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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,...
WASTE management strategies adopted in India have failed to keep pace with the industrial growth and urbanization. This has resulted in the accumulation of contaminants with a consequent loss in coastal marine biodiversity, for the past few d...
INTRODUCTION The Ocean covers approximately 70% of the earth\'s total surface area. In the total water content of earth, 97% is present in the Oceans. It harbours rich source of biodiversity, which population may exceeds in trillions. ...
Introduction Rapid industrialization and population explosion in India has led to the migration of people from villages to cities, which generate thousands of tons of MSW daily. The MSW amount is expected to increase ...
Mercury, one of the most toxic natural elements, is found in sources such as rock formations and volcanoes. Over the past century, anthropogenic sources of mercury have increased dramatically. Many researches estimate that the amount of mercu...
FOCUSSED EFFORTS Appreciating the overall concern for environmental and management issues pertaining to fly ash, which otherwise is a very useful by-product of thermal power plants, the Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Co...
With an economic growth rate of 8.9%, which is the second fastest in the world, India is fast seen emerging as a major global bussiness giant. With 35 cities with population in excess of 1 million, and more cities joining the list, investment...