Disaster Risk, Resilient Agriculture and Livelihood

List of Figures viii List of Tables xi List of Contributors xiv Acknowledgements xvii PART I Climate Change, Vulnerability and Agricultural Transformation 1 1 Disaster Risk, Resilient Agriculture, and Livelihood: An Overview 3 RUKHSANA, ASRAFUL ALAM, AND SUMAIYA KHATUN 2 Farmersâ Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies against Climate Change Impact on Agriculture 17 SIVARAJ PARAMASIVAM, PARTHASARATHY SEETHAPATHY, AND G. VIVEKANATHAPATMANABAN 3 Rainfall Anomaly Index Valuation of Agricultural Production in Jakiri Sub-Division, Northwest Region, Cameroon 35 SUIVEN JOHN PAUL TUME AND SUIKA RITA NYUYFONI 4 Vulnerability Assessment of Soil Erosion: A Geographical Study of the Upper Catchment Area of the Tista River, India 56 ASRAFUL ALAM, LAKSHMINARAYAN SATPATI, AND ARIJIT GHOSH 5 Assessing the Dynamics of Agriculture under the Changing Climate in Gosaba Block of Indian Sundarban 72 BIRAJ KANTI MONDAL 6 Dynamics of Vegetation and Land-Use Land-cover Assessments of Kolkata District 96 NAJIB ANSARI AND RUKHSANA PART II Disaster Risk, Population and Livelihood 109 7 Self-Reported Health Problems Due to Disasters in India: Evidence from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India Survey 111 MARGUBUR RAHAMAN, AMIYA SAHA, KAILASH CHANDRA DAS, AND MD. JUEL RANA 8 Indigenous and Scientific Based-Resilient Strategies to Pre and Post Disasters Management in Cameroon: Insights from the Lake Nyos 1986 Gas Disaster in the Boyo- Menchum Basin 128 AUGUSTINE TOH GAM, MBANGA LAWRENCE AKEI, AND MOFOR GILBERT ZECHIA 9 Depopulated Region in Mirik Municipality of Darjeeling District, West Bengal: A Demographical Analysis 140 ERSHAD ALI AND BIPUL CHANDRA SARKAR 10 Assessment of a Sea Turtle Nesting Beach, a Tropical Habitat: Rushikulya, East Coast of India 154 UMAKANTA PRADHAN, PRAVAKAR MISHRA, AND PRATAP KUMAR MOHANTY 11 Risk and Livelihood Pattern of Informal Workers: Household Evidence from Kolkata City 162 ALISHA SAFDER AND MD. JULFIKAR ALI 12 Fertility Status and Deprivation of Muslim Women Population: A Micro Level Study in Selected CD Blocks of West Bengal 184 SOLEMAN KHAN AND A. K. M. ANWARUZZAMAN PART III Agriculture, Environment and Livelihoods: Mapping and Application 199 13 Trend Evaluation of Agriculture Production and Yield of Major Crops in West Bengal: A District-Level Time Series Data Analysis 201 RUKHSANA 14 Mapping and Analyzing Air Pollution Using Google Earth Engine of Thiruvananthapuram City 227 S. BALA SUBRAMANIYAM AND SABIRUL SK 15 Mapping and Development of Agriculture Diversity in West Bengal: An Evaluation at District Level 241 RUKHSANA 16 Does Agricultural Cooperative Membership Help to Reduce the Overuse of Agrochemicals Pesticides (CPs)?: Evidence from a Rural Area in West Region Cameroon 253 KALDJOB MBEH CHRISTIAN BERNARD, DOUYA EMMANUEL, TATA NGOME PRECILLIA, NSO NGANG ANDRE, AND BAMOU TANKOUA LYDIE 17 Impact of Urban Growth on Land Surface Temperature Pattern of Urban Landscape Using Space-Borne Images 269 GURUCHARAN KARMAKAR, APURBA SARKAR, PRADIP CHOUHAN, AND MARGUBUR RAHAMAN 18 Mapping and Investigating of Land Use and Land Cover Changes Using Geo-Spatial Analysis: A Case Study of Sagardighi Block, Murshidaba 282 MD. MUSTAQUIM AND WOHEEUL ISLAM Index 291