Monsoon ecologies: irrigation, agriculture and settlement patterns in Rajasthan during the pre-colonial period

Kumar, Mayank

ISBN: 9789350980248, 935098024X

It is a case study which offers more nuanced readings of human--nature interactions. Integrating data from paleoecology, archaeology and history, this study has attempted to track the environmental, social and political transformations in this region over the last one-and-a-half millennia.

Mountain ecosystems: a scenario of unsustainability

Singh, Vir et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788173870811, 8173870810

Natural resources management for sustainable agriculture and development

Deb, DL (ed.)

ISBN: 9788185992037, 8185992037

Nature and nation: essays on environment history

Rangarajan, Mahesh

ISBN: 9788178244594, 8178244594

Mahesh Rangarajan is among the foremost scholars in the field of environmental history. The present collection comprises ten essays showcasing the core of Rangarajan's thought and interventions.

Nepal: an introduction to the natural history, ecology and human environment of the Himalayas, a companion volume to the flora of Nepal, ed. by Georg Mieche et al.

ISBN: 9789937025614, 9937025613

Ecological transformation in Western Ghats: an environmental study of Kerala, 1800-2018

Mathew, Joshy

ISBN: 9789360803742, 936080374X

This work is an attempt to understand the complexities of the environmental history of Kerala from ancient till the modern period. A major transformation in the environment of Kerala happened with the British colonial rule. They introduced a new forest policy, which collected maximum timber from the Western Ghats for further advancement in the British empire. Colonial forest policies were almos...

Shifting lands, moving people, livelihood, migration, climate change, and natural disasters in the Indian Sundarbans

Das, Samamtak et al.

ISBN: 9789383660933, 9383660937

This book explores the culture and ways of life of the people of the Sundarbans. The authors examine the history and cultural traditions of the region, as well as the impact of climate change and natural disasters on the lives of its inhabitants.

Non-violence environment and world peace

Sushilkumar, Acharya

ISBN: 9788121701075, 8121701074

Contents: (i) U.N. Barth Summit 1992. (ii) Parliament of world's religions, Chicago, 1993. (iii) Link with United Nations.;

Air: pollution, climate change and pollution, climate change and pretence

Spears, Dean

ISBN: 9789353570828, 9353570824

It is a timely book that addresses air pollution, a problem that has reached critical levels in India.

A nature journal

Kumar-Jain, Anuradha

ISBN: 9789361563690, 9361563696

This nature journal of Delhi by Anuradha Kumar-Jain follows the changing seasons as they play out day after day in an uncompromisingly urban landscape. Delhi, while lying in the tropics, is sufficiently distant from the equator to enjoy largely distinct seasons, each of which brings with it its own flavour-from the golden cascades of laburnum in summer to the indigo skies of monsoon, the riotou...

Parisaranitisatakam: a century of verses on environmental ethics, with transliteration, tr. & explanatory notes by Mangesh Venkatesh Nadkarni, General Editor: Dilip Kumar Rana

ISBN: 9789380864402, 938086440X

The book deals with mankind's responsibility towards the protection of his environment and the ecology, a welcome change in the realm of Sanskrit poetry.

Participatory forest management in Odisha: implementation, outcomes and livelihood impacts

Sarap, Kailas et al

ISBN: 9789380574387, 938057438X

Project Bajho: a study of the climate change laws and policies in South Asian countries,

ISBN: 9789937934367, 9937934362

Fundamentals of geomorphology

Kaur, Satinder et al.

ISBN: 9789391083236, 9391083234

Perspectives in physical geography, 6 vols

Husain Majid (b.1938) (ed.)

Vol.1: Physical geography;Vol.2: Geomorphology;Vol.3: Climatology;Vol.4: Biogeography;Vol.5: Biogeography;Vol.6: Ecology and Environment;

Planet, plant & animals: ecological paradigms in Buddhism

Singh, Anand

ISBN: 9789352902262, 9352902262

This book is a modest attempt to look at and examine the beginnings of ecological concerns in the Buddhist religious traditions, based on a meticulous examination of diverse narratives pointing towards a correlation between Buddhism and environmental issues.

Physico-cultural environment and development in U.P.Himalaya

Kharwal, SC (1940- )

Phytonematode management in field crops

Sharma, GL

ISBN: 9788189473921, 8189473921

This book is having 14 chapters comprising the phytonematode diseases of cereals, pulses, millets, fodders vegetables and their management strategies including physical, cultural, bio-control (using bacteria, VAM fungi, other bio-agents and also by using bio-pesticides), role of plant quarantines for averting the entry of exotic nematodes. A chapter on demand of research beginners, students and...

Principles of water management in agriculture

Jhonson, Charlotte

ISBN: 9789380179018, 9380179014

This book is a sincere attempt to cover most of the topics under the heading. The chapters have been divided in such a way that book must be useful to enviromentalists, biologists, health technicians, agriculture scientists and all those who are engaged actively in the field of environmental investigation. An attempt has been made to keep each chapter self sufficient and to avoid cross referenc...

Purifying the earthly body of god: religion and ecology in Hindu India

Nelson, Lance E (ed.)

ISBN: 9788124601556, 8124601550