This book critically discusses the vulnerabilities and local adaptation actions of the traditional marine fishers of the tsunami-hit coastal regions of South India to climate change and risks,with an emphasis on their local institutions.

Devendraraj Madhanagopal (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor ( I ) in the School of Sustainability at XIM University (Odisha, India). He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Mumbai, India). He is the recipient of several international travel grants/fellowships. His works appear in Environment, Development and Sustainability and Metropolitics journals. He is the corresponding editor of the following edited books: (i) Environment, Climate, and Social Justice: Perspectives and Practices from the Global South (2022), (ii) Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia: Sociopolitical Perspectives, Routledge, UK (forthcoming), and (iii) Social Work and Climate Justice: International Perspectives, Routledge, UK (forthcoming).

Chapter 1 Coromandel Coast of South India: Centuries-old fishing communities under climate change and disasters

Chapter 2 Conceptual underpinnings and introducing the framework

Chapter 3 Unraveling climate change and disasters: Navigating to the field

Chapter 4 Indigenous knowledge systems in confronting climate change: Opportunities and constraints

Chapter 5 Living with climate change: Vulnerability and adaptation actions

Chapter 6 Local institutions: Boon or bane in local adaptation to climate change?

Chapter 7 Fisherwomen and their agencies: Scope and challenges in adapting to climate change.

Chapter 8 Conclusion and the way forward

Appendix (References)