Climate Change: Human and Social Concerns

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Anomalous climatic effects like higher temperatures, intense rainfall and floods, constant and severe droughts have now reached a whole new level. Without proper adaptation methods, climate change is expected to worsen the vulnerability of society, pose serious risk to food security and human health, threaten the lives of growing urban population and obstruct in the aim of achieving sustainable development. The human and social dimensions of climate change, comprising of climate policy, play crucial roles in our response to several challenges arising from climate change. By emphasizing on a vast range of subjects and involving a number of reputed scholars, this book discusses the human and social dimensions of climate change and the topics usually overlooked or poorly understood by scholars and policymakers.