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Currently all the developing countries like India are facing threat due to vehicular noise pollution. Migration of people from rural to urban areas, expansion of cities, infrastructure development, population growth and urbanization are impor...
The population of megalopolis cities, motor vehicles, motor fuel consumption, and air pollution all have increased (Walsh, 1993, Chapter 1). World motor vehicle population growth reached 700 million in the year 2000. The air quality crisis in...
Transport air pollution in India Global motor vehicle numbers and activity are growing rapidly. The OECD accounts for the bulk of global motor vehicle activity, but much of the growth will likely be concentrated in the less-industrialized co...
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...