Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas

✍ Scribed by Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton, W. Neil Adger, Susan E. Hanson, Md. Munsur Rahman, Mashfiqus Salehin

Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 614
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book answers key questions about environment, people and their shared future in deltas. It develops a systematic and holistic approach for policy-orientated analysis for the future of these regions. It does so by focusing on ecosystem services in the world’s largest, most populous and most iconic delta region, that of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh. The book covers the conceptual basis, research approaches and challenges, while also providing a methodology for integration across multiple disciplines, offering a potential prototype for assessments of deltas worldwide.

Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas analyses changing ecosystem services in deltas; the health and well-being of people reliant on them; the continued central role of agriculture and fishing; and the implications of aquaculture in such environments.The analysis is brought together in an integrated and accessible way to examine the future of the Ganges Brahmaputra delta based on a near decade of research by a team of the world’s leading scientists on deltas and their human and environmental dimensions.

This book is essential reading for students and academics within the fields of Environmental Geography, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy focused on solving the world’s most critical challenges of balancing humans with their environments.

This book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-l
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Ecosystem Services, Well-Being and Deltas: Current Knowledge and Understanding (W. Neil Adger, Helen Adams, Susan Kay, Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton, Susan E. Hanson et al.)....Pages 3-27
Ecosystem Services Linked to Livelihoods and Well-Being in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta (Helen Adams, W. Neil Adger, Robert J. Nicholls)....Pages 29-47
An Integrated Approach Providing Scientific and Policy-Relevant Insights for South-West Bangladesh (Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton, Attila N. Lázár, W. Neil Adger, Andrew Allan, Paul G. Whitehead et al.)....Pages 49-69
Integrative Analysis for the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta, Bangladesh (Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton, W. Neil Adger, Susan E. Hanson, Md. Munsur Rahman, Mashfiqus Salehin)....Pages 71-90
Front Matter ....Pages 91-91
Recent Trends in Ecosystem Services in Coastal Bangladesh (John A. Dearing, Md. Sarwar Hossain)....Pages 93-114
Governance of Ecosystem Services Across Scales in Bangladesh (Andrew Allan, Michelle Lim)....Pages 115-130
Health, Livelihood and Well-Being in the Coastal Delta of Bangladesh (Mohammed Mofizur Rahman, Sate Ahmad)....Pages 131-145
Floods and the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta (Anisul Haque, Robert J. Nicholls)....Pages 147-159
Front Matter ....Pages 161-161
Integrating Science and Policy Through Stakeholder-Engaged Scenarios (Emily J. Barbour, Andrew Allan, Mashfiqus Salehin, John Caesar, Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton)....Pages 163-178
Incorporating Stakeholder Perspectives in Scenario Development (Andrew Allan, Michelle Lim, Emily J. Barbour)....Pages 179-205
Regional Climate Change over South Asia (John Caesar, Tamara Janes)....Pages 207-221
Future Scenarios of Economic Development (Alistair Hunt)....Pages 223-246
Front Matter ....Pages 247-247
Biophysical Modelling of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna Catchment (Paul G. Whitehead)....Pages 249-262
Marine Dynamics and Productivity in the Bay of Bengal (Susan Kay, John Caesar, Tamara Janes)....Pages 263-275
A Sustainable Future Supply of Fluvial Sediment for the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta (Stephen E. Darby, Robert J. Nicholls, Md. Munsur Rahman, Sally Brown, Rezaul Karim)....Pages 277-291
Present and Future Fluvial, Tidal and Storm Surge Flooding in Coastal Bangladesh (Anisul Haque, Susan Kay, Robert J. Nicholls)....Pages 293-314
Modelling Tidal River Salinity in Coastal Bangladesh (Lucy Bricheno, Judith Wolf)....Pages 315-332
Mechanisms and Drivers of Soil Salinity in Coastal Bangladesh (Mashfiqus Salehin, Md. Mahabub Arefin Chowdhury, Derek Clarke, Shahjahan Mondal, Sara Nowreen, Mohammad Jahiruddin et al.)....Pages 333-347
Population Dynamics in the South-West of Bangladesh (Sylvia Szabo, Sate Ahmad, W. Neil Adger)....Pages 349-365
Land Cover and Land Use Analysis in Coastal Bangladesh (Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Duncan D. Hornby, Craig W. Hutton, Attila N. Lázár, Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Tuhin Ghosh)....Pages 367-381
A Geospatial Analysis of the Social, Economic and Environmental Dimensions and Drivers of Poverty in South-West Coastal Bangladesh (Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Craig W. Hutton)....Pages 383-403
Defining Social-Ecological Systems in South-West Bangladesh (Helen Adams, W. Neil Adger, Munir Ahmed, Hamidul Huq, Rezaur Rahman, Mashfiqus Salehin)....Pages 405-423
Characterising Associations between Poverty and Ecosystem Services (Helen Adams, W. Neil Adger, Sate Ahmad, Ali Ahmed, Dilruba Begum, Mark Chan et al.)....Pages 425-444
Front Matter ....Pages 445-445
Prospects for Agriculture Under Climate Change and Soil Salinisation (Derek Clarke, Attila N. Lázár, Abul Fazal M. Saleh, Mohammad Jahiruddin)....Pages 447-467
Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries: Trends and Prospects (Manuel Barange, Jose A. Fernandes, Susan Kay, Mostafa A. R. Hossain, Munir Ahmed, Valentina Lauria)....Pages 469-488
Dynamics of the Sundarbans Mangroves in Bangladesh Under Climate Change (Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Andres Payo, Abhra Chanda, Tuhin Ghosh, Shahad Mahabub Chowdhury, Sugata Hazra)....Pages 489-503
Hypertension and Malnutrition as Health Outcomes Related to Ecosystem Services (Ali Ahmed, Mahin Al Nahian, Craig W. Hutton, Attila N. Lázár)....Pages 505-521
Front Matter ....Pages 523-523
Integrative Analysis Applying the Delta Dynamic Integrated Emulator Model in South-West Coastal Bangladesh (Attila N. Lázár, Andres Payo, Helen Adams, Ali Ahmed, Andrew Allan, Abdur Razzaque Akanda et al.)....Pages 525-574
Communicating Integrated Analysis Research Findings (Mashrekur Rahman, Md. Munsur Rahman)....Pages 575-586
Erratum to: Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas: Integrated Assessment for Policy Analysis (Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton, W. Neil Adger, Susan E. Hanson, Md. Munsur Rahman, Mashfiqus Salehin)....Pages E1-E1
Back Matter ....Pages 587-593

✦ Subjects

Geography; Environmental Geography; Environmental Policy; Environmental Management; Sustainable Development; Natural Resources

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