TY - BOOK AU - Mahapatra, Richard AU - Jeevan,S S AU - Das,Snigdha TI - Environment Reader for Universities SN - 9788186906033 U1 - P13.2 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi PB - Centre for Science and Environment N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1 Environment in the indian context Summary ...12 Rural Article ...13 The economy of the indian village ecosystem Case study 1 ...16 How farmers in drought prone marathwada increased their income by 700 per cent Case study 2 ...17 Organic farming enables farmers to overcome drought Lecture 1 ...18 Sunita Narain : environmentalism of the poor Field trip 1 ...20 The unique ecosystem of the apatains of arunachal pradesh Urban Article ...22 India`s urbanisation and challenges Case study 3 ...27 Floods in chennai and the ecological lessons Case study 4 ...28 Srinagar`s transition to a flood prone city Lecture 2 ...19 Tanmay tathagat : Green buildings and sustainable habitats Field trip 2 ...31 Why udaipur`s take ecology is under threat 2 India`s natural resources and status Summary ...36 Article ...37 Ecosystems and the services they provide State of land Desertification endangers food security Lecture 3 ...43 MS swaminathan: How to make farming profitable ? Case study 5 ...46 Reclaming the chambals Study 6 ...47 Drought in well irrigated rainfed areas Lecture 4 ...48 Abhilash khandekar : The poverty of urban city planners Lecture 5 ...50 Trishna sarkar and Anish Gupta : Polyandry and its links to the agrarian crisis Field trip 3 ...52 Why bundelkhandhas become a drought prone region State of water Article ...55 Case study 7 ...60 Inter state river water sharing disputes Lecture 6 ...61 Srinivas shokkakula: Why are water tribunals failing us ? Case study 8 ...63 The story of traditional water conflict managers Field trip 4 ...64 Hill women bear the brunt of drying springs and streams State of food Article ...67 Lessons from India`s green revolution Case study 9 ...69 Jharkhand : A new way for agricultural growth Case study 10 ...70 Punjab: Soil and water degradation ...70 Lecture 7 ...71 Festus akinnifesl : Small and marginal farmers are more vulner to the impacts of climate change Field trip 5 ...73 Organic farming : A haryana farmer shows the way State of forests Article ...76 India`s forestry and challenges Case study 11 ...79 Bamboo : A tree or a grass? Lecture 8 ...80 NC Saxena: Are states implementing forest reforms ? Field trip 6 ...82 Charmoli: Ground zero of chipko movement Field trip 7 ...84 Gadchiroli : A village fights forest department`s tree feeling plants State of mineral resources Article ...87 I9ndia`s mineral rich belong to the poorest Case study 12 ...91 Niyamgirl : A tribal community`s fight against bauxite mining and lessons on resource management Case study 13 ...92 Ballari : A scandal that unravels bad regulations of environment Lecture 9 ...93 Chandra bhushan : Is sustainable mining possible ? Field trip 8 ...95 Nimalapedu : This village made the country aware of its constitution Field trip 9 ...97 Rajasthan: Mining workers form cooperatives for better income State of energy Article ...100 Energy poverty in India Case study 14 ...103 India`s renewable leap: The country will have more power from solar than other sources Case study 15 ...104 How to define an electrified village? Lecture 10 ...105 Priyavrat bhati : we need to regulate pollution per thermal power plants Field trip 10 ...107 Uttarakhand : Traditional electricity is being used to generate electricity State of wildlife Article ...110 The risk index of India`s wildlife Case study 16 ...112 Mobile technology combats illegal trafficking Article ...113 Conservation beyond national parks and protected areas Field trip 11 ...115 Erratic rainfall threatens fauna of western ghats State of health Article ...119 The widening disease landscape of india Lecture 11 ...123 Dean spears: India`s high density of open defecation Article ...125 Deforestation opens a deadlyt gateway for disease transmission 3 Climate change and disasters 4 Social movements ER -