Climate Change and Regional Socio-Economic Systems in the Global South

Mukunda Mishra is Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, and designated Vice Principal of Dr. Meghnad Saha College in West Bengal, India. Dr. Mishra completed his postgraduate studies in Geography and Environmental Management at Vidyasagar University (receiving top rank in both the B.Sc. and M.Sc. panels of merit) and holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the same University. He was selected for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. His research chiefly focuses on analyzing unequal human development, and on creating multi-criteria predictive models. He has more than ten years of hands-on experience in dealing with development issues at the ground level in various districts of eastern India. Dr. Mishra has written one monograph and edited five volumes with Springer. He has also authored forty articles and book chapters, published by reputed international publishers.Andrews José de Lucena is Associate Professor, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has completed his Master in Geography from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Postgraduate Institute and Engineering Research (COPPE/UFRJ). His research interest is chiefly concerned with the urban climate and its research methods, climate change, and environment. He has participated on integrated research projects with several professionals and institutions in the area of climatology and urban meteorology, atmospheric-hydrological modeling, remote sensing in urban areas and urban development in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. He coordinates the Integrated Laboratory of Applied Physical Geography (LIGA/UFRRJ) and integrates the Environmental Satellite Applications Laboratory of the Meteorology Department (LASA/UFRJ). He manages the website www.climatologia.com.br with information about land surface temperature in the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro.Brij Maharaj is Professor of Geography, University of Kwazulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. He has received widespread recognition for his research on urban politics, mega-events, segregation, local economic development, xenophobia and human rights, migration and diasporas, religion, philanthropy and development, and has published over 150 scholarly papers in renowned journals such as Urban Studies, International Journal of Urban and Regional Studies, Political Geography, Urban Geography, Antipode, Polity and Space, Geoforum, Migration and Development, Local Economy, and GeoJournal, as well as five co-edited book collections. He is a B-rated NRF researcher. He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.

• Chapter 1: Climate Change: The Greatest Development Challenge for the Global South.- Part I: Africa.- Chapter 2: How Climate Change Challenges the Food Security: African Scenario.- Chapter 3: Community Perceptions of Climate Change in Africa: Field Based Observations.- Chpater 4: Impacts of Climate Change on Livelihoods in Africa.- Chapter 5: The Gendered Impacts of Climate Change: Women in Africa.- Chapter 6: Africa, Climate Change and Health Impacts.- Part II: Latin America.- Chapter 7: Economic Geography, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Reflections on Brazil and Colombia.- Chapter 8: Heat Waves in Brazil: Characterization and Impacts.- Chapter 9: Climate Change and the Perspective on Strategic Areas for Brazilian Agriculture.- Chapter 10: Future Scenarios through Climate Modeling of Rain in the Brazilian Amazon.- Chapter 11: Climate Extremes Index Trends: A Clipping in Southeastern Brazil.- Chapter 12: Climate Modeling from CMIP6 Scenarios and its Application in Resilience Strategies for the Southern Region of Brazil. Chapter 13:The Rain Variances of Mato Grosso do Sul State in the Midwest Region of Brazil: Between the Commodities Production and the Global Climate Change Panorama.- Chapter 14: Climate Impact Assessments for the Emerging Metropolitan Region of Brasília.- Chapter 15: Global Climate Change: A Study on the Impacts of Extreme Rainfall Events in the Cities of Petrópolis (RJ) and Juiz de Fora (MG) in Southeast Region of Brazil.- Part III: South Asia.- Chapter 16: Changing Climate, Melting Glaciers and the Increasing Risk in the Nepal Himalaya.- Chapter 17: Climate Change and the Increasing Landslide Risk in the Western Himalayas In India.- Chapter 18: A Positive Feedback Mechanism in Short-Run for High Altitude Tourism amidst the Climate Change: Environmental Sustainability under Questions.- Chapter 19: River Bank Erosion Triggered by the Inconsistent Monsoon in Bangladesh: Threats on lives and Livelihoods.- Chapter 20: Climate Change,Extreme Events and Increasing Risk of Coastal Flood in India: Threats for Mangrove Ecosystem and Estuarine Livelihoods in Bengal Sundarban.- Chapter 21: Soil Erosion and the Food Security: The Case of Eastern Fringe of the Chottanagpur Region in India.- Chapter 22: Climate Change Threatens the Marine Resources, Coral Reefs: Fishermen are at Stake in Sri Lanka.- Chapter 23: Conclusion: Responding Climate Change Phenomena: Resilience Strategies and Capacity Building to assure Sustainable Development.