Verlag: Serials Pub, New Delhi, 2008
Anbieter: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Indien
Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Preface. Acknowledgement. Contributors. I. Environmental problems 1. Beware Household laundry agents can be environment pollutants too/Madhu Sharan. 2. Electronic waste a new challenge for a new millennium/Jalpa Majmudar and Veena Gandotra. 3. Air pollution and health/Vanisha Nambiar. 4. Marketing of organic products in mountain region of Uttaranchal India problems faced/Promila Sharma. 5. Occupational hazards caused in textile printing sector/Amita Pandya and Rena Mehta. 6. Energy crisis energy consumption and conservation practices of families/Sarjoo Patel. 7. Decentralised printing cluster of Jetpur focus on environment pollution and waste management/Renu Sharma and Amita Pandy. 8. Effect of environment of food safety Indian scenario/Vanisha Nambiar. 9. Population and environment/Ruplekha Borah. 10. The ozone hole an environmental concern of modern times/Neerja Jaiswal. II. Strategies for sustainable environment 11. Natural organic building materials used for housing/Sucheta Singh Veena Gandotra and Promila Sharma. 12. Domestification of medicinal plants and eco friendly traditional farming in Kumaon Hills an overview/Promila Sharma and Sucheta Singh. 13. Bio medical waste management system India and Canada/Arti Nanavati Niyati Walter and Reena Rao. 14. Methods of organic farming/Kanak Chauhan. 15. Knowledge of urban homemakers regarding solid waste management practices by reusing reduction and recycling of waste products/Mona Mehta. 16. Green consumer in the content of global environment/Maneesha Shukul. 17. Environment education through the English textbooks/Madhu Kewlani. 18. For tomorrow's sake/Rameshwari Pandya. 19. Ecolabelling challenge of the trading community in textiles and clothing sector/Reena Bhatia. 20. Organic farming an environmentally sound agriculture/Veena Gandotra Promila Sharma and Meeta Agrawal. 21. Environmental sustainability a global challenge/Chaman Preet Kaur Saini. Index. Today the environment of the entire globe is disturbed. Population explosion increase in depletion of physical resources environmental pollution exploitation of natural resources and technological growth are the factors resulting in present deterioration of the world's environment. This is the result of man's abuse towards environment. The adoption of science and technology without the care of ethics and morality has made man arrogant and dangerous. Therefore for fulfilling the dream of sustainable development not just for another century but for thousands of years there is a need to learn a way of life that can be sustained. An attempt has been made by the editors of this book to look into the present situation of environment and find remedies for sustainable development. This book can serve as reference material for students as well as teachers taking courses on environment in colleges and universities in India. This book will be helpful to the policy makers planners scholars NGO's academicians government and other professional workers in the field of environment who have genuine interest in the task of sustainable environment. An attempt has been made by means of the book to compile the papers in various fields on various aspects of environment throughout India. The edited volume of this book is the result of the work done by different scholars academicians research workers teachers and students. 308 pp.