The Environments of the Poor in South Asia Simultaneously Reducing Poverty, Protecting the Environment, and Adapting to Climate Change

by Sinha, Anushree; Bauer, Armin; Bullen, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780199453634
• ISBN10: 0199453632
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-05-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Anushree Sinha, Anushree Sinha is a Senior Fellow with NCAER,Armin Bauer, Program Sponsor and Principal Economist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB,Paul Bullen, Developmental Editor for ADB

Anushree Sinha is a Senior Fellow with NCAER

Armin Bauer is Program Sponsor and Principal Economist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB

Paul Bullen is Developmental Editor for ADB

Table of Contents

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