Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change

About the EditorsRahul 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.

• List of Contributors viiiForeword xiiiR.K. KohliForeword xvP K JoshiSection 1 Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change: Introduction 11 Urban Ecology and Climate Change: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies 3Rishikesh Singh, Pramit Verma, Vipin Kumar Singh, Pratap Srivastava, and Arun Kumar2 Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Their Impact on Increased Occurrence of Cardiometabolic Syndrome 30Saptamita P. Choudhury, Arisha Arora, Nishi Jain, and Sanjay K. DeySection 2 Urban Landscape Design Using Emerging Techniques 573 An Alternative Sustainable City Framework to Tackle Climate Change Issues in India 59Sunny Bansal, Jayprakash Chadchan, and Joy Sen4 Integrated Water Resource Management for Future Water Security 73Musarrat Parween5 Water Urbanism and Multifunctional Landscapes: Case of Adyar River, Chennai and Ganga River, Varanasi, India 85Vidhu Bansal, Sharmila Jagadisan, and Joy Sen6 Urban Landscape Change Detection Using GIS and RS: Chattogram City Corporation, Bangladesh 104Mohammad Ali and Gul-e-Noor T. Hasnat7 Emerging Techniques for Urban Resource Restoration of Various Ecosystem: Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Habitat Enhancement 121Riddhi Shrivastava, Jabbar Khan, Govind Gupta, and Naveen K. Singh8 Phytoremediation of Urban Air Pollutants: Current Status and Challenges 140Anina JamesSection 3 Biodiversity and Natural Resource Exploitation 1639 Tree Benefits in Urban Environment and Incidences of Tree Vandalism: A Review for Potential Solutions 165Krishna K. Chandra, Rajesh Kumar, and Gunja Baretha10 Environmental Status of Green Spaces in Bhaktapur District of Nepal – 2019 182Samin Poudel, Shahnawaz Shahnawaz, and Him L. Shrestha11 Challenges and Opportunities of Establishing Jungle Flora Nursery in Urban Settlements 204Deepti Sharma and Sujata Sinha12 Effect of the Changing Climate and Urban Ecology on Spreading of Infectious Diseases Including SARS-CoV-2 223Joy K. Dey, Saiema Ahmedi, Nishi Jain, Sarika Bano, Nikhat Manzoor, and Sanjay Kumar Dey13 Human–Wildlife Conflict in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region – An Empirical Study 250Deepti Sharma and Prachi SinhaSection 4 Urbanization, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Climate Change 27314 Building Knowledge on Urban Sustainability in the Czech Republic: A Self-assessment Approach 275Svatava Janoušková and Tomáš Hák15 A Sustainable Approach to Combat Climate Change: Case Studies from Some Urban Systems 297Meenakshi Chaurasia, Kajal Patel, Ranjana Singh, and Kottapalli S. RaoSection 5 Climate Change and Threats to Ecological Conservation 32116 Threats from Sea Level Rise and Erosion: A Case Study of An Estuarine Inhabited Island Ghoramara, Hooghly Estuary 323Niloy Pramanick, Eyadul Islam, Subhasree Banerjee, Rohit Mukherjee, Arunashish Maity, Rituparna Acharyya, Abhra Chanda, Indrajit Pal, and Anirban MukhopadhyayIndex