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  • 1
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    Nucleic Acid Biology and its Application in Human Diseases (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Diseases. ; Biomaterials. ; Nucleic acids. ; Cancer. ; Diagnosis. ; Diseases. ; Nucleic Acid. ; Cancers. ; Diagnosis.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1_Nucleic Acid Structure and biology -- Chapter 2_Nucleic acid-mediated inflammatory diseases -- Chapter 3_ Alternative splicing and cancer -- Chapter 4_Nucleic acid-based strategies to treat neurodegenerative movement -- Chapter 5_Human Diseases induced by Oxidative damage in DNA -- Chapter 6_Nucleic Acid in Nanotechnology -- Chapter 7_ Nucleic Acid in Diagnostics -- Chapter 8_Nucleic Acid as sensors and logic gates -- Chapter 9_ Nucleic Acid Therapeutics in Cancer Biology -- Chapter 10_ Nucleic Acid as Vaccine -- Chapter 11_Nucleic Acid Editing to combat diseases.
    Abstract: This book reviews the structure-function relationship of nucleic acids, their role in the pathophysiology of the diseases, and as therapeutic targets for human diseases. The chapters discuss the role of nucleic acids in inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. The book also describes recent advancements in nucleic acid-based therapy, the application of nucleic acids in diagnostics, in the development of nano-carriers, logic gates, and sensors. It explores the use of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA) as a unique and multifunctional platform for numerous applications, including therapeutics, diagnostics, nanodevices, and materials. It further examines the role of DNA methylation, histone modifiers and readers, chromatin remodelers, microRNAs, and other components of chromatin in the progression of cancer. The book also discusses the applications of nucleic acid as a vaccine and as a gene-editing tool. It also provides an overview of the clinical trials using genome editing platforms for disease treatment and the challenges in implementing the editing technology. Finally, the book elucidates a representative description of challenges associated with nucleic acid-mediated therapy.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 416 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811985201
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8520-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8520-1
    DDC: 616
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  • 2
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    Applications of Artificial Intelligence in COVID-19 (2021)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Virology. ; Epidemiology. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Virology. ; Epidemiology. ; Artificial Intelligence.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1.Comprehensive Claims of AI for Healthcare Applications-Coherence towards COVID-19 -- Chapter 2. Artificial Intelligence based systems for combating COVID-19 -- Chapter 3. Artificial intelligence mediated medical diagnosis of COVID-19 -- Chapter 4. AI combined with medical imaging enables rapid diagnosis for COVID-19 -- Chapter 5. Role of Artificial Intelligence in COVID-19 prediction based on Statistical Methods -- Chapter 6. Data Driven symptom Analysis and Location Prediction Model for Clinical Health Data Processing and Knowledgebase Development for COVID 19 -- Chapter 7. A decision support System using Rule based Expert System For COVID -19 Prediction and Diagnosis -- Chapter 8. A Predictive Mechanism to Intimate the Danger of Infection via nCOVID-19 through Unsupervised Learning -- Chapter 9. AI-enabled prognosis technologies for SARS Co-2. Chapter 10. Intelligent agent Based Case Base Reasoning Systems Build Knowledge Representation in COVID-19 analysis of Recovery, Infectious Patients -- Chapter 11. Epidemic Analysis of COVID 19 Using Machine Learning -- Chapter 12. Machine learning application in COVID-19 drug development -- Chapter 13. COVID 19 Epidemic Analysis Using Linear and Polynomial Regression Approach -- Chapter 14. Prediction & Analysis of outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic Using Machine Learning -- Chapter 15. Predictive Risk Analysis by using Machine Learning during Covid-19 -- Chapter 16. Analysis and Validation of Risk Prediction by Stochastic Gradient Boosting Along With Recursive Feature Elimination for COVID-19 -- Chapter 17. Artificial intelligence in mental healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic -- Chapter 18. Effect of Covid-19 on Autism Spectrum Disorder: Prognosis, diagnosis and therapeutics based On AI -- Chapter 19. Use of mobile phone apps for contact tracing to control the COVID-19 pandemic: A Literature Review -- Chapter 20. Role of IoT and Social Networking in Mental Healthcare of Transgender Community in Covid-19 Pandemic -- Chapter 21. TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF IOT DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC-CASE STUDY OF HEALTH SECTOR IN INDIA. Chapter 22. Artificial Intelligence – The Strategies used in COVID-19 for Diagnosis -- Chapter 23. Impact of Isolation and Quarantine on Covid-19 Patients and Potential Role of Technology in Mitigation -- Chapter 24. Impact of loneliness and Quarantine on COVID-19 patients with artificial intelligence applications -- Chapter 25. Can Technology fight the loneliness Lockdown: A study of factors Affecting Loneliness in NCR during COVID 19 -- Chapter 26. Psycho-economic Impact of Obligatory Job Switching during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study of Hawkers in Bhubaneswar (India) -- Chapter 27. AI’s Role in Essential Commodities during a Pandemic Situation -- Chapter 28.Impact of COVID-19 on Manufacturing and Operational Ecosystem in India -- Chapter 29. Impact of Repatriated Migrants on the Production Possibility of Agricultural Sector owing to Covid: A Study on the basis of Inferential Statistics -- Chapter 30. Nicotine in Covid-19: Friend or Foe”;? -- Chapter 31. Artificial Intelligence in Covid’19: Application and Legal Conundrums.
    Abstract: The book examines the role of artificial intelligence during the COVID-19 pandemic, including its application in i) early warnings and alerts, ii) tracking and prediction, iii) data dashboards, iv) diagnosis and prognosis, v) treatments, and cures, and vi) social control. It explores the use of artificial intelligence in the context of population screening and assessing infection risks, and presents mathematical models for epidemic prediction of COVID-19. Furthermore, the book discusses artificial intelligence-mediated diagnosis, and how machine learning can help in the development of drugs to treat the disease. Lastly, it analyzes various artificial intelligence-based models to improve the critical care of COVID-19 patients.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XX, 595 p. 216 illus., 147 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811573170
    Series Statement: Medical Virology: From Pathogenesis to Disease Control,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7317-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7317-0
    DDC: 579.2
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  • 3
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    Artificial Intelligence in Medical Virology (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Virology. ; Diseases Causes and theories of causation. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Virology. ; Pathogenesis. ; Artificial Intelligence.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Artificial Intelligence for Global Healthcare -- Chapter 2. Artificial Intelligence for Epidemiology COVID-19: Quick Assessment -- Chapter 3. Artificial Intelligence in rural health in developing countries -- Chapter 4. THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO TRACK COVID-19 DISEASE -- Chapter 5. Artificial Intelligence Techniques based on K-Means two way Clustering and Greedy Triclustering approach for 3D Gene Expression Data (GED) -- Chapter 6. Detection of COVID-19 cases from X-Ray and CT Images using Transfer Learning & Deep Convolution Neural Networks -- Chapter 7. Computer Vision: Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Telehealth and Digital Radiology -- Chapter 8. STROKE DISEASE PREDICTION MODEL USING ANOVA WITH CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS -- Chapter 9. A CONCISE REVIEW ON DEVELOPMENTAL AND EVALUATION METHODS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON COVID 19 DETECTION -- Chapter 10. Artificial Intelligence based Healthcare Industry 4.0 for Disease Detection using Machine Learning Techniques -- Chapter 11. Deep Autoencoder Neural Networks for Heart Sound Classification.
    Abstract: This book comprehensively reviews the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in biomedical research and healthcare, with a major emphasis on virology. The initial chapter presents the applications of machine learning methods for structured data, such as the classical support vector machine and neural network, modern deep learning, and natural language processing for unstructured data in biomedical research and healthcare. The subsequent chapters explore the applications of AI in tackling COVID-19, analysis of the pandemic, viral infection, disease spread, and control. The book further identifies the potential applications of machine learning in the field of virology with a focus on the key aspects of infection: diagnosis, transmission, response to treatment, and resistance. The book also discusses progress and challenges in developing viral vaccines and examines the application of viruses in translational research and human healthcare. Furthermore, the book covers the applications of artificial intelligence-mediated diagnosis and the development of drugs to treat the disease. Towards the end, the book summarizes the ethical and legal challenges posed by AI in healthcare and biomedical research. This book is an invaluable source for researchers, medical and industry practitioners, academicians, and students exploring the applications of AI in biomedical research and healthcare.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 189 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819903696
    Series Statement: Medical Virology: From Pathogenesis to Disease Control,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0369-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-0369-6
    DDC: 579.2
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  • 4
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    Cognizance of Schizophrenia:: A Profound Insight into the Psyche (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Neurosciences. ; Biology. ; Molecular biology. ; Psychiatry. ; Biomedical Research. ; Neuroscience. ; Biological Sciences. ; Molecular Biology. ; Psychiatry.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Understanding schizophrenia: introductory aspect of the mental disorder from various perspectives -- 2. Genetic mutations and Alternative splicing in schizophrenia -- 3. Understanding the Chemical Interactions in the Brain of Schizophrenia Patients -- 4. A diagnostic perspective of schizophrenia: from past to present -- 5. Is it schizophrenia or not? - Different Biological characterization -- 6. A neurobiological aspect of schizophrenia and the relationship between neurological disorders: depression, anxiety, epilepsy -- 7. Clinical treatment available for schizophrenia -- 8. Insights into the neuro-pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia: past, present, and future -- 9. Managing Schizophrenia – A Challenge for Physicians -- 10. Pharmacotherapy and Emerging Treatment Strategies for Schizophrenia -- 11. Alternative Therapies used in Schizophrenia -- 12. Different phases of schizophrenia patients: from the psychological perspective -- 13. Stigmatizing Attitudes Towards Patients with Schizophrenia Among Medical Professionals and General Population -- 14. Rehabilitation of Schizophrenia-Practical Interventions -- 15. Consumption of Cannabis: A risk factor or a therapeutic agent for patients with Schizophrenia -- 16. Medical Imaging and Schizophrenia: A Study on State-of-art Applications -- 17. Schizophrenia and its Effect on Marital Satisfaction -- 18. The mortality rate in schizophrenia.
    Abstract: This book provides the reader with a thorough understanding of schizophrenia as a complex brain disorder by explaining the various aspects investigated for its cognizance from epigenetics to chemistry and physics to computational approaches. The book covers the key notions of schizophrenia from a variety of facets such as neurogenetics, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neurobiology, psychotherapy, psychiatric treatment, cognitive studies, behavioral and societal studies, and computational neurosciences. Individual chapters are focused on crucial topics such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, brain functioning, computational neuroscience, neuro-imaging, and many more. This book explains each section and chapter with utmost clarity to maintain comprehensiveness for every kind of reader. This book covers various classical as well as recent topics from basic to advance level knowledge regarding schizophrenia. The book's contributions regarding its inclusivity of topics, comprehensiveness of language, diversity in knowledge, and focus on the subject will attract all kinds of readers. It can be considered a single comprehensive handy reference book for beginners, including medical students, neuroscientists, researchers, clinicians, and medical practitioners. Cognizance of Schizophrenia will be an invaluable asset for all who are involved in neuroscience research or clinical studies.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 312 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811970221
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7022-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-7022-1
    DDC: 610.72
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  • 5
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    Lead in Plants and the Environment (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Soil science. ; Plant ecology. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Soil Science. ; Plant Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1: Main analytical methods for determining lead in environmental and biological samples -- Chapter2: Environmental distribution and modelling of radioactive lead (210): A Monte Carlo simulation application -- Chapter3: Lead pollution and human exposure: Forewarned is forearmed, and the question now becomes how to respond to the threat! -- Chapter4: Impact of lead contamination on agro-ecosystem and human health -- Chapter5: Lead contamination and its dynamics in soil plant system -- Chapter6: Lead toxicity in plants: A review -- Chapter7: The mechanisms involved in photosynthetic apparatus protection against lead toxicity -- Chapter8: Physiological and biochemical changes in plant growth and different plant enzymes in response to lead stress -- Chapter9: Biological strategies of lichen symbionts to the toxicity of lead (Pb) -- Chapter10: Phytoremediation of lead: A review.
    Abstract: This book examines the way that lead enters the biosphere and the subsequent environmental impact. The contributing authors include international experts who provide methods for assessing and characterizing the ecological risk of lead contamination of soil and plants. Information is provided on the consequences for human health as a result of lead pollution. This book reveals that approximately 98% of stable lead in the atmosphere originates from human activities. Lead in Plants and the Environment reports on methods for detecting, measuring, and assessing the concentration of lead in plants. The authors provide a method for the measurement of 210Pb isotopes in plants. This method can be applied extensively in different environmental settings, not only as a way of revealing sources of lead, but also as a way to monitor lead transport in plants and animals that ingest them. The chapters include coverage on the following topics: · Lead bioavailability in the environment and its exposure and effects · Radioanalytical methods for detecting and identifying trace concentrations of lead in the environment · Lead contamination and its dynamics in soil plant systems · Lead pollution monitoring and remediation through terrestrial plants in mesocosm constructed wetlands · A review of phytoremediation of lead This book is a valuable resource to students, academics, researchers, and environmental professionals doing field work on lead contamination throughout the world.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: IX, 207 p. 40 illus., 38 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030216382
    Series Statement: Radionuclides and Heavy Metals in the Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21638-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21638-2
    DDC: 363.7063
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  • 6
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    Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction : Insight Towards Perception, Response, Adaptation and Sustainability (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Social sciences. ; Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Earth sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Society. ; Human Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Conceptualising Disaster and Risk -- Chapter 1. Hazard and Disaster Perception: Cognition, Response and Adaptation -- Chapter 2. Characterising Hazard and Disaster and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 3. Understanding Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience -- Chapter 4. Traditional management of Disaster: Indigenous Knowledge, Insights and Strategies -- Part II: Approaches to Disaster Management -- Chapter 5. Different types of Risks and Vulnerability -- Chapter 6. Fields of Response to Disaster: Positive Response and Negative Response -- Chapter 7. Disaster Resilience by Indigenous Communities -- Chapter 8. Capacity Building and Community Based Disaster Preparedness -- Part III: Sustainability Through Indigenous Knowledge and Practice -- Chapter 9. Disaster Risk Identification and Mitigation with the help of Traditional Knowledge -- Chapter 10. Disaster Risk Reduction through local Knowledge and practice-case studies -- Chapter 11. Adaptation to different types of Disaster with Integration of local Knowledge-case studies -- Chapter 12. Climate Risk Management with Indigenous Perception and Strategies- case studies -- Part IV: Science-Policy Interface Through Indigenous Knowledge -- Chapter 13. Integration of Indigenous Knowledge in Policy Formulation -- Chapter 14. Insights from Regional and Field Studies on Micro Policies -- Chapter 15. Perspectives from Indigenous Knowledge in Sustainable Development -- Chapter 16. Integration of Perception Studies and Disaster Risks -- Chapter 17. Development of a holistic Regional Disaster Policy Framework based on Indigenous Knowledge -- Chapter 18. Identifying the gaps and Future Scopes in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience -- Chapter 19. Conclusion.
    Abstract: The book seeks to comprehend how indigenous knowledge systems of local communities can be effectively used in disaster management of various types. A prime example is the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, promoting indigenous environmental management knowledge and practices. Traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples includes information and insight that supplement conventional science and environmental observations, a comprehensive understanding of the environment, natural resources, culture, and human interactions with them which is not documented before. A great deal of this knowledge have been lost in translation. In this book, the authors attempt to keep a record of each and every traditional knowledge study of the indigenous communities in managing the disasters. The use of indigenous knowledge systems in disaster understanding and management is the primary focus of the chapters. This book is organized into four major sections. The first part gives an overview and help in conceptualizing the different concepts of hazard and disaster perception and how response and adaptation are connected with it. This part also discusses the concept of the connection between hazard and sustainable development and how the understanding of risk reduction and resilience can happen with the help of indigenous knowledge, insights, and strategies. The second part of the book introduces the different approaches to disaster and risk management. It establishes how vulnerability influences the risk associated with a hazard and the responses can be both positive and negative in disaster management. The approaches of the indigenous communities in managing a disaster, their resilience, capacity building, and community-based preparedness will be the area of prime focus in this chapter. Part 3 of this book describes the concept of sustainability through indigenous knowledge and practice. The sole highlight of this chapter is the indigenous knowledge efficacies in disaster identification, risk reduction, climate risk management, and climate action. The last section of the book explores how to meet the gaps between local knowledge and policy formulation. It highlights how traditional knowledge of the indigenous communities can prove to be beneficial in developing a holistic regional-based policy framework which will be easily accepted by the target stakeholders since they will be more acquainted with the local strategies and methods. This section ends with an assessment and discussion of the gaps and future scopes in disaster risk reduction through integrating local knowledge and modern technologies.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIX, 604 p. 200 illus., 187 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031261435
    Series Statement: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26143-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26143-5
    DDC: 551
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  • 7
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    Satellite Towns in Neo-metropolitan Development in India : Lessons from Selected Cities (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Political science. ; Cultural property. ; Economic geography. ; Human Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Governance and Government. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Economic Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Growth of Metropolises and Megacities with Focus on Global South -- Problems and Policies of Metropolitan Growth in India -- Satellite Town Development in Retrospect and Prospect -- Metropolitan Regions of India: Rapid Growth, Changing Landuse and Challenges -- Metropolitan City-Satellites-Fringe villages Relationship: Case Studies with Greater Mumbai, Bengaluru and its Region.
    Abstract: This book discusses population growth and the resultant problems, and highlights the need for immediate action to develop a set of planned satellite towns around Indian megacities to reduce their population densities and activity concentrations. It addresses problems like unplanned spatial expansion, over-concentration of populations, unmanageable situations in industrial growth, and poor traffic management, concluding that only megacities and their satellites, when planned properly, can together mitigate the urgent problem of urban concentration in and around the megacities. Identifying the general problems, the book develops a quantitative and spatially fitting regional allocation model of population and economic activities. It also offers a policy-based planned program of development for the selected megacities in India along with their satellites and fringe areas to ensure a healthy, balanced and prospective urban scenario for India in the coming decades.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXI, 234 p. 87 illus., 83 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811515026
    Series Statement: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1502-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1502-6
    DDC: 304.2
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  • 8
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    Social Morphology, Human Welfare, and Sustainability (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Sustainability. ; Human geography. ; Environmental geography. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography. ; Integrated Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1-Environment, Society and Sustainability: A Human-Nature Interface -- 2-Social Welfare and Sustainable Development: Paradigm Shift -- 2-Ensuring Social Security for Child and the Elderly People -- 3-Geo-heritage and Geo-Ecotourism Conservation- Case Study -- 4-Resource Allocation and Sustainable Development -- 5-Welfare Schemes for Socially Vulnerable Segments -- 6-Population Growth, Poverty and Inequality -- 7-Illiteracy, Unemployment, Underemployment and Migration -- 8-Slums and Issues of Educational Sub-normality of Social Poor -- 9-Urbanization & Housing Affordability, Requirements of the Marginalized People -- 10-Gender Inequality, Women Health Issues and Women Empowerment -- 11-Climate Change and its Social Consequences and adaptation -- 12-Flood and its Impact on Human Livelihoods on Global South- Case study -- 13-Drought and its Associated Social Responses- Case study -- 14-Access to Basic Amenities, Healthcare Services and Mass Education -- 15-Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development, Industrialization as a Source of Employment -- 16-Protection of Civil Rights, Transgender Equality, Vocal for Local and Ecofeminism -- 17-Conclusion.
    Abstract: This volume discusses a broad range of human welfare problems associated with and stemming from social issues, natural resource deficiencies, environmental hazards, vulnerability to climate change, and sustainability challenges. The chapters form a framework centered around the concept of social morphology, i.e. the role of humans in shaping society, and associated human-nature interactions which inform the ability to achieve sustainable welfare and well-being. The book is divided in six sections. Section I contains the introductory chapters where the book explores shifting interfaces between environment, society, and sustainability outcomes. Section II discusses contemporary issues of social welfare, and covers sustainable in geo-heritage and ecotourism. Section III addresses the roots of various social conflicts and inequalities in relation to overpopulation, poverty, illiteracy, employment concerns, and human migration. Section IV highlights social security and areas of social deprivation, including urban affordability, gender equality, and women’s health. Section V covers social issues resulting from natural hazards and disasters. Section VI concludes the book with a discussion of the way forward for social sustainability. The book will be of interest to students, researchers, policy makers, environmentalists, NGOs, and social scientists.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIX, 739 p. 224 illus., 196 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030967604
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96760-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-96760-4
    DDC: 304.2
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    Regional Development Planning and Practice : Contemporary Issues in South Asia (2022)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Political planning. ; Human geography. ; Regional Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Socio-Economic Policy. ; Public Policy. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Regional Development with Environmental Practices -- Geopolitics of Sustainable Development -- The Transversal and Territorial Praxis of Regional Development -- Regional Development and Sustainable Responses to Climate Change and other Environmental Issues in Sri Lanka -- Regional Planning Strategy to Sustainable Development in Nepal -- Consequences of Dislocation and Involuntary Migration: Some Lessons from the Teesta River Bank Erosion Affected Communities -- Micro-Spatial Analysis of Rural Accessibility for Imbricating Regional Development: Exemplifying an Indian District -- Managing the Regional Inequalities in India with Particular Reference to the Transformation of Aspirational Districts Programme -- Understanding the Disability Divides in India: A Spatio-temporal Analysis with District-level Datasets -- How Far Gender Inequality Suppresses Human Development: Evidence from India -- Association of Morbidity among Children with Housing, Water, Sanitation Conditions in Urban India: A Policy Perspective -- Urban Heat Island Formation in Relation to Land Transformation: A Study on a Mining Industrial Region of West Bengal -- Housing Conditions with Reference to Seepage in Different Residential Localities in Mumbai -- Livelihood of the Displaced: A Study on Selected Areas of Bangladeshi Immigrants in West Bengal, India -- Household Vulnerability of Tribal People to Climate Change in the Part of Dooars Region, West Bengal, India -- Exploring the Options for Sustainable Livelihood in the Indian Sunderbans: An Attempt through Contingent Valuation Method.
    Abstract: This book, through a bunch of systematic and analytical notes and scientific commentaries, acquaints the readers with the innovative methods of regional development, measurement of the development in regional scale, regional development models, and policy prescriptions. Conceptualizing development as a regional process is a geographer's brainchild, and the sense of region has long been rooted deeply in the fundamental research practices that geographers are accustomed to. The geographical perspective of regions entails conceptualizing them nested horizontally as the formal region and hierarchical relationships in space with spatial flows or interactions as the functional region. In geographical research, the region works as a tool by serving as a statistical unit of analysis. More importantly, however, regions serve as the fundamental spatial units of management and planning by specifying a territory or a part of it for which a certain spatial development or regulatory plan is sought. This book addresses the complex processes in different regions of the world, particularly South Asia, to perceive the regional development planning involved and the sustainable management practiced there. The book is a useful resource for socio-economic planners, policymakers, and policy researchers. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXIV, 427 p. 113 illus., 105 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811656811
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5681-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-5681-1
    DDC: 910.021
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    Climate Crisis: Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability (2023)
    Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Section I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Global Warming and Climate Crisis/Extreme Events -- Chapter 2. Ecosystem Degradation to Restoration: A Challenge -- Chapter 3. Exploring the Dynamics of Antarctic Sea Ice over Four Decades Using Geospatial Technology -- Chapter 4. Climate Change and Himalayan Glaciers: A Socio-Environmental Concern in Anthropocene Epoch -- Chapter 5. Indigenous Strategies and Adaptive Approaches to Scrabble Recent Climate Crisis in Two Districts (Bankura and Purulia) of West Bengal, India -- Section II. Climate Crisis Geophysical Hazard and Risk Reduction and Mitigation -- Chapter 6. Addressing Climate Crisis through Coastal Risk Management: What are the Options? -- Chapter 7. Land Degradation and Its Relation to Climate Change and Sustainability -- Chapter 8. Social Resilience of Local Communities due to Tidal Flooding on the North Coast of Semarang City, Indonesia -- Chapter 9. Effects of Climatic Risks on Soil Erosion/Desertification in Southern and Northern Nigeria Using GIS/Remote Sensing Analysis -- Chapter 10. Strategies for Compound Urban and Climate Hazards: Linking Climate Adaptation and Sustainability to Address Risk in Environmental Justice Communities -- Section IIII. Climate Crisis and Smart Agriculture and Food Security -- Chapter 11. The Role of Indigenous Climate Forecasting Systems in Building Farmers' Resilience in Nkayi District, Zimbabwe -- Chapter 12. Agroforestry Practices: A Sustainable Way to Combat the Climate Crisis and Increase Productivity -- Chapter 13. Climate Crisis and Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies -- Chapter 14. Farming Technologies and Carbon Sequestration Alternatives to Combat Climate Change through Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Chapter 15. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Dryland Agriculture in Semi-Arid Regions of Maharashtra, India: A Short Review with Possible Approaches for Building Climate Resilience -- Chapter 16. Smart Farming and Carbon Sequestration to Combat the Climate Crisis -- Chapter 17. Alleviation of the Climate Catastrophe in Agriculture through Adoption of Climate-Smart Technologies -- Chapter 18. Climate Crisis and Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies and Models -- Section IV. Climate Crisis and Urban Health -- Chapter 19. Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Urban Habitats for Enhancing Ecosystem Services: A Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 20. Climate-Resilient Agropolitan Approach towards Sustainable Regional Development of Barddhaman District of West Bengal -- Chapter 21. Analysing Sustainable Approaches in MGNREGA Works for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Debra Block, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 22. Urban Heat: UHI and Heat Stress Threat to Megacities -- Chapter 23. Assessment of LULC Changes and its Impact on Surface Temperature and Urban Heat Island Conditions in Kolkata during SARS COVID-19 period -- Chapter 24. Addressing Climate Changes Challenges in South Africa: A Study in KwaZulu Natal Province -- Section V. Climate Crisis and Land Water and Forest Sustainability -- Chapter 25. Evaluating the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Glacier Dynamics in Western Himalayas, India -- Chapter 26. The Tale of Crab Collectors and Fatteners: Negotiating Climate Change in Indian Sundarbans -- Chapter 27. Climate Crisis and Wetland Ecosystem Sustainability -- Chapter 28. Land Suitability Assessment for Mulberry-based Agroforestry Using AHP and GIS Technique in North-Western Himalayan Region of Kashmir Valley, India to Achieve Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 29. Climate Crisis and Coastal Risk Management.
    Abstract: This book aims to contribute to the discourse on climate crisis by bringing together high-quality empirical research on adaptive approaches and sustainability case studies from across the world. The book is divided into six sections. The introductory section has two chapters which sets the ground of the book as it discusses the framing of climate crisis and the different approaches towards it. It also situates the book within the global discourse. The first chapter seeks the traditional approaches to bridge the gap in the new climate science, while the second chapter delivers the ultimate reasons for temperature change, global warming and its consequences (extreme weather events) in a comprehensive way. It is hoped that the book as a whole will provide a timely synthesis of a rapidly growing and important field of climate science but will also bring forward new and stimulating ideas that will shape a coherent and fruitful vision for future work for the community of Undergraduates, Postgraduates, Ph.D. Scholars and Researchers in the fields of environmental sciences, humanistic and social sciences and geography. In addition, policy and decision makers, environmentalists, NGOs, corporate sectors, social scientists, and government organizations will find this book to be of great value. We believe that a diverse group of academics, scientists, geographers, environmentalists, environmental regulators, social scientists, and sustainable scientists with a common interest within the earth environmental sciences and humanistic and social sciences will find this book to be a comprehensive source for reference. Also, we strongly deemed that it will also provide some support for various levels of organizations and administrations for developing and achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 in purview of climate change.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXI, 588 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031443978
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44397-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44397-8
    DDC: 551.6
    Language: English
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