Floods, Flood Plans and Environmental Myths State of India`s Environment: A Citizens Report 3
- New Delhi Centre for Science and Environment 1996
- 167p
includes index and biblioraphy
1 Pandemonium in the plains ...1 Flood incidence History of flood control The environmental connection 2 Havoc in the himalays ...23 Floods in garhwal Floods in tessta 3 Deforestation : The bare facts ...41 The himalayan environment Impact of human intervention Conclusion 4 Annual mayhem in Assam ...71 Extent of floods Causes of floods Ways ahead 5 Nightmare in north bihar ...95 Ecological setting Historical background Flood control after independence Flood protection : An assessment Alternatives 6 Crisis in the diara ...127 Survival in the diara Diara violence Ecological change 7 A true with nature ...147 Appendices ...154 References ...160 Glossary ...166