Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development
Contents: Preface. 1. Environmental issues and development/S.K. Sharma. 2. Environmental management assessment, issues and strategies/H.M. Saxena. 3. Environmental management and sustainability/Lex Brown. 4. Methods of impact environmental analysis/T.I. Khan. 5. Environmental degradation and resource utilization/B.L. Teli. 6. Ecosystem planning and management/H.M. Saxena. 7. Environmental strategies for combating drought/Pratap Narain, K.D. Sharma, A.S. Rao, D.V. Singh, B.K. Mathur and Usha Rani Ahuja. 8. Environmental economics of open cast mining/M.L. Jhanwar. 9. Environmental implications of fisheries development/Mengistu Woube. 10. Remote sensing techniques and GIS for disasters management/S.C. Kalwar and Rohit Kumar. 11. Shifting cultivation, deforestation and landslides/R.K. Rai. 12. Application of sustainable development concept : some issues/Srikumar Chattopadhyay. 13. Application of geomorphology in environmental assessment/H.S. Sharma. 14. Pesticides and non-target animals/Prakash Bakre. 15. Politics and environment : formulating green policies for development without destruction/Surender Singh Chauhan.
"In the beginning of the twenty-first century, environmental issues, particularly environmental degradation, pollution and sustainable development are burning issues. Ever increasing greenhouse effects, ozone layer depletion, global warming, consequences of climatic warming, acidification, salization, deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, waste disposal, water scarcity, decline in fresh water ecosystems, limits to growth and consumption, etc. have cautioned scientists, academicians, administrators, social workers and common people alike against environmental hazards and disasters and possible holocaust. Considering these environmental problems and possible world actions, these are challenging times for humanity as we ponder our relationship to the home planet. Over the long term, we no longer can sustain human activity through old patterns. Earth is the only home we have, its fate is literally in our hands. The book incorporates insightful essays dealing with almost every important aspect of environment issues and sustainable development.
The contributors of this book are outstanding specialists in their respective fields. The book is highly informative, original, authentic and up-to-date. It is interesting for those who are concerned with environmental degradation and sustainable development." (jacket)
