Environmental Changes and Sustainable Development in the New Millennium
Contents: Foreword. About the event. Preface. Acknowledgement. Contribution. Introduction and summary of papers/D.D. Maithani. 1. Women in agriculture in the context of Uttaranchal Hill state/India Basavaraj. 2. Natural disaster, prevention, precaution and control/Swaraja Lata Goel. 3. Natural disaster management and mitigation essentials for a people based coping mechanism/Jayant Kumar. 4. Case study of mountain village of Himalaya perception and environment/N.P. Singh. 5. Appropriate technology development in India 21st century challenges/N.K. Bhandari. 6. Sustainable mountain development in Central Himalaya: problems and management options/Mohan Singh Panwar. 7. Livestock ownership and grazing profile in Jaunsar Bawar: a study of the Amlawa Basin in Uttaranchal/R.B. Singh and Sarita Ghai. 8. Biodiversity and farmers: experiences from Garhwal Himalaya, India/Vir Singh. 9. Economic backwardness of Uttaranchal: causes and remedial measures/Mridula Singh and Murari Lal. 10. Botanical appraisal of district Garhwal Uttaranchal India--a geobotanical and conservational approach/P.S. Negi. 11. Systematic and well integrated horticulture development must for boosting economic prosperity of Uttaranchal/J.P. Nauriyal. 12. On Himalayar, glaciers: an analytical study/C. Prasad. 13. Nature of population in hill environment: a case study of Premnagar in Pinder Basin of Garhwal Himalaya/D.D. Maithani. 14. Women and periodic marketing in Ganga plain/V.K. Srivastava. 15. Regeneration of forests and generation of employment potential in Uttaranchal Himalaya/M.D. Shedha. 16. Watershed management approach: its issues of drainage spraw and development by Ecotop Therapy in Dehradun Valley (Garhwal Himalaya)/P.B. Saxena. 17. Role of urban development in the economic development of Uttaranchal Hill region/B.S. Sokhi. 18. Perspectives of fish farming in the hills of Uttaranchal/Prakash Nautiyal. 19. Biodiversity and geodiversity ecosystems evaluation for differential system of wild life nature conservation/L. Seko. 20. Living terrace edge: an effective way for Slopland utilisation in East China/Li Xibuin. 21. Economic planning for the Uttaranchal Himalaya: some environmental considerations/Mohan Singh Panwar and V.S. Negi. 22. Human preparedness for natural disaster reduction/Randhir Singh Sangwan. 23. The rehabilitation of Gujar community in Garhwal Himalaya/R.S. Panwar and D.D. Maithani. Index.
"The book relates to an important and emerging field of research in environment and development. The subject of environmental changes and sustainable development is so vast than no single writer or a single book can bring home its different aspects. This book has been written in our sole endeavour to explain each part of multiple discipline in environment and sustainable development.
The principles in relation to sustainable development and environmental changes are particularly relevant to the modern science and for the human kind who is exploring for life on this planet. The themes of Rio UN Conference of 1992 and UN World summit for sustainable development 2002 at Johnsburg relate to developing new economic bases on the ecology of the earth.
This book has focus on these two new fields. It describes the scientific management of natural disaster management, environment and sustainable development, watershed management, agricultural and horticultural development, appropriate rural technologies, climate change and other relevant aspects in the global and regional context.
The book should be much interest to scholars with academic orientation, scientific approach management and development planner and to all students of geography and environment involved in sustainable development and environment protection." (jacket)
