Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development : Essays in Honour of
Professor Majid Husain/edited by S.M. Rashid, M. Ishtiaq, Haseena Hashia and
Atiqur Rahman. New Delhi, Rawat Pub., 2008, xvi, 430 p., figs., tables, ISBN 81-316-0113-7.
Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development : Essays in Honour of
Professor Majid Husain/edited by S.M. Rashid, M. Ishtiaq, Haseena Hashia and
Atiqur Rahman. New Delhi, Rawat Pub., 2008, xvi, 430 p., figs., tables, ISBN 81-316-0113-7.
Contents: Preface/Majid Husain: a profile. I. Environment: 1. Population, environment and sustainable development/M. Safi. 2. Efficacy of remote sensing in monitoring and management of environment and the natural resources in Ethiopia/S.M. Rashid. 3. Some perspectives on environmental degradation and conservation/R. Sahu. 4. Environmental acts and policies in India: an appraisal of evolution and implementation/Surya Kant. 5. Human-induced ecological problems: a case study of Dal Lake/Haseena Hashia and Javeed Ahmad Rather. 6. Indoor noise pollution and its impact on the households: a study of growing Urban Centre, Aligarh/Atiqur Rahman. II. Human resources: 7. Tourism and development: a human-centred approach/Tej Vir Singh. 8. Sustainability of the Jhumias of North-East India: a case study/Abha Lakshmi Singh and Mohd. Baharuddin Shah. 9. Trends of development in linguistic geography/M. Ishtiaq. 10. Emerging structure of urbanization and socio-economic attributes of urban population in Western Himalaya (2001)/K.D. Sharma. 11. Patterns of rural out-migration: a geographical study of Kosi Plain, Bihar/V.N.P. Sinha and M. Nazim. 12. Urban fertility in the region on sluggish fertility transition in India: a case study of Raipur City/H.S. Gupta and A. Baghel. 13. Women participation in dairying/M.K. Khandelwal. III. Land resources: 14. Environmental implications of the Green Revolution: a case of the Indian Punjab/Dhian Kaur Ghuman. 15. Sustainable development of agriculture in India: with reference to Eastern Rajasthan/S.C. Kalwar and Rohit Kumar. 16. Richard Hartshorne's contribution to the field of agricultural geography/Mumtaz Khan. 17. Appraisal and conservation of water resources in India/M.B. Singh. 18. Effects of irrigation on agricultural transformation in Punjab: 1951-2001/K.S. Sohal. 19. The Indira Gandhi Canal Project: a critical review of the institutional arrangements for resource management/H.S. Sharma. 20. Institutional changes and agricultural development in West Bengal: a retrospect/Sumanta Chattaraj. 21. Cropping pattern, ranking, and intensity in Rohilkhand Region/Het Ram Singh and Indu Singh Rajput. 22. Size distribution of urban centres of Northeast Region of India/A.C. Mohapatra. 23. Chandigarh: the new capital city of North Western India: establishment an consequential growth-related problems/Yadvinder Singh and Upinder Sawhney. 24. Spatial analysis of forest resources and biodiversity in Rajasthan state: a case study/S. Hasan Ansari. Contributors.
"The concern about the environment and its protection is a major issue today the world over. An unprecedented rate of population growth, coupled with the overexploitation of the earth's limited resources, is seen by many as factor in the degradation of all the ecosystems. It could be seen globally that the soil erosion has accelerated, desertification is on increase and the massive deforestation has reduced the vegetation cover. The magnitude or degradation of environment and resources depletion has perturbed the people and the governments all over the world. The geographers have also shown their sensitivity towards environmental issues in both teaching and research.
World Commission on Environment and Development is also taking up the concerted efforts in promoting global cooperation for the protection of environment as a precondition towards sustainable development.
Recognizing the need for both short-term and long-term strategies for the monitoring and management of the environment and natural resources, the present volume brings together 24 papers divided into three sections, viz, environment, human resources and land resources written by eminent geographers and environmentalists.
Students, research scholars, professionals and citizens concerned with the state of our global environment will find this book useful and interesting." (jacket)