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Author:   Rajarshi DasGupta ,  Rajib Shaw
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Japan
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Japan
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   7.143kg
ISBN:  

9784431564799

ISBN 10:   4431564799
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   08 February 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Mangroves in Asia-Pacific: A review of Threats and Responses.- Fragile mangroves and increasing susceptibility to coastal hazards in Pakistan.- Mangroves in India and climate change: An overview.- Retrofitting Joint Forest Management (JFM) in protected areas of Indian Sundarbans: How sustainable it is?.- Chronicling development in the mangrove conservation project: Education a path way for the Irula tribe to integrate in the mainstream society.- Actor centered interest power analysis of participatory biodiversity conservation policy program in and around the Bangladeshi Sundarbans.- Effectiveness of Forest Management and Safeguarding interest of the local people of Sundarbans in Bangladesh.- Protected areas for climate change mitigation and livelihoods option: a case study of the Bangladesh Sundarbans Mangrove Forest.- Livelihood-strategies and resource-dependency nexus in the Sundarbans.- Regreening the coast: Community based mangrove conservation and restoration in Sri Lanka.- Degeneration of mangroves in a changing policy environment: Case study of Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar.- Opportunities and challenges for Participatory Management of Mangrove Resource (PMMR) in Cambodia.- Process and Interaction of Mangrove Co-management in Thailand.- Roles of Traditional Coastal Management Institution for Mangrove Rehabilitation and Restoration in Aceh Province, Indonesia.- Mangrove Rehabilitation in Seribu Islands at the Crossroad of Awareness and Tokenism.- Community-Based Mangrove Management in the Philippines: Experience and Challenges in the Context of Changing Climate.- An Insight into the Management of Larut Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve.- Ecology of Kandelia obovata (S., L.) Yong – a fast growing mangrove in Okinawa, Japan.- Mangroves in Small Island Development States in the Pacific: an overview of a highly important and seriously threatened resource.- Towards sustainable mangrove societies: Real Potential and Formidable challenges. 

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Rajarshi DasGupta is a Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) post-doctoral researcher in the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. in Global Environmental Studies from Kyoto University, Japan. He has worked extensively with the mangrove communities in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar and authored a number of research articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. His current research interest includes assessment and management of mangrove ecosystem services and their effective utilization for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through proactive landscape planning. Rajib Shaw is the executive director of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)—a decade-long research program co-sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). He is the co-chair of UNISDR’s Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG). He is also a senior fellow of the Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Japan, and the chairperson of SEEDS Asia, a Japanese NGO. Previously, he was a professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. His expertise includes community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. He has published more than 40 books and more than 300 academic papers and book chapters.

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