Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Climate Risks, Adaptation and Vulnerability in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia -- Introduction -- Climate Risks and Factors Contributing to Vulnerability in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia -- Study Area, Data, and Methodology -- Study Area and Data -- Methodology -- Results and Discussion -- Climate Risks Experienced in Past 10 Years -- Descriptive Statistics -- Factors Determining Climate Adaptation by Farmers -- Conclusion and Policy Recommendations -- References -- 2 Climate Modeling, Drought Risk Assessment and Adaptation Strategies in the Western Part of Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Data and Methods -- Selection of Study Area -- Data Sources -- Missing Data Estimation -- Trend Analysis Methods -- Prediction of Climate Variables -- Modeling Agricultural Drought Using Markov Chain -- Drought Proneness Index -- Drought Hazard Index (DHI) Calculation -- Calculation and Classification of Drought Vulnerability Index (DVI) -- Index of Drought Risk (DRI) -- Interpolation with GIS -- Results and Discussions -- Descriptive Statistics of Rainfall and Temperature -- Analysis of Mean Annual Rainfall -- Analysis of Mean Annual Rainfall in the Cropping Season -- Analysis of Mean Annual Temperature -- Analysis of Mean Annual Temperature in the Cropping Season -- Prediction of Annual Mean Temperature Using the ARIMA Model -- Agricultural Drought Modeling Using Markov Chain -- Spatial Distribution of the Seasonal Probability of Dry and Wet Weeks -- Seasonal Characteristics of DI Indices -- The Trend in Drought Index (DI) in Kharif Season -- The Trend in Drought Index (DI) in Pre-Kharif Season -- Annual Occurrences of Agricultural Drought -- Drought Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Analysis -- Drought Hazard Index and Hazard Map -- Drought Susceptibility of Socio-economic and Physical Indicators -- Population Density. , Female to Male Ratio -- Literacy Rate -- People Reliant on Agriculture -- Irrigated Land to Cultivable Land -- Crop Production -- Drought Susceptibility -- Drought Risk -- Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- References -- 3 Contextualizing Resilience Amidst Rapid Urbanization in Kenya Through Rural-Urban Linkages -- Introduction -- Rural-Urban Linkages and Climate Change -- Linear and Non-linear Linkages in the Rural-Urban Context -- Climate Change as a Threat-Multiplier -- Methods -- The Study Area -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Results and Discussion -- Anchorage of Rural-Urban Linkages in Kenya -- Status of the Road to Resilience in Kenya -- Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Pathways to Improved Resilience -- Policy Implications -- References -- 4 Modeling and Forecasting Climate Change Impact on Groundwater Fluctuations in Northwest Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Research Problem -- Objective of the Study -- Methods and Materials -- Study Area and Data Collection -- NARX Model Architecture -- Normalization -- Training Algorithms -- Data Preprocessing -- Evaluation of Performance -- Data Analysis and Discussion -- Trend of Annual Average Maximum Temperature -- Yearly Average Min Temperature Trend -- Yearly Mean Temperature Trend -- Yearly Mean Rainfall Trend -- Trend of Yearly Average Relative Humidity (%) -- Interaction of Climatic Indicators in Northwest Bangladesh -- Groundwater Table Depth: Temporal Analysis -- Modeling Results -- Major Findings -- Conclusions -- Recommended Policy -- References -- 5 Modeling Household Socio-Economic Vulnerability to Natural Disaster in Teesta Basin, Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Methodology -- Study Area Description -- Techniques of Data Collection -- Indicators and Factors of the Study for SeVI -- Calculation Procedure of SeVI Model -- Calculation Procedure of IPCC-SeVI. , Results -- Adaptive Capacity Index of the Study Area -- Exposure Index of the Study Area -- Sensitivity Index of the Study Area -- IPCC-SeVI of the Study Area -- Overall and HHs SeVI Score -- Benefits of SeVI and IPCC-SeVI Approaches -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 6 Post-cyclone Occupational Vulnerabilities of Farmers in South-West Coastal Region of Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Methods -- Design -- Study Area -- Sampling and Participants -- Data Collection Tools and Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Ethical Consideration -- Results and Discussion -- Theme 1: Pre-Cyclone Occupational Situation and Impact of Cyclone -- Theme 2: Post-Cyclone Occupational Vulnerabilities by Waterlogging and Salinity Intrusion -- Theme 3: Post-Cyclone Occupational Vulnerabilities: Sand Falling, Crisis of Irrigation Water and Loan Debt -- Theme 4: Impact of Occupational Vulnerabilities on Life and Adaptation to Climate Change -- Theme 5: Solution to Reduce Vulnerabilities -- Discussion -- Conclusion and Policy Recommendation -- References -- 7 Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Emission and Its Impact on Economic Growth of SAARC Countries -- Introduction -- Objectives of the Research -- Data and Method -- Data Source -- Time Series Models and Methods -- Results and Discussions -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Agriculture and Climate Change in Nepal: GHG Emissions, Mitigation, Indications of Climate Change, Impact on Agriculture, Adaptation, and Co-benefits -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Results and Discussion -- Emissions of Greenhouse Gases -- Climate Change Mitigation from Agriculture and Forestry in Nepal -- Climate Change Indications and Impact on Agriculture -- Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture Sector in Nepal -- Co-benefits Leading to Resilient Agriculture System -- Conclusion -- References. , 9 Vulnerability, Food Security and Adaptation to Climate Change of Coastal Rice Farmers in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Description of the Study Area -- Sampling and Data Collection -- Measurement of Variables and Data Analysis -- Results and Discussion -- Livelihood Status and Institutional Accessibility -- Farmers' Perception About Vulnerabilities -- Food Security Status -- Coping Strategies -- Adaptation Strategies of Farmers -- Conclusion and Policy Implication -- References -- 10 What Influence Evacuation Decisions at Cyclone Shelters? Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Study Area -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Results and Discussion -- Socio-demographic Profile of the Respondents -- Changes in Settlement Pattern and the Cyclone Shelters in the Last 20 years -- Establishment of a Cyclone Shelter -- Spatial Distribution of Cyclone Shelters -- Factors that Influence Evacuation Decisions -- Impact of Factors on Evacuation Decisions -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Assessment of Structural Weakness of Government Response to Natural Hazards -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Methodology -- Geographical Features of the Study Areas -- Population and Sample -- Sampling Technique -- Data Collection -- Approaches to Analysis -- Data Processing -- Results and Discussion -- Governance Issues in Char Areas -- Status of Institutional Response -- Public Perception and Institutional Response to Flood Control -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Ensemble Technique for Predicting Rainfall of Drought Vulnerability of Barind Track in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Review of Literature -- Methodology -- Study Area -- Framework of the Study -- Sources of Data -- Data Preparation -- Modeling -- Model Evaluation -- Calculate Drought Index Based on Forecasted Data -- Results and Discussions -- Conclusions. , References -- 13 Riverbank Erosions, Coping Strategies, and Resilience Thinking of the Lower-Meghna River Basin Community, Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Resilience to Natural Hazards and Disasters -- Resilience Thinking -- Community Resilience -- Methods -- Study Area -- Results -- Impacts of Riverbank Erosions -- Coping Strategies and Responses to Riverbank Erosions -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 14 Understanding the Climatic and Non-climatic Drivers of Livelihood Vulnerability in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Study Area -- Data Collection Approach and Methods -- Data Analysis Techniques -- Results and Discussion -- Identifying the Factors that Influence Livelihood Vulnerability -- Comparing the Importance of Stressors that Influence Livelihood Vulnerability -- Comparing the Importance of Livelihood Vulnerability Factors Across Villages -- The Impacts of Climatic Factors on Farmers' Lives and Livelihoods -- The Impacts of Non-climatic Factors on Farmers' Lives and Livelihoods -- Conclusion and Policy Recommendations -- References -- 15 Drivers of Vulnerability and Its Socio-economic Consequences: An Example of River Erosion Affected People in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Research Context -- Review of Literature -- Methodology -- Research Context and Location -- Research Approach -- Research Method -- Data Collection Methods and Data Collection Instruments -- Sampling and Respondents -- Respondents' Profile -- Data Analysis Techniques -- Research Ethics -- Results -- Physical Vulnerability -- Economic Vulnerability -- Social Vulnerability -- Psychological Vulnerability -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 16 Analyzing Influential Factors to Flood Resilience in the Northern Flood- Prone Rural Areas of Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Study Area -- Data Collection. , Data Analysis and Visualization.