Disaster Risk, Resilient Agriculture and Livelihood

Asraful Alam is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Geography, Serampore Girls’ College, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He received his MA and PhD degrees in Geography from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and Aliah University, Kolkata, India, respectively, and also completed a PG diploma in remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS). Alam completed his post doctorate (PDF) from the Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. Previously, he was an Assistant Coordinator in the PG Department of Geography, Calcutta Women’s College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. Dr. Alam is one of the Project Directors of a collaborative major project on “Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: An Impact Assessment in Relation to the Life of Women in Assam and West Bengal” sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Education, New Delhi. His research interests include population geography, agricultural geography, climatology, health geography, remote sensing and GIS, and developmental studies. He has contributed various research papers published in various reputed national and international journals and edited book volumes. He has authored jointly edited books entitled Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics: Case Studies of Human-Environment Interactions in India, Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security: Case Study of Availability and Sustainability in India, Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development: Experiences and Case Studies, Life and Living through Newer Spectrum of Geography, Self-Reliance (Atmanirbhar) and Sustainable Resource Management in India, and Climate Change, Agriculture and Society—Approaches toward Sustainability, Population, Sanitation and Health: A Geographical Study Towards Sustainability and Agriculture and Climatic Issues in South Asia Geospatial Applications. He was a convener in the National Seminar on Self-reliance (Atmanirbhar), Sustainable Development and Environment 25–26 March 2022 sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) organized by the Department of Geography, Serampore Girls’ College. Alam has served as an editorial board member in peer-reviewed international journals PLOS ONE, Earth Science, Scientific Journal of Health Science Research, and Frontiers in Geochemistry. Rukhsana is an Assistant Professor and former Head of the Department of Geography at Aliah University, Kolkata. She has 15 years of teaching as well as research experience. She obtained her MA and PhD degrees in Geography from Aligarh Muslims University. She was awarded nine academic awards and fellowships like International Young Geographer Award 2009, the AMU-JRF award 2006–07, and UGC-JRF 2007–2009 award, etc. She has published more than 40 papers at the national as well as international levels in reputed journals and 23 chapters in edited books. Dr Rukhsana has published eleven books and presented a number of research papers at national and international levels. She has attended XXV FIG International Congress 2014, Malaysia and ICGGS-2018, Thailand Bangkok. Dr Rukhsana has successfully completed three major research project sponsored by ICSSR, Ministry of Education, New Delhi, in the agriculture field. Four PhDs have been successfully awarded under her supervision. She has served as a reviewer for many reputed international journals. Her specialization in research is agriculture development and planning, urban expansion and planning, environment, rural development, RS, and GIS. She has completed various training programs, workshops from different organizations, and a number of training courses run by IIRS Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO, Department of Space, Govt of India. She is engaged in various professional activities and served the university in various posts. Presently she is working as project director on a major research project and project director of a collaborative major project also sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Education, New Delhi.

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 Farmers’ 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