Download or read book Socio geographical Issues in India written by Saroj Kumar Pal and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book India written by Jules Lessard and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2020 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "India: Environmental, Political and Social Issues first highlights the environmental conditions of Uttarakhand such as relief, structure, drainage, climatic conditions and forest types, as well as the influence of these aspects on aspects of demographic structure such as population distribution, growth, sex ratio and literacy. The authors go to present findings indicate that the Tropical Lowland Rain Forests in Sri Lanka are capable of recovery, in terms of biodiversity and stature, if sufficient recess is provided following land use practices such as selective logging and chena cultivation in spatial and temporal contexts. As a desert state, the climate of Rajasthan is uniquely characterized by low rainfall, dryness and extreme temperature. Fauna of this region are specifically adapted to this hostile environment. In this compilation, threats to fauna of Rajasthan are assessed. Later, after presenting a short introduction to the historical and cultural background, the authors narrate Karunanidhi's most decisive film, Parasakthi (Supreme Power, 1952). It challenges certain cultural stereotypes such as the sexual exploitation of women, social discrimination, corruption, religious superstition and so on. The closing study examines the effects of socio-economic determinants on child malnutrition in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous and malnourished state of India. Using data from NFHS-4, this study highlights district-wide variations in the nutritional status of children less than five years old in the state"--
Download or read book Social Geography of India written by Ashok Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Geography Carries With It An Inherent Confusion. In The Popular Perception The Distinction Between Social And Cultural Geography Is Not Very Clear. The Term Social Phenomena Encompasses The Whole Framework Of Human Interaction With Environment, Leading To The Articulation Of Social Space By Diverse Human Groups In Different Ways. The End-Product Of Human Activity May Perceive In The Personality Of Regions; Each Pattern Acquiring Its Form Under The Over-Arching Influence Of Social Structure. Besides The Patterns, The Way The Social Phenomena Express Themselves In Space May Become A Cause Of Concern As Well. As Compared To The Other Branches Of Geography Social Geography Has A Certain Amount Of Recency. Social Geography, Like Its Parent Discipline, Is Primarily Concerned With Space. This Distribution Forms Our Pattern. Black Immigrants May Well Be Segregated In Particular Districts, Because Of Their Earning Power, White Attitudes, Political Decisions, Personal Preference, And So On. Given The Desire For A Problem-Oriented Approach, Social Problems And Their Aerial Concentration Must Be Identified.Undoubtedly, This Work Will Be Of Great Help To Students Of Higher Education Like M.A. And M.Phil. Besides The Teachers In The Field.
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 Urban Growth and Environmental Issues in India written by Alpana Kateja and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the interplay between urban growth and the environmental issues in India. The contributors, who are coming from diverse disciplines, examine socioeconomic, administrative, and environmental threats emanating from urbanization (e.g. climate change, health governance, energy issues, pollution, and e-waste management) and suggest various measures for dealing with the challenges of rapid urbanization. Offering a valuable resource for all those interested in understanding the multifaceted dimensions of urban growth, the book appeals to researchers, students, and policymakers, interested in the development studies and urban studies.
Download or read book Socio geographical Issues in India written by Saroj Kumar Pal and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Issues in India A Reader written by Mahesh Rangarajan and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2006 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Issues in India: A Reader brings together 33 essays by seminal environment scholars, thinkers and activists from within India and abroad. The volume is divided into five thematic sections: the first three explore the pre-colonial and the colonial contexts, and move on to independent India. The last two sections examine environmental movements and how India relates to global environmental concerns. This book will provoke, educate, stimulate and inform the lay reader and specialist alike. Students will especially enjoy the diverse sample of lucid essays by some of the best-known names in the field. Anyone keen to know more about the why and how of India’s environment will find this volume an invaluable resource.
Download or read book Environmental And Ecological Issues In India written by M. Perumal and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land, Water, Forest, Marine and Oil Resources are Free Gifts of the Nature to the Human being. Environment is a holistic view of the world as it functions at anytime, whit a multitude of special elemental and socio-economic systems distinguished by quality and attributes of space and mode of behaviour of biotic and abiotic forms. It may be concluded that environment consists of an inseparable whole system constituted by physical, chemical, biological, social and cultural elements which are interlinked individually and collectively in myriad ways. Environment is a fairly new concept and viewed with different angels by the human society. The word environment has been defined in a number of ways, for example, Environment is the sum of all social, ecoomical, biological, physical and chemical factors, which constitute the surrounding of man, who is both creator and moulder of his environment.
Download or read book The Rise of India and China written by Kala S Sridhar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comparative analysis of the rise of India and China and their decisive economic and social roles in a global context. It presents a cumulative picture of the socio-economic challenges as well as the opportunities for growth and inclusive development before India and China. The volume analyses the performance of the two countries based on economic and human development indicators. It highlights the key achievements of the two countries in governance and financial growth, and the potential for further economic development. Drawing on government data and empirical research, the book examines India and China’s relative growth in trade, investments, renewable energy technologies, urbanisation, and employment and their policies on agriculture, land use, public health, and rural-urban inequality. Further, it discusses the shared challenges of inequality, poverty, gender disparity, and environment degradation which both countries face and contrasts their policy priorities and governance mechanisms. Comprehensive and insightful, this book will be of great interest for researchers and scholars of development studies, economics, international relations, comparative politics, sociology, public policy, and Asian studies. It will also be useful for think tanks, policy makers, and general readers interested in the India–China relationship.
Download or read book Indian Geography in the 21st Century written by Ravi S. Singh and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, primarily a collection of statements on action agenda to be pursued in geography in India, consists of nineteen chapters exclusively authored by the young geographers. It is organised into five parts: Part I provides “The Contextual Orientation”, Part II contemplates on “Reshaping Geography Education”, Part III explores “Resurrecting Physical Geography”, Part IV looks at “Retrieving Human Geography”, and Part V: “The Summum Bonum” attempts to garland the emerging thoughts. The book seeks to provide a peep into the future Indian Geography and serve professional geographers, researchers, teachers and students alike.
Download or read book Socio geographical Issues in India written by Saroj K. Pal and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Space Society and Geography written by Swapna Banerjee and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores The Trend In Human Geographical Researchers In Contemporary India And Builds Up A Perspective Of Society-Space Convergence. Has 2 Parts First Part Deals With Theory And Perspectives And Second Part Relates To Analysis. 7 Papers In Part 1 And 4 Papers In Part 2.
Download or read book Socio Geographical Issues In India Since Independence Status Growth Development In 2 Vols written by Saroj K Pal and published by . This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic Development and Environment written by Kartik Chandra Roy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of essays dealing with India's economic development in relation to the environment. The contributors focus on a number of environmental issues which were overlooked in the process of industrialization in India.
Download or read book Sustainable Development and India written by Bimal N. Patel and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three pillars of sustainable development are economic growth, social development, and protection of environment, and an integration of these pillars is required for national planning and policymaking. The greatest drawback of the existing literature in India is an inadequate understanding of the interplay of these three pillars. While dealing with the concept of sustainable development, the Focus of the international community is on technical and environmental issues and challenges. Offering unique integrated approach, which includes both macro and micro analyses, this volume is an interdisciplinary study of the various challenges that shape debates on sustainable development in India. The contributions cover issues like the role of patents in development, conservation of natural resources, protection of the marine environment, poverty, bioremediation, importance of the ocean life as well as e-waste management and the role of local governments in attaining sustainability-issues which directly affect the progress of an economy. The theoretical and empirical analyses presented in this volume raise varied questions, yet the integrated whole that emerges reveals the future directions, which will shape the policy and theoretical debates an sustainable development. Book jacket.
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 An Introduction to the Social Geography of India written by Asif Ali and published by Routledge Chapman & Hall. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the significance of social geography, a multi-dimensional concept encompassing social health, social security, and social ethos. It presents the socio-spatial dynamics of the population in India through an understanding of the various issues related to migration, urbanization, unemployment, poverty, and public health. With a thorough analysis of various social indicators relating to health, education, income and employment, the volume presents a detailed picture of the social geography of India. It discusses in detail, the origin, nature and scope of social geography, its relations with other social sciences and applications; the nature and importance of social well-being along with welfare geography and the role of welfare state in ensuring social well-being; the population of India and its attributes; the status and spatial patterns of various social indicators relating to health, education and income and employment; the composite indices which aggregate several social indicators such as the Human Development Index, Multidimensionally Poverty Index, Global Hunger Index; Gross National Happiness; Sustainable Developmental Goals Index; and Freedom Index, etc., in the context of India. This comprehensive book will be useful for students, researchers and teachers of social geography, human geography, population geography, demography, and sociology. The book can also be used by students preparing for exams like civil services, UPSC, PSC and other competitive exams.
