Download or read book Environmental Impact of Large Reservoir Projects on Human Settlement written by Ashwini Kumar Dalua and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the displacement of human settlement due to construction of Upper Kolab Multipurpose Project in Orissa.

Download or read book Environmental Impact of Dams written by Rohit Daroch and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 10.0, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, language: English, abstract: According to WWF: • Worldwide the total amount of water stored in dams is 3-6 times more than that contained in rivers. • The wetlands area during the 20th century has decreased by over 50%. • Out of the 10,000 recorded freshwater species more than 20% have either become extinct, threatened or endangered in recent times. These facts are enough to justify the tremendous impact on environment dams are having. Large scale projects like dams are often floated as important and necessary means of economic development. But this development comes at some or the other cost. Cost to the environment, development and society. So what are dams really for? • Water supply for the general public for domestic uses as well as irrigation which is imperative for our agrarian Indian society. • Hydroelectric power generation. India is the 7th largest producer of hydroelectric power with 114 Tetra-watt hours. It produces 3.3% of the world total. • Dams impede the turbulent and sudden flow of water to prevent floods. Well that is what they are for and granted many of them achieve the above given purposes but they are subject to widespread criticism and debate. Several vehement national and international movements have brought into light the severe problems associated with them. Dams have been criticized for disturbing natural water flows, affecting deposits of nutrients as well as lifecycles of species that depend on freshwater habitat. Reductions in water quantities can increase salinity and make the water unusable for drinking and irrigation. The transport of sediments that are crucial for natural cycles is also affected. This may cause flood risks, lower groundwater tables and in turn affect entire ecosystems. With that said we must point out that dams do not always have a negative impact on habitats. E.g. once reservoirs become established they can become sites where birds can thrive. There are cases where dam projects have taken up significant compensation for the environmental damage they had caused during their initial phases, but these cases are few and far between. In this report, we take up the issue of impact of dams from three different perspectives which we believe are best suited for such a topic: - Economics, Population and Risks and Hazards. We first present them individually and give a brief analysis of each perspective then we present a comprehensive and thorough conclusion at the end.

Download or read book Human Ecology Development in India written by Udai Pratap Singh and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sardar sarovar Project on the River Narmada History of Rehabilitation and Implementation written by Rengarajan Parthasarathy and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at a workshop held at CEPT University on August 6, 2010.

Download or read book Ethical Perspectives on Environmental Issues in India written by George Alfred James and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essays In This Volume Are Of Interest Not Only To Readers Concerned With Indian Environmental Issues But Also To Persons Concerned With Environmental Issues Around The World.

Download or read book Remote Sensing for Wetland Monitoring Waterfowl Habitat Management written by Ketan Tatu and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sustainable Development of Water Resources written by V P Jauhari and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Indian context.

Download or read book Contemporary Society written by Georg Pfeffer and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles in honor of S. N. Ratha, former professor at Sambalpur University, Orissa.

Download or read book Pesticides Man and Biosphere written by O. P. Shukla and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nature Conservation written by A. K. Shrivastava and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reassesses The Environmental Assessment Of India. Summarises The Current Conditions, Land Forest And Biodiversity, New Challenges, Priorities, Instruments Toward Economic Growth And The Environment, Natural Resource Management, Pollution Issues Etc. Useful For Foreign Funding Agencies.

Download or read book Ganga a Water Marvel written by Ashok Chandra Shukla and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ecology and Development in Conflict written by Gunanidhi Parida and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Recent Advances in Ecobiological Research written by M. P. Sinha and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles with reference to India; commemoration volume for Prof. P.N. Mehrotra.

Download or read book A Text Book Of Energy Technology written by B.mazumdar and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure written by Bibhuti Bhusan Das and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises select peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI) 2019. The topics span over all major disciplines of civil engineering with regard to sustainable development of infrastructure and innovation in construction materials, especially concrete. The book covers numerical and analytical studies on various topics such as composite and sandwiched structures, green building, groundwater modeling, rainwater harvesting, soil dynamics, seismic resistance and control of structures, waste management, structural health monitoring, and geo-environmental engineering. This book will be useful for students, researchers and professionals working in sustainable technologies in civil engineering.

Download or read book Struggle Against the State written by Ashok Swain and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many developing countries pursue policies of rapid industrialization in order to achieve faster economic growth. Some policies cause displacement forcing many individuals to take up a fight against the state. Interestingly some of these dissenting individuals are more successful in organizing their protests than others. In this book, Ashok Swain demonstrates how displaced people mobilize to protest with the help of their social networks. Studying protests against large industrial and development projects, Swain compares the mobilization process between a traditionally protest rich and a protest poor region in India to explain how social network structures are a key component to understand this variation. He reveals how improved mobilization capability coincides with their evolving social network structure thanks to recent exposure to external actors like religious missionaries and radical left activists. The in-depth examination of the existing literature on social mobilization and extensive fieldwork conducted in India make this book a well-organized and useful resource to analyze protest mobilization in developing regions.

Download or read book Social Work Concerns and Challenges in the 21st Century written by V. V. Devasia and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choice of themes and the manner in which they are dealt with is a noteworthy feature of this book, Seven out of the twenty articles are on women. A striking feature is that out of the seven articles four of them discuss the daily work undertaken by women.