Download or read book An Environmental History of India written by Michael H. Fisher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This longue durée survey of the Indian subcontinent's environmental history reveals the complex interactions among its people and the natural world.
Download or read book Environment in Indian Society written by R.B. Patil and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at various seminars; chiefly on Kolhapur District of Maharashtra, India.
Download or read book Changing Environment and Indian Society written by Ashesh Prasad Mitra and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Engineering Environment and Society written by P. Ramanan and published by New Age International. This book was released on 1998 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering Environment And Society Is The Subject Taught At Section A Of The Amie Curriculum. This Book Is Prepared In Accordance To The Syllabus Prescribed By The Institution Of Engineers, Calcutta. The Students While Clearing This Paper Engineering Environment And Society Could Find Themselves Fully Equipped With The Essential National Policies, The Necessities Of Our Society, The Magnitude Of Our Problems. The Current Concern Of The Work Is To Protect The Environment From Pollutions. A Chapter On Environment Is Included To Give Insight Into The Problem Faced By The Society.
Download or read book Environment Cultural Interaction and the Tribes of North East India written by Banshaikupar Lyngdoh Mawlong and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All life forms on earth are complementary to each other; the existence and survival of one depend on the existence of another, and vice versa. However, no life forms are more dependent on others than human beings. Humans’ very survival is conditioned by the existence of the natural environment and the living things within it. One aspect of this interaction is the central and inescapable role played by human culture in defining the human-nature relationship. This book emphasises that environmental conservation is a matter of moral and cultural ethics. It stresses the fact that existing environmental conservation methods need to accommodate traditional environmental knowledge and practices of different indigenous cultures in order to re-build and restore the bond between humans and nature.
Download or read book Ecological Indian written by Shepard Krech and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krech (anthropology, Brown U.) treats such provocative issues as whether the Eden in which Native Americans are viewed as living prior to European contact was a feature of native environmentalism or simply low population density; indigenous use of fire; and the Indian role in near-extinctions of buffalo, deer, and beaver. He concludes that early Indians' culturally-mediated closeness with nature was not always congruent with modern conservation ideas, with implications for views of, and by, contemporary Indians. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book India s Ancient Past written by R.S. Sharma and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a complete and accessible description of the history of early India. It starts by discussing the origins and growth of civilizations, empires, and religions. It also deals with the geographical, ecological, and linguistic backgrounds, and looks at specific cultures of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Vedic periods, as well as at the Harappan civilization. In addition, the rise of Jainism and Buddhism, Magadha and the beginning of territorial states, and the period of Mauryas, Central Asian countries, Satvahanas, Guptas, and Harshavardhana are also analysed. Next, it stresses varna system, urbanization, commerce and trade, developments in science and philosophy, and cultural legacy. Finally, the process of transition from ancient to medieval India and the origin of the Aryan culture has also been examined.
Download or read book Environmental Scenario in India written by Sacchidananda Mukherjee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has moved along an impressive growth path over the last decade, marked with falling share of agriculture, stagnating manufacturing, expanding services segment, growing trade orientation, enhanced FDI inflows etc. The consequent growth implications are obvious as far as the numbers like GDP growth rate and Per Capita GDP trend are concerned, but how sustainable the associated development is with respect to resource management and environmental governance? This book captures the economy-wide impacts of various activities on environment in India. The environmental impacts on water, air, soil quality and human health are captured through case studies from different parts of India. Analyzing separately the concern areas within agriculture (cultivation, aquaculture), manufacturing (industrial pollution, power generation), services (waste management, bio-medical waste, e-waste recycling) and external sector (agricultural trade, FDI inflow, trade in waste products) performance of India, the book attempts to find an answer to that crucial question. The methodology adopted to capture the environmental impacts of various economic activities is derived from the relevant branches like environmental economics, agricultural economics, and water resources economics. The book, focusing on particular sectors, indicates the concern areas and possible ways for enhancing environmental governance.
Download or read book Environment Development and Society in Contemporary India An Introduction written by Prasad and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environment, Development and Society in Contemporary India: An Introduction provides basic readings in the current debate on environment and development and its impact on people and society. It can be used by teachers and students at, both the undergradu
Download or read book Gender Human Rights and Environment written by Rachna Suchinmayee and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2008 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Employs An Interdisciplinary Approach To The Study Of Pertinent Social Issues. An Analysis Is Made Of The Conditions Of Unequal Socio-Economic Existence And The Struggles Against Exploitation In The Context Of Traditional Hierarchical Structures Of Caste, Class, Gender, And Ethnicity. It Gives An Enhanced Understanding Of The Indian Social Reality And The Emerging Social Processes. Divided Into Three Sections Gender, Human Rights, And Environment The Book Also Brings Out An Interconnection Between Them And Presents A Cross Comparative Analysis. It Would Elicit Interest Of The Academicians As Well As Those Appearing For The Competitive Examinations. An Effort Is Made To Sharpen The Skills Of The Students So As To Enable Them To Understand The Social Milieu From A Critical Standpoint. It Will Serve As A Valuable Reference Source For All Those Concerned With The Study Of Political Science, Sociology And Environment.
Download or read book Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India written by Alan Diduck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary collection examines social equity and environmental justice in India. It assesses the effectiveness of environmental policies and institutions in rendering justice for marginalized communities while ensuring protection of the environment. It also analyses the influence of the neoliberal state and its political economies on the development and outcomes of these policies and institutions. The book provides a unique perspective on environmental justice because of its consistent emphasis on social justice, rather than the prevailing predominant analyses from legal or environmental perspectives. It explores the themes of effectiveness and equity as they pertain to public policy instruments, such as environmental impact assessment, environmental licensing and enforcement, public hearings, and environmental activism strategies. The four interlinked dimensions of environmental justice, namely recognitional justice, procedural justice, distributive justice, and restorative justice, provide the core of the book’s conceptual framework. The contributions draw on ideas and methods from development studies, environmental geography, environmental law and policy, natural resource management, public administration, and political economy The book concludes by considering planning, policy and institutional reforms and community-based initiatives that are needed to promote and protect environmental justice in India. Offering an important reference for researchers and scholars, this book will appeal to those in law, geography, environmental studies, natural resource management, development studies, sociology, and political science. It will also be of interest to community-based researchers, environmentalists and other civil society activists, natural resource managers, and policy makers.
Download or read book Environment and Society written by Christopher Schlottmann and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environment and Society connects the core themes of environmental studies to the urgent issues and debates of the twenty-first century. In an era marked by climate change, rapid urbanization, and resource scarcity, environmental studies has emerged as a crucial arena of study. Assembling canonical and contemporary texts, this volume presents a systematic survey of concepts and issues central to the environment in society, such as: social mobilization on behalf of environmental objectives; the relationships between human population, economic growth and stresses on the planet’s natural resources; debates about the relative effects of collective and individual action; and unequal distribution of the social costs of environmental degradation. Organized around key themes, with each section featuring questions for debate and suggestions for further reading, the book introduces students to the history of environmental studies, and demonstrates how the field’s interdisciplinary approach uniquely engages the essential issues of the present.
Download or read book Seeing Green written by Finis Dunaway and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-03 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Over 15 chapters, Dunaway transforms what we know about icons and events. Seeing Green is the first history of ads, films, political posters, and magazine photography in the postwar American environmental movement. From fear of radioactive fallout during the Cold War to anxieties about global warming today, images have helped to produce what Dunaway calls "ecological citizenship, " telling us that "we are all to blame." Dunaway heightens our awareness of how depictions of environmental catastrophes are constructed, manipulated, and fought over" -- Publisher information.
Download or read book Environmental Governance in India written by Prakash Chand Kandpal and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exhaustive and thorough book on environmental governance in India examines the multi-layered interaction between society and nature in the light of the role of the State, the Judiciary and Civil Society. Governance of the natural environment has, arguably, emerged as one of the most complex challenges faced by humanity. Consequently, environment has been increasingly incorporated in the agenda at all levels of governance, for both developed and developing countries. Environmental Governance in India: Issues and Challenges traces this environment–development discourse and addresses the limitations, obstacles and possibilities for equitable, just and sustainable development. A pioneering text focusing on the State as a vital factor in environmental and sustainability politics, this book not only reveals the conflicts, problems and dilemmas of urban environmentalism but also suggests a viable strategy to maintain a balance between ecology and equity. Key Features: • Issues of environment and governance written in a lucid and jargon-free language. • Urban environmentalism in India elucidated on the basis of an empirical study. • Exploration of social issues in environmental governance. • Environmental governance explained from both global and Indian perspectives.
Download or read book Environmental Issues in India written by Mahesh Rangarajan and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2009 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles presented at a workshop convened at Department of History, Delhi University in September 2005.
Download or read book Development and Environmental Policy in India written by Kanchan Chopra and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the nuances of the relationship between development and environmental conservation policy in India over the last three decades. While India is taken as the focal point, the study extends to an analysis of global aspects and other developing countries as and when the situation demands. Understanding that development always has to take environmental issues into consideration, the book undertakes critical reviews of the different ways in which this has been done. The review is based on a grasp of the simultaneous developments in the theoretical understanding of the environment and ecosystems and provides pointers towards directions for possible change. The motivation for the book lies in the continuing distance between theoretical knowledge of the role of the environment, in particular the underlying long-term links between human wellbeing and wise use of nature, and its application in public policy. The book also proposes that whichever theoretical cornerstone is taken as the starting point, it is the ethical undertones that drive the analysis in directions that acquire meaning in terms of the quality and legitimacy of decision-making. It explores the relevance to policy of a variety of radical conceptual development and policy directions, such as dematerialising growth, the social metabolism approach and the degrowth movement. Further, the dilemma facing environmental policy continues to be how to simultaneously borrow from developments in and across disciplines while at the same time, and at a more practical level, dealing with a diversity of stakeholders.
