Environmental history of modern India: land, population, technology and development

Saravanam, Velayutham

ISBN: 9789354353277, 9354353274

This book begins with an analysis of land-use patterns and population and their impact on the environment. Further, it discusses the exploitation of natural resources for commercial motives by the colonial administration and agrues that the colonial commercial policy of over one-and-a half centuries had impacted the ecology and environment.

Speaking with nature: the origins of Indian environmentalism

Guha, Ramachandra

ISBN: 9789362134905, 936213490X

By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness. They are, as it were, `too poor to be green'. In this deeply researched book, the author challenges this narrative by revealing a virtually unknown prehistory of the global movement set far outside Europe or America. Long before the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring...

Water resources potentiality, vulnerability and management: Indian experiences, ed. by B.W. Pandey

ISBN: 9789351710950, 9351710955

This book is an outcome of the valuable contributions made by eminent scientists and research scholars who have been trying to develop alternative strategies, solutions and models for sustainable water resources development through research, monitoring and experiments varying from regional to global scale.

Water, ecosystems and society: a confluence of disciplines

Bandyopadhyay, Jayanta

ISBN: 9788178299334, 817829933X

A must need for scholars and students working in the fields of geography and environment science, development economics, environmental scoiology, ecology, integrated water management, and so on.

The Chipko movement: a people's history, tr. from the Hindi by Manisha Chaudhry,

Pathak, Shekhar

ISBN: 9788178246482, 8178246481

In India, modern environmentalism was inaugurated by the Chipko Movement,;which began in 1973. Because it was led by Gandhians, included women;participants, occurred in spiritual Himalayan regions, and used;innovatively non-violent techniques of protest, it attracted international;attention.;

Cultural cycles & climate change: a nine step action plan, from more quiet time to a good life

Palmarozza, Paul

ISBN: 9789391024925, 9391024920

Space under a tree,

ISBN: 9788195727209, 8195727204

The spatial dimension of the tree and its association with the human is the;object of this endeavour. While looking at various Indian socio-cultural zones which are the result of climatic zones, the book attempts to decode the space under the tree by understanding the nuances of different perspectives, hence being situated within a geographical and disciplinary intersect.

Wind power: practical aspects

Awasthi, Shambhu Ratan

ISBN: 9789386530028, 9386530023

The book focuses on developing wind power projects in India. It covers factors such as the selection of suitable sites, wind turbines, erection, and commissioning. The book also analyses and explains estimation of energy and cost.

Economic development, climate change, and the environment

Sinha, Ajit et al.

ISBN: 9781138347748, 1138347744

Water histories of South Asia: the materiality of liquescence,

ISBN: 9780367432164, 0367432161

This book surveys the intersections between water systems and the phenomenology of visual cultures in early modern, colonial and contemporary South Asia.

The wonder drug

Anand, Umesh (b.1956)

ISBN: 9788174762023, 8174762027

A team of Indian scientists believe that they have found a wonder drug in a remote tribal secret. The author picks up their trial and finds them trapped in a maze of bureaucracy and corruption. In the course of this thrilling narrative, the author uncovers the role of a government undermining its own people as a modern-day India tries to come to terms with a new global patent regime.

World directory of environmental organisation

Vandana, S

ISBN: 9788170248569, 8170248566

The directory contains the list of able consultancy organizations in the filed of environment, manufacturers of equipments dealing with pollution control, air, water, noise, solid wastes, horticulture, ethnobotany and management of environmental education.;

A revenue history of the Sundarbans from 1870 to 1920, with an introd. by Ananda Bhattacharyya, 2nd ed.

Ascoli, F.D.

ISBN: 9789388540742, 9388540743

Dust and smoke: air pollution and colonial urbanism, India, c.1860-c.1940

Sharan, Awadhendra

ISBN: 9789390122868, 9390122864

Resource wars: mapping global greed

Singh, Bane

ISBN: 9789386473950, 938647395X

Uncivil city: ecology, equity and the commons in Delhi

Baviskar, Amita

ISBN: 9789353289409, 9353289408

Climate change in South Asia: politics, policies and the SAARC

Majaw, Baniateilang

ISBN: 9780367775650, 0367775654

The Chipko movement: a people's history, tr. from the Hindi by Manisha Chaudhry, ed. and with an introd. by Ramachandra Guha

Pathak, Shekhar

ISBN: 9788178245553, 8178245558

In India, modern environmentalism was inaugurated by the Chipko Movement, which began in 1973. Because it was led by Gandhians, included women participants, occurred in spiritual Himalayan regions, and used innovatively non-violent techniques of protest, it attracted international attention.

Ecological polity: a reflection of nature's governance

Shukla, Madhvendra et al.

ISBN: 9789351711940, 9351711943

This book attempt to make the learning of environmental history and associated facets in simple and interesting ways. Polity is inevitable, inseparable but reparable part of governance, thus, ecology can't be separated from regulations as people are also regulated by unwritten code of nature.

Indian political economy in the 21st century: facets and challenges, the Gandhian path to India's development

Gogineni, G.R. Krishna

ISBN: 9789389824230, 9389824230

This book warns the policymakers not to fall prey to the luxury-trap of bullet trains, environment degrading and ecology damaging heavy industries, unduly heavy spending on defense expenditure and unproductive expenditure on large size governments and pet projects.