Climate Change

 Pollen rain

Breaking past records, the city Atlanta was enveloped by a coat of pollen from the trees of northern Georgia

Publication Date: 
30/05/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, Urban Habitat, Environmental Science, United States Of America (US)
Air Pollution

 City shock

Cities are known to generate a lot of waste and contribute in a major way to water and air pollution. They have become a major source of concern in the 20th century. City authorities will have to be

Publication Date: 
Thursday, April 29, 1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Urban Habitat, Population Trends, Asia
Air Pollution

 The price of power

A significant source of urban air pollution is the combustion of fuels by power plants, industrial boilers,

Publication Date: 
Saturday, January 30, 1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Urban Habitat, Developing Countries
India

 "Urban management in India is poor"

Every year during monsoons, many towns in India experience heavy flooding. These floods some natural, others human induced result in a heavy loss of lives and property. ASESH K MAITRA, environmental planner and director, School of Planning and Archite

Publication Date: 
14/11/1998
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Floods, Urban Habitat, Urban Management, India
Climate Change

 A social force called water

The state is struggling to meet the rising water demand. It is time to learn from the days when people arranged their own water. In cities and in villages. A special report by the CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Publication Date: 
14/10/1998
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Water Harvesting, Urban Habitat, Rural Habitat, Global, Developing Countries
Environment

 The value of a raindrop

Rainwater is as usable to the industrialised North as to the underdeveloped South. As important to the poor, rural household as to the gardens and kitchens of the rich. Its value is universal

Publication Date: 
14/10/1998
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Water Harvesting, Urban Habitat, Rural Habitat, Global, Developing Countries
Environment

 Power pedaling

Indian cities are being engulfed by vehicular pollution. Under such circumstances, the electric autorickshaw and bicycle offer some respite

Publication Date: 
14/10/1998
Anil K Rajvanshi
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Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Urban Habitat, Battery Vehicles, Maharashtra
Environment

 THE PHILIPPINES

Rainwater harvesting started in the country in 1989 as a part of an income-generating programme assisted by the International Development Research Centre, Canada. Under the programme, some 500

Publication Date: 
14/10/1998
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Water Harvesting, Urban Habitat, Rural Habitat, Global, Developing Countries
Environment

 THE CARIBBEAN

Rooftop catchments and cisterns have met the water needs of many small Caribbean islands for over three centuries. More than 500,000 people depend on such systems of water storage. In Saint

Publication Date: 
14/10/1998
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Water Harvesting, Urban Habitat, Rural Habitat, Global, Developing Countries
Environment

 THAILAND

Thailand is one of the world's leading rainwater harvesting nations. The National Jar Programme was launched to supply clean drinking water to rural areas under the United Nations Water Supply and

Publication Date: 
14/10/1998
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