Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction/P. Nag. 2. The Titanic environment/Minati Singh. 3. Cultural basis for the construction of the environment/G.K. Chakrabarty. 4. Ecopsychology—an emerging frontier in environmental psychology/S. Bose. 5. Nature of mass poverty in tribal regions: a case study of Babhani block of Sonbhadra district, U.P./A.P. Mishra. 6. Himalayan environment and development/S.C. Kharkwal. 7. Eco-development, micro-level planning and thematic mapping: a case study/S.B. Singh and Rupali Juyal. 8. Landuse pattern and its environmental consequences/V.K. Kumra and C.S. Kumar. 9. Environmental planning in coastal environment/Anjana Desai and Goutam Bhattacharya. 10. Response to environmental Hazards in coastal villages of Sagar island : an opinion survey/S. Bandyopadhyaya. 11. Social forestry and human perception in Birbhum district/Nandini Chatterjee. 12. Irrigation water use and requirements: a case study/V.K. Rai. 13. Concept of health of the people in developing countries/B.B.K. Sinha. 14. Appraisal of family planning programme/M.B. Singh, R.Singh and S. Priyadarshi. 15. Profiles of population at micro-levels of Murshidabad district/N.D. Bhattacharya. 16. Dynamics of urban phenomena in Indian cities/K.K. Dube. 17. Demographic characteristic of the metropolitan areas of India/Sisir Kumar Biswas. 18. Impact of a deteriorating lake system on the physical and cultural environment: management strategies for Bangalore city/Daksha C. Barai and P. Prabhu. 19. A study of slum environment in Varanasi/V.K. Kumra and B.L. Singh. 20. Interaction between population and urban environment—a case study of Kharagpur/Sukla Basu. 21. Urban renewal in Calcutta : a perspective study/Udayan Majumdar. 22. Temporal variations in residents perceptions’ of a planned city: Gandhinagar/N.G. Dikshit. 23. Possible use of old Garbage dumped in Dhapa-Bantala Area/S.K. Thakurta, N. Som and P. Nag. 24. Impact of mining on environment in Raniganj coalfield, West Bengal/Smita Sengupta. 25. Wide scale industrialisation and concomitant environmental pollution—a case study of Damodar Valley/Swapna Basu. 26. Population and harvested area in Ethiopia: a temporal perspective/Kefialew Abate and H. Prasad. 27. Conclusion: a critique of Professor Kayastha’s work/P. Nag. Index.
"Environment and population have been studied from different angles, by different disciplines, and for a variety of reasons. These topics have been analysed separately or even together. A close relationship between the two is not a formidable conclusion. But recently such studies have gained an additional dimension due to greater emphasis on sustainability which in turn is linked with development. Environment population and development has to be studied together keeping in view of the limited resources at local, regional, national or even at global levels.
"Professor S.L. Kayastha has been studying these aspects with varied emphasis and at various levels. With his approach in mind, this volume has been brought out. The authors took pains to explore how the issues related to environment, population and development have been linked at various spatial levels. This volume should be useful to academicians and researchers working in the field of population environment, development, sustainability, resources and different combination of these disciplines." (jacket)
[Prithvish Nag also wrote Population Development and Development in Zambia.
Chandra Shekhar Kumar also wrote Environmental Problems and Development.
Smita Sengupta has also written Residential Pattern of Suburbs.]
