"Humankind is facing three major challenges viz. human overpopulation, urbanisation, and climate change with the onset of the twenty-first century (Steiner 2014). Presently, about seven billion (expected to reach 8.2 and 9 billion by 2025 and 2050, respectively) people are inhabiting the Earth which is more than any previous time. Urban areas and people living in the cities are increasing rapidly in size, globally (Mitchell et al. 2018). Over half (~54%) of the world's population is residing in the urbanareas which is expected to grow to 60 and 80% by the year 2030 and 2050, respectively (Lee 2011; Vasishth 2015). Urbanisation phenomenon can be seen occurring on all the continents (except Antarctica); however, rapid urbanisation is happening, particularly in the Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (Yu et al. 2017). Rapid urbanisation is putting severe stress on the planet Earth resulting in changes in the ecosystems from the landscape to the global scales (Steiner 2014; Colding and Barthel 2017)"--
Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change contains the latest practical and theoretical concepts of the emerging issues in urban ecological studies. The authors highlight some of the major challenges currently impeding ecological restoration goals in urbanized regions across the globe. It is sobering that the majority of sustainable development projects are being defeated by the increasing pace of two particular phenomena namely climate change and urbanization. This book includes coverage of the major threats to biodiversity conservation and the most significant contributors to the deterioration of urban ecosystems.
In addition, various case studies that reflect the anthropogenic interventions on ecological restoration are included. The book looks at evolving growth and urbanization concepts, monitoring of urbanization trends, land-use land cover (LULC) changes in urban and non-urban cities based on the use of open access data, urbanization affecting rural ecology, soil carbon emissions, urban development, human well-being and case studies of sustainable smart cities.
Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change will find an appreciative audience amongst students of urban ecology and environmental policy, as well as policymakers, scientists and industrialists. The book provides an excellent introduction to the principles of smart city planning and urban sustainability with a view to maintaining ecological and conservation status of urban environments.
List of Contributors viii
Foreword xiii
R.K. Kohli
Foreword xv
P K Joshi
Section 1 Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change: Introduction 1
1 Urban Ecology and Climate Change: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies 3
Rishikesh Singh, Pramit Verma, Vipin Kumar Singh, Pratap Srivastava, and Arun
Kumar
2 Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Their Impact on Increased Occurrence of
Cardiometabolic Syndrome 30
Saptamita P. Choudhury, Arisha Arora, Nishi Jain, and Sanjay K. Dey
Section 2 Urban Landscape Design Using Emerging Techniques 57
3 An Alternative Sustainable City Framework to Tackle Climate Change Issues
in India 59
Sunny Bansal, Jayprakash Chadchan, and Joy Sen
4 Integrated Water Resource Management for Future Water Security 73
Musarrat Parween
5 Water Urbanism and Multifunctional Landscapes: Case of Adyar River,
Chennai and Ganga River, Varanasi, India 85
Vidhu Bansal, Sharmila Jagadisan, and Joy Sen
6 Urban Landscape Change Detection Using GIS and RS: Chattogram City
Corporation, Bangladesh 104
Mohammad Ali and Gul-e-Noor T. Hasnat
7 Emerging Techniques for Urban Resource Restoration of Various Ecosystem:
Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Habitat Enhancement 121
Riddhi Shrivastava, Jabbar Khan, Govind Gupta, and Naveen K. Singh
8 Phytoremediation of Urban Air Pollutants: Current Status and Challenges
140
Anina James
Section 3 Biodiversity and Natural Resource Exploitation 163
9 Tree Benefits in Urban Environment and Incidences of Tree Vandalism: A
Review for Potential Solutions 165
Krishna K. Chandra, Rajesh Kumar, and Gunja Baretha
10 Environmental Status of Green Spaces in Bhaktapur District of Nepal
2019 182
Samin Poudel, Shahnawaz Shahnawaz, and Him L. Shrestha
11 Challenges and Opportunities of Establishing Jungle Flora Nursery in
Urban Settlements 204
Deepti Sharma and Sujata Sinha
12 Effect of the Changing Climate and Urban Ecology on Spreading of
Infectious Diseases Including SARS-CoV-2 223
Joy K. Dey, Saiema Ahmedi, Nishi Jain, Sarika Bano, Nikhat Manzoor, and
Sanjay Kumar Dey
13 HumanWildlife Conflict in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region An Empirical
Study 250
Deepti Sharma and Prachi Sinha
Section 4 Urbanization, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Climate
Change 273
14 Building Knowledge on Urban Sustainability in the Czech Republic: A
Self-assessment Approach 275
Svatava Janoukovį and Tomį Hįk
15 A Sustainable Approach to Combat Climate Change: Case Studies from Some
Urban Systems 297
Meenakshi Chaurasia, Kajal Patel, Ranjana Singh, and Kottapalli S. Rao
Section 5 Climate Change and Threats to Ecological Conservation 321
16 Threats from Sea Level Rise and Erosion: A Case Study of An Estuarine
Inhabited Island Ghoramara, Hooghly Estuary 323
Niloy Pramanick, Eyadul Islam, Subhasree Banerjee, Rohit Mukherjee,
Arunashish Maity, Rituparna Acharyya, Abhra Chanda, Indrajit Pal, and Anirban
Mukhopadhyay
Index
About the Editors
Rahul Bhadouria, Natural Resource Management Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, India.
Shweta Upadhyay, Integrative Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Environmental and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, India.
Sachchidanand Tripathi, Department of Botany, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, India.
Pardeep Singh, Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, India.
