List of Contributors viii Foreword xiiiR.K. Kohli Foreword xvP K Joshi Section 1 Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change: Introduction 1 1 Urban Ecology and Climate Change: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies 3Rishikesh Singh, Pramit Verma, Vipin Kumar Singh, Pratap Srivastava, and Arun Kumar 2 Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Their Impact on Increased Occurrence of Cardiometabolic Syndrome 30Saptamita P. Choudhury, Arisha Arora, Nishi Jain, and Sanjay K. Dey Section 2 Urban Landscape Design Using Emerging Techniques 57 3 An Alternative Sustainable City Framework to Tackle Climate Change Issues in India 59Sunny Bansal, Jayprakash Chadchan, and Joy Sen 4 Integrated Water Resource Management for Future Water Security 73Musarrat Parween 5 Water Urbanism and Multifunctional Landscapes: Case of Adyar River, Chennai and Ganga River, Varanasi, India 85Vidhu Bansal, Sharmila Jagadisan, and Joy Sen 6 Urban Landscape Change Detection Using GIS and RS: Chattogram City Corporation, Bangladesh 104Mohammad Ali and Gul-e-Noor T. Hasnat 7 Emerging Techniques for Urban Resource Restoration of Various Ecosystem: Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Habitat Enhancement 121Riddhi Shrivastava, Jabbar Khan, Govind Gupta, and Naveen K. Singh 8 Phytoremediation of Urban Air Pollutants: Current Status and Challenges 140Anina James Section 3 Biodiversity and Natural Resource Exploitation 163 9 Tree Benefits in Urban Environment and Incidences of Tree Vandalism: A Review for Potential Solutions 165Krishna K. Chandra, Rajesh Kumar, and Gunja Baretha 10 Environmental Status of Green Spaces in Bhaktapur District of Nepal – 2019 182Samin Poudel, Shahnawaz Shahnawaz, and Him L. Shrestha 11 Challenges and Opportunities of Establishing Jungle Flora Nursery in Urban Settlements 204Deepti Sharma and Sujata Sinha 12 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 Dey 13 Human–Wildlife Conflict in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region – An Empirical Study 250Deepti Sharma and Prachi Sinha Section 4 Urbanization, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Climate Change 273 14 Building Knowledge on Urban Sustainability in the Czech Republic: A Self-assessment Approach 275Svatava Janoušková and Tomáš Hák 15 A Sustainable Approach to Combat Climate Change: Case Studies from Some Urban Systems 297Meenakshi Chaurasia, Kajal Patel, Ranjana Singh, and Kottapalli S. Rao Section 5 Climate Change and Threats to Ecological Conservation 321 16 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 Mukhopadhyay Index

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