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Environmental pollution is the major problem associated with rapid industrialisation, urbanisation and rise in living standards of people. For developing countries, industrialisation was must and still this activity very much demands to...
Introduction Over the years, together with a spreading of environmental consciousness, there has been a change in the traditionally-held perception that there is a trade-off between environmental quality and economic growth as people...
THE intense global debate on sustainable development and sustainable management of natural resources can be traced back to the 1970s, when there was a growing concern regarding their depletion and degradation. Sustainable development is commo...
Introduction Packaging presents a major growth area where there has been an increasing demand for plastics and 52% of the plastics produced in India are utilized for packaging. Among the commodity plastics, polyethylene (PE) and poly...
Current Status Rapid urbanization and industrial diversification has led to generation of considerable quantites of municipal, plastic, hazardous and biomedical waste. Improper disposal of waste often results in spread of diseases and ...
Every year, natural disasters result in enormous loss of life, and set back economic and social development by years, if not decades. Natural disaster cannot be prevented; however, they can be managed better with focus on overlapping phases of mitiga...
Introduction Disaster is a catastrophic disruption of life in a society caused by nature or a man made situation. Disasters can be of the type where th...
Mainstreaming Gender in Disaster Management Support Project A. Challenges and Opportunities Challenges. The risk of natural disasters in India is extremely high. Because of its sub-continental characteristics and geography, the ...
Introduction and Background Natural and man-made disasters have been a bane of India’s economy since time immemorial. In ancient Indian literature, there are references to natural disasters such as prolonged droughts,...
The Kosi is a “river in Nepal and northern India. With its tributaries, the Kosi drains the eastern third of Nepal and part of Tibet, including the country around Mount Everest. Some of its headstreams rise beyond the Nepalese border in...