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Front Cover -- CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE HIMALAYAS -- CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE HIMALAYASVULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF BIODIVERSITY AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMSEDITED BYAMIT KUMARSCHOOL ... -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the editors -- 1 - An overview of the Himalaya forests and their drivers of change -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mountain forests -- 3. Forests of the Himalaya -- 4. Drivers of change of the Himalaya forests -- 5. Discussion and conclusion -- References -- 2 - Assessment and management of small Farmer's climate risks in the hills and plains of Nepal -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Theoretical framework -- 1.2 Profile of study area -- 2. Methods -- 2.1 Data collection -- 2.2 Vulnerability and risk assessment -- 3. Results and discussions -- 3.1 Demographic and socioeconomic profile -- 3.2 Climate hazard and exposure assessment -- 3.3 Sensitivity assessment -- 3.4 Adaptive capacity assessment -- 3.5 Vulnerability and risk assessment -- 3.6 Risk management -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- 3 - Comparing and contrasting characterstics of coping and adpatation response -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Results and discussion -- 3.1 Conceptual understanding of "coping" and "adaptation." -- 3.1.1 The difference in characteristics of "coping" and "adaptation." -- 3.1.2 Consensus between coping and adaptation is outlined -- 3.1.3 How is there a conflation of response between coping and adaptation? -- 3.2 How does the progression of response frame a link between coping and adaptation? -- 3.2.1 Coping for survival -- 3.2.2 Camouflage adaptation -- 3.2.3 Discrete adaptation -- 3.2.4 Incremental and transformational adaptation -- 3.2.5 An amalgamation of coping and adaptation -- 3.3 How the link between short-term action and long-term response is drawn? -- 3.3.1 Way forward: linking short-term action to long-term response.

Front Cover -- CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE HIMALAYAS -- CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE HIMALAYASVULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF BIODIVERSITY AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMSEDITED BYAMIT KUMARSCHOOL ... -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the editors -- 1 - An overview of the Himalaya forests and their drivers of change -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mountain forests -- 3. Forests of the Himalaya -- 4. Drivers of change of the Himalaya forests -- 5. Discussion and conclusion -- References -- 2 - Assessment and management of small Farmer's climate risks in the hills and plains of Nepal -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Theoretical framework -- 1.2 Profile of study area -- 2. Methods -- 2.1 Data collection -- 2.2 Vulnerability and risk assessment -- 3. Results and discussions -- 3.1 Demographic and socioeconomic profile -- 3.2 Climate hazard and exposure assessment -- 3.3 Sensitivity assessment -- 3.4 Adaptive capacity assessment -- 3.5 Vulnerability and risk assessment -- 3.6 Risk management -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- 3 - Comparing and contrasting characterstics of coping and adpatation response -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Results and discussion -- 3.1 Conceptual understanding of "coping" and "adaptation." -- 3.1.1 The difference in characteristics of "coping" and "adaptation." -- 3.1.2 Consensus between coping and adaptation is outlined -- 3.1.3 How is there a conflation of response between coping and adaptation? -- 3.2 How does the progression of response frame a link between coping and adaptation? -- 3.2.1 Coping for survival -- 3.2.2 Camouflage adaptation -- 3.2.3 Discrete adaptation -- 3.2.4 Incremental and transformational adaptation -- 3.2.5 An amalgamation of coping and adaptation -- 3.3 How the link between short-term action and long-term response is drawn? -- 3.3.1 Way forward: linking short-term action to long-term response.