| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 143 pages .) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; PART I: Situation Analysis and Methodology; 1 Introduction; Climate Change; About This Study; 2 Methodology; Approach and Framework; Models and Scenario Assumptions; 3 Climate Change Scenario in South Asia; Observed Climate Trends in South Asia; Projected Climate Change Impact in South Asia; Projected Climate Change Scenarios by Country; PART II: Climate Change-Impact and Adaptation; 4 Modeling Climate Change and Its Impacts on Sectors |
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Country Vulnerabilities and Physical Impacts on SectorsModeling Results; 5 Economic Implications of Climate Change in South Asia; Modeling the Economy-Wide Impact of Climate Change; Results from Integrated Assessment Models; Results from Computable General Equilibrium Model; PART III: Responses; 6 Adaptation Options, Policies, and Strategies; Adaptation Options; Policies and Strategies; Conclusions and Way Forward; Appendixes |
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1 Characteristics of Observed and Regional Climate Model-Simulated Seasonal and Annual Total Rainfall and Mean Temperatures for Three IPCC Emission Scenarios in South Asia2 Agricultural Losses in Bangladesh due to Natural Disasters in Different Years; 3 Economy-Wide and Sector-Specific Adaptation Options; 4 Summary of Adaptation Funding Sources; References; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Tables; 1 Sectors Analyzed and Physical Impact Modeling Parameters; 2 Precipitation Departure in South Asian Countries for 2030, 2050, and 2080 from 2000 Baseline, under Different IPCC Emission Scenarios |
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3 Temperature Change in South Asian Countries for 2030, 2050, and 2080 from 2000 Baseline, under Different IPCC Emission Scenarios4 Impact of Major Floods in Bangladesh; 5 Sources of Energy Production in Bangladesh; 6 Assessment of Availability and Requirement of Water in India; 7 Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yield in Bangladesh; 8 Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yield in Bhutan; 9 Combined Effect of Increase in Temperature and Carbon Dioxide Concentration on Rice Productivity in Nepal; 10 Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yield in Sri Lanka |
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11 Projected Global and South Asia Mean Sea Level Rise by 210012 South Asia: Impact of 1-Meter Sea Level Rise in Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka; 13 The Maldives: Area and Population Impacted by a 1-Meter Sea Level Rise; 14 Energy Demand-Supply Gap for South Asia in the 2030s and 2050s; 15 Forest Carbon Pool in South Asia under Scenarios A1B, A2, and B1; 16 Net Primary Production in South Asia under Scenarios A1B, A2, and B1; 17 Net Biological Productivity (grams carbon/square meter/year) for South Asia under Scenarios A1B, A2, and B1 |
| Analysis |
Climate change -- South Asia -- Impact on development |
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Sustainable development -- Developing countries |
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Development planning -- South Asia -- Environmental aspects |
| Notes |
"Publication stock no. BKK146474-2"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-143) |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- South Asia
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- South Asia
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Climatic changes.
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects.
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South Asia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Suphachol Suphachalasai
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Asian Development Bank
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Great Britain. Department for International Development
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| ISBN |
9789292545109 |
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9292545108 |
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9292545116 |
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9789292545116 |
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