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Introduction Air pollution is a serious worldwide public health problem. The shortterm health impacts of air pollution have been studied extensively since the London fog in the mid20th ce...
Human resources are central to all public health systems and a considerable share of resources allocated to public health goes towards them (1). Health workers in adequate numbers, in the proper places, and properly trained, mo...
ACCESS to safe drinking water remains an urgent necessity, as 30% of urban and 90% of rural households still depend completely on untreated surface or groundwater.While access to drinking water in India has increased over the past decade, the...
The UN has declared 2005-15 as “Water for Life” period. This means how to use available water and find out the alternative measures for future. This states the urgency to come out of thinking that water is a “free resource&r...
Water is becoming a rare resource in the world. In India alone the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) predicts that by 2025, one person in three will live in conditions of absolute water scarcity (IWMI, 2003). It is therefore es...
The utilisation of fly ash in cement and concrete is gaining immense importance today, mainly on account of the ecological benefits and the improvements in the long-term durability of concrete. The authors, while explaining the production pro...
Introduction How to meet the housing and infrastructural needs of society in a sustainable manner is, unquestionably, the most important challenge confronting the concrete industry today. Among the sustainability issues, the th...
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...