文档介绍：Impact of Climate Change on Natural Resource ManagementBipal K. JanaMrinmoy MajumderEditorsImpact of Climate Change on Natural Resource ManagementEditorsBipal K. JanaJadavpur University,Kolkata, ******@Mrinmoy MajumderJadavpur University,Kolkata, ******@ 978-90-481-3580-6e-ISBN 978-90-481-3581-3DOI -90-481-3581-3Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New YorkLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2010930141? Springer Science+Business Media . 2010No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on puter system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paperSpringer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (efaceClimate change is defined as any long-term change in the statistics of weather over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. Climate change may occur in a specific region, or across the whole effect of global warming is now predominant in many parts of the world. Twelve warmest years have occurred in the 1900s among which ten have occurred between 1987 and 1998. The energy availability, which was increased due to increase in temperature, had created a ripple effect throughout the Earth system with positive local, regional, and global feedback on each other to amplify and accelerate warming (Stewart and Vemuri 2006).Abnormality in climatic pattern, induced by the accelerated warming, had started to effect catchment-specific hydrologic cycles. In the last 10 years, floods have caused more damage than in the previous 30 years. Higher temperatures lead to a high rate of evaporation and very dry conditions in some areas of the world