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Author : Ashok Chandra Shukla
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788170246817
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (468 download)
Download or read book Ganga, a Water Marvel written by Ashok Chandra Shukla and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. R. Krishna Murti
Publisher : Northern Book Centre
ISBN 13 : 9788172110215
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Ganga, a Scientific Study written by C. R. Krishna Murti and published by Northern Book Centre. This book was released on 1991 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book Ganga: A Scientific Study is based on an Integrated Research Programme carried out by 14 Universities located in the Ganga Basin sponsored and funded by the Envioronment Research Committee and The Ganga Project Directorate, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, New Delhi. The Ganga, one of World's major rivers, has been venerated as the holiest and is bound with countless beliefs and faiths especially in India and adjacent countries. Its water has traditionally been regarded as an inexhaustible gift of nature. Recent experiences do not, however, warrant such a complacency. The water resources are strained to a non-sustainable level due to rapid population explosion, urbanisation, development of agriculture, industry, livestock and power production in the Ganga basin. The hydrobiological quality of water has deteriorated and yet no concise, valid supporting evidence was available in a comprehensive manner covering the entire river. This book is an attempt towards this direction. For the first time a picture of the Ganga is available with its physico-chemical and biological charateristics, the severe pollution stress and causes to which its water is subjected to, the contents and quality of water and possible remedial measures. An account of algae including pollution sensitive and tolerant species, besides bio-indicators is available. A possible modelling exercise has also been included. A microbiological assay and the bacteria present in the river water is also given. This book, in short, is a synthesis of what the Ganga is at present in respect of its hydrobiology, pollution load, and some aspects of hydrology.
Author : Rashmi Sanghi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319005308
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Our National River Ganga written by Rashmi Sanghi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a plethora of information available on the river Ganga in the form of books, blogs, articles, websites, videos. Unfortunately, most of the information about this famous river is in a scattered form and reproduced from unverified sources. This contributed volume is the first multi-author volume publication on this subject. The River Ganga includes a vast array of topics written by several authors of distinction. Topics include; hydrology, tributaries, water uses, and environmental features such as river water quality, aquatic and terrestrial flora/fauna, natural resources, ecological characteristics, sensitive environmental components and more. Part I gives a basic introduction of the Ganga river. The existing data and available information from various sources has been compiled in a pictorial fashion in the form of cmaps. Its cultural importance with changing times is also discussed. Part II looks at the rich biodiversity of the Ganga Basin. It gives a detailed description of the major floral and faunal biodiversity with special emphasis on the national aquatic animal dolphin and Sunderbans, the largest mangrove wetland in the world. Part III examines ‘The Ganga Water as it flows’. It focuses on the water quality as well as its associated challenges. Part IV looks at the complexities of issues confronting the river ‘Ganga in changing times’ be it snowmelt runoff, river bank erosion hazards and hydropower assessments; how the factors of population, poverty and pollution contribute to the fate of the river. Part IV touches on economic aspects derived from the river such as business opportunities and tourism.
Author : Luna Bharati
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317479475
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book The Ganges River Basin written by Luna Bharati and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ganges is one of the most complex yet fascinating river systems in the world. The basin is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity from climatic, hydrological, geomorphological, cultural, environmental and socio-economic perspectives. More than 500 million people are directly or indirectly dependent upon the Ganges River Basin, which spans China, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. While there are many books covering one aspect of the Ganges, ranging from hydrology to cultural significance, this book is unique in presenting a comprehensive inter-disciplinary overview of the key issues and challenges facing the region. Contributors from the three main riparian nations assess the status and trends of water resources, including the Himalayas, groundwater, pollution, floods, drought and climate change. They describe livelihood systems in the basin, and the social, economic, geopolitical and institutional constraints, including transboundary disputes, to achieving productive, sustainable and equitable water access. Management of the main water-use sectors and their inter-linkages are reviewed, as well as the sustainability and trade-offs in conservation of natural systems and resource development such as for hydropower or agriculture.
Author : Vandana Asthana
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441118225
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Water Security in India written by Vandana Asthana and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few people actively engaged in India's water sector would deny that the Indian subcontinent faces serious problems in the sustainable use and management of water resources. Water resources in India have been subjected to tremendous pressures from increasing population, urbanization, industrialization, and modern agricultural methods. The inadequate access to clean drinking water, increase in water related disasters such as floods and droughts, vulnerability to climate change and competition for the resource amongst different sectors and the region poses immense pressures for sustainability of water systems and humanity. Water Security in India addresses these issues head on, analyzing the challenges that contemporary India faces if it is to create a water-secure world, and providing a hopeful, though guarded, road-map to a future in which India's life-giving and life-sustaining fresh water resources are safe, clean, plentiful, and available to all, secured for the people in a peaceful and ecologically sustainable manner.
Author : Sudipta Sen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300242670
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Ganges written by Sudipta Sen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping, interdisciplinary history of the world’s third-largest river, a potent symbol across South Asia and the Hindu diaspora Originating in the Himalayas and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India’s most important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian Sudipta Sen tells the story of the Ganges, from the communities that arose on its banks to the merchants that navigated its waters, and the way it came to occupy center stage in the history and culture of the subcontinent. Sen begins his chronicle in prehistoric India, tracing the river’s first settlers, its myths of origin in the Hindu tradition, and its significance during the ascendancy of popular Buddhism. In the following centuries, Indian empires, Central Asian regimes, European merchants, the British Empire, and the Indian nation-state all shaped the identity and ecology of the river. Weaving together geography, environmental politics, and religious history, Sen offers in this lavishly illustrated volume a remarkable portrait of one of the world’s largest and most densely populated river basins.
Author : Ellen F. Arnold
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040146686
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Water in World History written by Ellen F. Arnold and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a thematic approach to the global history of water, covering a wide range of human interactions with water and the ways in which it carries both life and death. Water is one of the most common and valuable natural resources for the survival of individual people and civilizations. As the Anthropocene brings the unpredictable challenges of climate change, population growth, and global industrialization and urbanism, issues of water scarcity and availability will be ever-growing, and both the presence and absence of water can be sources of far-reaching disaster. The book argues that a deeper understanding of water’s history is essential for navigating these changes. The chapters discuss water and religion, floods and disasters, water engineering and waterpower, the history of drinking water, water parks and leisure, the history of underwater exploration, and the history of drought and water scarcity. Each chapter is global in scope and is told over a broad chronology, with complementary case studies. Water in World History is an accessible introduction to water history and is an ideal resource for undergraduate students in environmental history and world history courses.
Author : G. K. Ghosh
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788176482943
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (829 download)
Download or read book Water of India written by G. K. Ghosh and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Salman Akhtar
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1635421160
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (354 download)
Download or read book Freud Along the Ganges written by Salman Akhtar and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2006 Gradiva Award A collection of new and previously-published essays that sheds light on the intersections between psychoanalysis and Indic Studies. While Indian academics and clinicians have been familiar with psychoanalysis for many decades, they have kept this Western model of the mind separate from the spiritual and philosophical traditions of their own country. Freud Along the Ganges bridges this important lacuna in psychoanalytic and Indic studies by creating a new theoretical field where human motives are approached not only psychoanalytically but also from the perspective of the teachings of Buddha, Tagore, Ghandi, and Salman Rushdie. The authors of this collection show how the insights of these Indian masters give a new force to the Freudian discovery by providing a basis to better understand the social and psychological Indian makeup. The book begins by questioning the applicability of the psychoanalytic method to non-Western cultures. It then traces the history of the psychoanalytic movement in India from its onset while it emphasizes the intricate overlap between Indian existential and mystical traditions and psychoanalysis. Freud Along the Ganges offers a unique study of the ways that Indian thought and psychoanalysis illuminate and enrich each other.
Author : David A. Pietz
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030676927
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Water and Human Societies written by David A. Pietz and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the historical relationships between human communities and water. Bringing together for the first time key texts from across the literature, it discusses how the past has shaped our contemporary challenges with equitable access to clean and ample water supplies. The book is organized into chapters that explore thematic issues in water history, including “Water and Civilizations,” Water and Health,” “Water and Equity” and “Water and Sustainability”. Each chapter is introduced by a critical overview of the theme, followed by four primary and secondary readings that discuss critical nodes in the historical and contemporary development of each chapter theme. “Further readings” at the end of each chapter invite the reader to further explore the dynamics of each theme. The foundational premise of the book is that in order to comprehend the complexity of global water challenges, we need to understand the history of cultural forces that have shaped our water practices. These historical patterns shape the range of choices available to us as we formulate responses to water challenges. The book will be a valuable resource to all students interested in understanding the challenges of water use today.
Author : Krishna Gopal
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788176485531
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Fundamentals of Water and Waste Water written by Krishna Gopal and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Is About Water, Its Contamination, Pesticides In Water, Heavy Metals In Water, Bacteria And The Laboratory Techniques For Assessing Them. Contributed By Experts In The Field, The Papers Will Serve As A Minibible For Water Management With Particular Reference To The Analysis Of Water And Waste Water. Useful Also For The Concerned Laboratories And Agencies In The Field.
Author : Jivendra
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788170246992
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (469 download)
Download or read book Water Pollution Management written by Jivendra and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study with reference to Orissa, India.
Author : Janine Wilhelm
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317238869
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)
Download or read book Environment and Pollution in Colonial India written by Janine Wilhelm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India is facing a river pollution crisis today. The origins of this crisis are commonly traced back to post-Independence economic development and urbanisation. This book, in contrast, shows that some important early roots of India’s river pollution problem, and in particular the pollution of the Ganges, lie with British colonial policies on wastewater disposal during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Analysing the two cornerstones of colonial river pollution history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries – the introduction of sewerage systems and the introduction of biological sewage treatment technologies in cities along the Ganges – the author examines different controversies around the proposed and actual discharge of untreated/treated sewage into the Ganges, which involved officials on different administrative levels as well as the Indian public. The analysis shows that the colonial state essentially ignored the problematic aspects of sewage disposal into rivers, which were clearly evident from European experience. Guided by colonial ideology and fiscal policy, colonial officials supported the introduction of the cheapest available sewerage technologies, which were technologies causing extensive pollution. Thus, policies on sewage disposal into the Ganges and other Indian rivers took on a definite shape around the turn of the 20th century, and acquired certain enduring features that were to exert great negative influence on the future development of river pollution in India. A well-researched study on colonial river pollution history, this book presents an innovative contribution to South Asian environmental history. It is of interest to scholars working on colonial, South Asian and environmental history, and the colonial history of public health, science and technology.
Author : Arvind Kumar
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788176484541
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (845 download)
Download or read book Aquatic Ecosystems written by Arvind Kumar and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Indian context; contributed articles.
Author : Vandana Asthana
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788176485500
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Security in South Asia written by Vandana Asthana and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Title Discuss And Analysis A Conceptual Synthesis Of Trends And Directions Vis-A-Vis Traditional And Non-Traditional Security Paradigm-Taking Into Account Of Vast Changes In The Concept Of Security In Contemporary Times.
Author : Krishna Gopal
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788176484459
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (844 download)
Download or read book River Pollution in India and Its Management written by Krishna Gopal and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anirban Ganguly
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 8183284892
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (832 download)
Download or read book The Modi Doctrine written by Anirban Ganguly and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2016-11-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: States today are far more engaged in diplomacy than ever before, actively building relations with other states to harness their mutual commercial and cultural strengths. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s outlook to global affairs is no different, yet there is a nuanced approach in linking India’s foreign policy to domestic transformation. While on the one hand, his policies seek to attract foreign capital, technology and open foreign markets for Indian products, on the other, they are geared towards regional stability, peace and prosperity. All events are texts to be analysed and the authors in this volume do so but emphatically underline that India’s diplomacy under Modi has got a go-getting edge, that it is no longer foreign anymore but a matter of public affairs and that with Modi at the helm, India is set to leverage its role and make itself a ‘diplomatic superpower’. The nuanced and thought-provoking essays, by some of the most well-respected analysts and practitioners of diplomacy, make this book a must-read for not just professionals and serious readers but for the uninitiated as well.
