ABSTRACT
Since the hydrological cycle is so intricately linked to the climate system, any change in climate impacts the water cycle in terms of change in precipitation patterns, melting of snow and ice, increased evaporation, increased atmospheric water vapor and changes in soil moisture and run off. Consequently, climate change could result in floods in so
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
SECTION 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
chapter 1|2 pages
Introduction: Impact of Climate Change on Water Cycle and
Velma I. Grover BACKGROUND
chapter 3|8 pages
Societal Complexity: Exacerbating the Impact of Climate Change on Water and Health
George J. Nasr
chapter 4|8 pages
Climate Change, Water and Health: Current Impacts and Future Challenges for Human Security
Christian Webersik
chapter 6|14 pages
Climate Justice Must Integrate Gender Equality: What are the Key Principles?
Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt INTRODUCTION: WHY IS CLIMATE JUSTICE = GENDER JUSTICE?
part |2 pages
SECTION 2: CASE STUDIES: IMPACT OF CC ON WATER (AND HUMAN LIFE)
chapter 9|5 pages
Vulnerability of First Nations Communities in Canada to Environmental Degradation
Lalita Bhardwaj CLIMATIC CONDITIONS: IMPACTS ON HUMAN SOCIETY
chapter 10|12 pages
Improved Access to Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Health: Foundations for Adapting to Climate Change Impacts in Nepal
Ajaya Dixit,* Dipak Gyawali and Umesh Pandey
chapter 13|3 pages
Environmental Change and Water-related Health Risks: An Arctic Security Approach
Chad Michael Briggs CLIMATE AND WATER
chapter 14|1 pages
Climate Change and Health Impacts in Brazil: A Discussion on “hotspots”
Ulisses E.C. Confalonieri,* Isabela Brito Duval and Beatriz F. Barros
chapter 15|14 pages
Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Human Health: Empirical Evidences from a Coastal District (Satkhira) in Bangladesh
Md. Golam Rabbani,* Saleemul Huq and Syed Hafi zur Rahman
chapter 16|7 pages
Rainfall Variability and its Impacts on Water Resources and Rural Health in Kumaon Himalaya, India
Prakash C. Tiwari* and Bhagwati Joshi
chapter 17|15 pages
Climate Change, Drought, and Decentralized Healthcare Response in Northeastern Brazil: The Need for Sub-national Institutional Capacity
Eduardo J. Gómez
chapter 18|8 pages
Climate Change and its Impacts on Water and Health Security in Mexico
Úrsula Oswald Spring INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES
chapter 20|2 pages
Implications of Climate Change and Tourism in the Mt. Everest Region in Nepal
Sanjay Nath Khanal,* William Hogland, Ramesh Prasad Bhatt, Dinesh Manandhar and Kumud Kafl e