Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change

Assam

India

Subhasree Banerjee School of Oceanographic Studies Jadavpur University Kolkata West Bengal India

Sarika Bano Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research University of Delhi New Delhi Delhi India

Sunny Bansal RCG School of Infrastructure Design and Management IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur West Bengal India

VIT School of Planning and Architecture

VIT Vellore

Vellore

Tamil Nadu

India

Vidhu Bansal VIT School of Planning and Architecture Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Tamil Nadu India

Department of Architecture and Regional Planning

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal

India

Gunja Baretha Department of Forestry Wildlife & Environmental Sciences Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya(A Central University) Bilaspur India

Jayprakash Chadchan VIT School of Planning and Architecture VIT Vellore Vellore Tamil Nadu India

Abhra Chanda School of Oceanographic Studies Jadavpur University Kolkata West Bengal India

Krishna Kumar Chandra Department of Forestry Wildlife & Environmental Sciences Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University) Bilaspur India

Meenakshi Chaurasia Department of Botany University of Delhi New Delhi Delhi India

Saptamita P. Choudhury School of Biotechnology Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar Odisha India

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research

University of Delhi

New Delhi

Delhi

India

Sanjay Kumar Dey Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research University of Delhi New Delhi Delhi India

Joy K. Dey Documentation and Publication Section, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India New Delhi Delhi India

Dey Health Care and Research Foundation

Nalikul

West Bengal

India

Govind Gupta Environmental Science Discipline Department of Chemistry Manipal University Jaipur Jaipur Rajasthan India

Tomáš Hák Environment Centre Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Faculty of Humanities

Charles University

Prague

Czech Republic

Eyadul Islam School of Oceanographic Studies Jadavpur University Kolkata West Bengal India

Sharmila Jagadisan VIT School of Planning and Architecture Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore Tamil Nadu India

Nishi Jain Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research University of Delhi, New Delhi Delhi India

Department of Biotechnology

Amity University‐Noida

Noida

Uttar Pradesh

India

Svatava Janoušková Environment Centre Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Faculty of Science

Charles University

Prague

Czech Republic

Anina James Department of Zoology, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College University of Delhi New Delhi Delhi India

Jabbar Khan Environmental Science Discipline Department of Chemistry Manipal University Jaipur Jaipur Rajasthan India

Arun Kumar Bihar Agriculture University Bhagalpur Bihar India

Rajesh Kumar Department of Forestry Wildlife & Environmental Sciences, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, (A Central University) Bilaspur India

Arunashish Maity School of Oceanographic Studies Jadavpur University Kolkata West Bengal India

Nikhat Manzoor Department of Biosciences Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi Delhi India

Rohit Mukherjee School of Oceanographic Studies Jadavpur University Kolkata West Bengal India

Anirban Mukhopadhyay Disaster Preparedness Mitigation, and Management (DPMM) Asian Institute of Technology Pathumthani Bangkok Thailand

Indrajit Pal Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation, and Management (DPMM) Asian Institute of Technology Pathumthani Bangkok Thailand

Musarrat Parween National Institute of Advanced Studies Indian Institute of Science Campus Bangalore Karnataka India

Kajal Patel Department of Botany University of Delhi New Delhi Delhi India

Samin Poudel UNIGIS Kathmandu, UNIGIS Dual Degree: Kathmandu Forestry College (Nepal) and Department of Geoinformatics‐Z_GIS, University of Salzburg (Austria)

Niloy Pramanick School of Oceanographic Studies Jadavpur University Kolkata West Bengal India

Kottapalli S. Rao Department of Botany University of Delhi New Delhi Delhi India

Joy Sen Department of Architecture and Regional Planning and Joint Faculty, RCG School of Infrastructure Design and Management, IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur West Bengal India

Shahnawaz Department of Geoinformatics ‐ Z_GISUniversity of Salzburg Salzburg Austria

Deepti Sharma Terra Nero Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.Varun Garden, Manpada Thane (W) Maharashtra India

Him L. Shrestha UNIGIS Kathmandu Kathmandu Forestry College Kathmandu Nepal

Riddhi Shrivastava Environmental Science Discipline, Department of Chemistry Manipal University Jaipur Jaipur Rajasthan India

Poornima College of Engineering

Jaipur

Rajasthan

India

Naveen K. Singh Environmental Science Discipline Department of Chemistry Manipal University Jaipur Jaipur Rajasthan India

Ranjana Singh Government Model Degree College, Arniya Bulandshahar Uttar Pradesh India

Rishikesh Singh Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development (IESD) Banaras Hindu University Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India

Department of Botany

Faculty of Science

Panjab University

Chandigarh

India

Vipin Kumar Singh Department of Botany Institute of Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India

Prachi Sinha Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India National Investigation Agency New Delhi Delhi India

Sujata Sinha Department of Botany Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (University of Delhi) New Delhi Delhi India

Pratap Srivastava Department of Botany Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Post‐graduate College University of Allahabad Prayagraj India

Gul‐e‐Noor Tanjina Hasnat Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences University of Chittagong Chittagong Bangladesh

Pramit Verma Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development (IESD) Banaras Hindu University Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India

R. K. Kohli

Nature produces enough for everyone's need. It also has in place the cyclic processes for the regeneration of nature's gifts. However, for his convenience man has introduced the concept of settlements in urban areas, beyond their carrying capacities. Hardly has any country evaluated the natural resource‐carrying capacity of any area before the settlement of human population. This has not only disturbed the natural balance resulting in consequential impacts reflected in the form of pollution of air, water, soil, sound, and creation of perceptible urban heat island and thermal inversions but also resulted in social unrest, increased crimes, irritability, and impaction on human health.

Unfortunately, man evaluates every action in terms of economics without realising that the man‐made currency does not follow the currency and principles of nature. The economists and ecologists unfortunately had been contradicting each other. The former had always been winning, and the latter cribbing. However, the last laugh is of the ecologist, especially when natural calamities and catastrophes occur. It is no exaggeration that the incidence and dimensions of such horrific events including floods, hurricanes, and pandemics have unfortunately increased lately, Undoubtedly, such events impact the future of earth's biosphere. For such reasons, the need for trees and green spaces, etc. for sustainable ecological balance is more in urban areas. Our actions need to match with the desired well‐defined sustainable goals.