Coping Mechanisms for Climate Change in Peri-Urban Areas

Dr. S. Manasi is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Research in Urban Affairs at the Institute for Social and Economic Change in Bangalore, India. She has extensive research experience in urban environment and natural resource management, and has worked in many collaborative research studies at national and international levels. She has several books and journal publications.  Dr. K. V. Raju is Leader of the Policy & Impact Research Program-Asia at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in Telangana, India. He was previously Economic Adviser to the Chief Minister of the Government of Karnataka, and Professor and Head of the Center for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources at the Institute for Social and Economic Change in Bangalore. He has written 14 published books and 97 journal papers.

• Chapter 1-Introduction.- Chapter 2-Evidences from climate change dynamics.- Chapter 3-Sustaining livelihoods for survival.- Chapter 4-Cultural influence for revitalizing health traditions and vulnerable environments.- Chapter 5-Holistic health for well-being.- Chapter 6-Summary and policy options.