Overview
Analyzes the quality and quantity of land and water resources in climate impacted countries
Identifies the trade-offs when trying to meet food security demands and combat climate change impacts
Proposes aligning climate change and food security policies to assess future global agriculture scenarios
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The book presents multidimensional perspectives from expert contributors, offering holistic and strategic approaches to link knowledge on climate change and food security with action in the form of policy recommendations, with a focus on sociological and socio-economic components of climate change impacts. The intended audience of the book includes students and researchers engaged in climate change and food security issues, NGOs, and policy makers.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Part I
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Part II
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Part III
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Part IV
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Mahesh Gaur is a Senior Scientist at the ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India. He specializes in aridlands geography and the application of satellite remote sensing, GIS and digital image processing for natural resources mapping, management and assessment. He also researches drought, desertification, land degradation, indigenous knowledge systems, and the socio-economic milieu of the Thar Desert of India. He has worked as an Associate Professor for more than 13 years with the Department of Higher Education, Government of Rajasthan State, India and has also worked at Sandhan, Jaipur, IIM Ahmedabad, IHS Hyderabad and IN-RIMT in various capacities. He has been associated with ICAR, ISRO, SAC, UGC, various Ministries of Government of India, and ICARDA for sponsored studies. He has published two books and is the author of a number of research papers and book chapters that have appeared in national and international research journals. He is a member of a number of national and international scientific organizations and editorial boards of journals. He has been awarded the Indian Government Citizen Karamveer Award 2011 by iCONGO for working in the field of Higher Education, Environment and Technology Applications for Community Upliftment, and the Millennium Award for working in the field of Environment.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Food Security and Land Use Change under Conditions of Climatic Variability
Book Subtitle: A Multidimensional Perspective
Editors: Victor R. Squires, Mahesh K. Gaur
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36762-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36761-9Published: 13 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36764-0Published: 13 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36762-6Published: 12 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 355
Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations, 81 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Environmental Management, Environmental Economics, Development Aid