Natural Resources Conservation and Food Security
Contents: 1. Measurement of water scarcity amidst plenty in the Himalayan region of India/Ali Mohammad and Miss. Bushra Iqrar. 2. Land degradation and landslide susceptibility assessment in lower Jalal catchment, Sirmour district Himachal Pradesh/S.K. Bandooni, Vijendra Kumar Pandey and Kaushal Kumar Sharma. 3. The use of geographic information system in resource conservation and management/Prashant Thote and D.P.S. Rathore. 4. Land use land cover change and its impact on biodiversity of Srinagar city in Kashmir Valley/Ali Mohammad, Yasir Saeed Hanfi Abdul Bari Nayak. 5. Depletion of forest cover and its impact on soil erosion in new Panchkula area/Rohtas Godara and B.C. Jat. 6. Conservation of natural resources: a case study of water conservation/Ashok A. Devikar and Narayan Chopra. 7. Evaluation of risk of desertification hazards through hydro-meteorological characteristics in Western Rajasthan/Azizur Rahman Siddiqui. 8. Planning and management of ancient water Phad system in Dhule district (M.S.) India/D.S. Suryawanshi and Nandre Ajay Panditrao. 9. Ecotourism and its environmental impacts/Ravinder Kumar, B.C. Jat and Mrs. Rekha Meena. 10. Drinking water scarcity in Uttrakhand HImalaya: challenges and management strategies/Mahabir Singh Negi....
Natural resources conservation and food security is a comprehensive issue. Their relevance further increase at a time when exploitation is high on one hand and population growth is tremendous on the other. All natural resources are being highly exploited to meet the demand of daily needs both domestic and industrial. Unexpected increases in the population worldwide pose a severe threat to the longevity of resources and food security. Conservation and protection of natural resources is therefore the need of the hour.
This book containing 29 articles is the outcome of the proceedings of the National Seminar on Resource Conservation and food security organized by the Department of Geography, Government KRG Post Graduate autonomous College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. The book focuses on various burning issues of resource conservation and food security and covers aspects like water resource management, land degradation soil conservation food security scenario in different parts of India etc.
The book should be useful for the researchers, policy makers, and the other agencies working towards resource conservation and food security. (jacket)
