER: A SILENT REVOLUTION 19 5 DESALINATION: POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS 19 6 INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND PARTICIPATION— ROLE OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY 19 7 DATA SCIENCE: POTENTIALS AND PROSPECTS 19 8 INNOVATION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY 19 9 CONCLUSION 20 COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE-INDUCED DISASTERS: THE NARRATIVES OF THE CYCLONE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES OF SUNDARBAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE 20 1 INTRODUCTION 20 2 BACKGROUND 20 3 RATIONALE OF THE STUDY 20 3 1 OBJECTIVES 20 4 MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY 20 4 1 DATA COLLECTION 20 4 2 STUDY AREA 20 5 RESULTS 20 5 1 SUNDARBAN AS A CLIMATE HOTSPOT 20 5 2 HISTORY OF CYCLONE 20 5 3 SUNDARBAN ECOSYSTEM AND CYCLONE 20 5 4 THEMATIC NARRATIVES 20 5 5 SPECIFIC IMPACT AND COPING TECHNIQUES 20 6 DISCUSSION 20 6 1 COMMUNITY READINESS MODEL 20 6 2 REVISITING THEORIES, CONVENTIONS, AND AGREEMENTS 20 6 3 SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND AND VULNERABILITY TO DISASTERS 20 7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 20 8 RECOMMENDATION 20 9 CONCLUSION 21 CLIMATE CHANGE, URBAN FLOODING, AND COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE: LESSONS FROM DIAMOND HARBOUR REGION 21 1 INTRODUCTION 21 2 THEORETICAL ORIENTATION 21 3 OBJECTIVES 21 4 MATERIALS AND METHODS 21 4 1 JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SELECTION OF THE INDICATORS 21 4 2 DATA SOURCES 21 4 3 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 21 4 4 SOFTWARE 21 5 STUDY AREA 21 6 DISCUSSION AND RESULTS 21 6 1 DEMOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF THE RESPONDENTS 21 6 2 AREA VULNERABILITY INDEX 21 6 3 INDIVIDUAL VULNERABILITY INDEX 21 6 4 LIVELIHOOD VULNERABILITY INDEX 21 6 5 ADAPTABILITY VULNERABILITY INDEX 21 7 CONCLUSION 22 CLIMATE PROTECTION IN SPATIAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS, OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS: THE CASE STUDY OF POLAND ´ 22 1 INTRODUCTION 22 1 1 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY 22 1 2 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 22 2 MATERIAL AND METHODS 22 3 RESULTS 22 4 DISCUSSION 22 5 RECOMMENDATIONS 22 6 CONCLUSIONS 23 COASTAL VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR THE MEGACITY OF JAKARTA, INDONESIA UNDER ENHANCED SEA-LEVEL RISE AND LAND SUBSIDENCE 23 1 INTRODUCTION 23 2 STUDY AREA 23 3 DATA AND METHOD 23 3 1 SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT 23 3 2 SHORELINE CHANGES 23 3 3 SEA LEVEL RISE 23 3 4 TIDAL RANGE 23 3 5 COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY 23 3 6 COASTAL SLOPE 23 3 7 VERTICAL LAND MOTION 23 3 8 CVI CALCULATION 23 4 RESULTS 23 4 1 PHYSICAL DRIVERS OF COASTAL VULNERABILITY 23 4 2 COASTAL VULNERABILITY STATUS IN JAKARTA 23 5 DISCUSSIONS 23 6 CONCLUSIONS AUTHOR CONTRIBUTORSHIP 24 INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM-BASED RISK REDUCTION INTO ENVIRONMENTAL-ECONOMIC ACCOUNTING IN GUJARAT COASTAL ZONES 24 1 INTRODUCTION 24 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 24 2 1 STUDY AREA 24 2 2 APPROACH 24 2 3 QUANTIFYING RISK 24 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 24 4 RECOMMENDATIONS 24 5 RATIONAL OF THE STUDY 24 6 LIMITATIONS 24 7 CONCLUSION 25 GEOSPATIAL APPROACH FOR REDUCING WATER STRESS: CASE STUDY OF DELHI 25 1 INTRODUCTION 25 1 1 WATER AS A SENSITIVE ISSUE 25 1 2 NEED IDENTIFICATION AND GLOBAL APPROACHES 25 1 3 WATER STRESS IN INDIAN CITIES 25 2 RESEARCH PROCESS 25 2 1 SELECTION OF SITE FOR RESEARCH 25 2 2 GEOSPATIAL ASSESSMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, DELHI METHOD 25 2 4 APPLICABILITY OF STREAM ORDERING 25 2 5 PROCESS OF WATERSHED DELINEATION 25 3 SPATIAL DETECTION OF CHANGE IN BLUE AND GREEN AREAS (19932020) 25 3 1 NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX ASSESSMENT 25 3 2 NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX ASSESSMENT 25 3 3 OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF NDWI AND NDVI FOR NCT (19932020) 25 3 4 WEIGHTED OVERLAY ANALYSIS: POTENTIAL ZONES OF RECHARGE 25 4 MICRO STUDY AREA SELECTION: PILOT PROJECT 25 4 1 PHYSIOGRAPHIC SETTING OF MICRO STUDY AREA 25 4 2 STRATEGIES: DECENTRALIZED CLEANSING MECHANISM 25 4 3 WATER DETENTION AREA MICROANALYSIS 25 5 IMPLEMENTABLE NEIGHBORHOOD WATER SENSITIVE PLAN 25 5 1 INTERVENTIONS: SOCIAL, HYDROLOGICAL, AND ECOLOGICAL 25 5 2 INTEGRATING STAKEHOLDERS IN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS 25 6 CONCLUSION 26 STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF THE DEPENDENCE OF TEA YIELD ON THE LAND AND ATMOSPHERIC COVARIATES IN THE DOOARS REGION OF WEST BENGAL 26 1 INTRODUCTION 26 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 26 2 1 STUDY AREA 26 2 2 DATA COMPILATION 26 2 3 LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSES FOR ESTIMATING THE HOLISTIC EFFECTS OF LAND AND ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES ON TEA YIELD 26 2 4 DETERMINING THE ORDER OF POLYNOMIAL FOR ESTIMATING THE NONLINEAR EFFECTS OF LAND AND ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES 26 2 5 MULTIVARIATE POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION ANALYSES FOR ESTIMATING THE NONLINEAR EFFECTS OF LAND AND ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES ON TEA YIELD 26 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 26 3 1 HOLISTIC EFFECTS OF LAND AND ATMOSPHERIC COVARIATES ON TEA PRODUCTION 26 3 2 ORDER OF POLYNOMIAL FOR ESTIMATING THE NONLINEAR EFFECTS OF LAND AND ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES 26 3 3 NONLINEAR EFFECTS OF LAND AND ATMOSPHERIC COVARIATES ON TEA PRODUCTION 26 4 CONCLUSION