Population, Resources and Development : A Geographical Perspective (Professor H.P. Das Memorial Volume No. III)
Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Conceptual base: 1. Sustainable development: a theoretical construct or attainable goal?/David Simon. 2. Planning and strategy for sustainable development/P.K. Saha. 3. Population--environment--development nexus: an overview/H.N. Sharma. II. South Asian perspective: 4. Location, economic growth and trade: revisiting economic geography of South Asia/A.C. Mohapatra and Josojit Dey. III. Indian perspective: 5. Environment, resources and economic development in India/L.S. Bhat. 6. Population--development nexus in the Indian context/D.N. Singh. 7. Problems of development and their remedy in India/D.K. Singh. 8. A shifting trends in the Indian steel plants: a geographical analysis/Rana Pratap. 9. Water resources in India: potential and utilization for development/S. Padmaja and K. Ramachandran. 10. Trends in development of renewable energy sources: socio-economic constraints and policy options in Rural India/V.K. Dixit and R.B. Singh. IV. Regional perspective: 11. Population growth in North East India and its implications in development/L. Datta. 12. Agricultural development in North-East India/Surendra Singh. 13. Land use study for sustainable developments in Assam/M.M. Das. 14. Understanding perception and behaviour of foreign tourists visiting Assam, India/P. Bhattacharya. 15. Diary farming in and around Guwahati city: a spatial analysis/A.K. Bhagabati and J.C. Jeka. Index.
"This book embodies 15 selected articles on various aspects of the general theme, \'Population, Resources and Development\'. These are contributed by the geographers, who are experts in their respective field.
It is well recognized that population and resources are the two basic factors for development. Therefore, in any development study a detailed and in-depth analysis of population and resources and their interaction and influence is essential in order to understand the deep seated problems of development in a particular region. Apart from a few conceptual articles included in this volume, most of the other articles are written on the problems of the nature, culture and society of population and problems relating to the availability, exploitation and utilization of various kinds of resources in order to understand the level and disparity of development in the contexts of South Asia, India and North East India. Some authors with their valuable suggestions to resolve the dialectics of population, resources, (environment) and development have addressed this problem seriously. It is expected that the book will be of immense help to teachers, researchers, students, administrators and planners in understanding the spatial economic perspective of population-resources-development nexus." (jacket)
