Industry

 Under threat

Hyderabad s Himayat Sagar catchment overrun with illegal constructions

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Suresh Babu S V
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Drinking Water, Himayat Sagar, Urbanisation, Industry, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (D)
India

 Caught in the web

Of poverty, life in India has improved little over the past decade, reports the planning commission's National Human Development Report 2001

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
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Health Effects, Urbanisation, Rural Sanitation, Traditional Knowledge, Poverty, Education, India, Statistics
India

 Market towns in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: Trends and Issues

THIS publication is a collection of papers on the state of market towns and their trends in some countries of the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region. The role market centres in small towns play in the

Publication Date: 
29/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Trade, Economy, Urbanisation, India
Poverty

 Incompetence at its best

Traffic management in India is contrary to that in any sensible country in the world

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Urbanisation, Automobiles, India, Delhi
Agriculture

 Till the last drop

Half the watershed area of the world's freshwater systems is estimated to have been lost in the twentieth century, as land was converted to agriculture and urban use, or levelled to combat diseases

Publication Date: 
Sunday, January 14, 2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Freshwater Ecosystems, Wetlands, Land Use, Land Reclamation, Agriculture, Fish, Endangered Species, Urbanisation, Population, Frogs, Global
Wildlife

 The legendary Gandhian

Pakistani social scientist Akhtar Hameed Khan, is remembered, on his first death anniversary, for his achievements in the field of urban management

Publication Date: 
14/12/2000
Anil Agarwal, Sunita Narain
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Pollution, Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Urban Sprawl, Urban Management, Urban Sanitation, Public Participation, Personalities, Anil Agarwal, Mahatma Gandhi, Pakistan, Karachi
Fisheries

 Damp growth

Bihar wetlands may be the only place in the world where makhana is grown on a commercial basis

Publication Date: 
30/08/2000
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Lake Pollution, Wetlands, Land Reclamation, Chemical Fertilisers, Pesticides, Fisheries, Urbanisation, Waste Disposal, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Life Science, Governance, Sustainable Development
Fisheries

 Drying wetlands

An apathetic government, land hungry people, and fight for survival: it s the same story everywhere. Here are a few examples:

Publication Date: 
30/08/2000
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Lake Pollution, Wetlands, Land Reclamation, Chemical Fertilisers, Pesticides, Fisheries, Urbanisation, Waste Disposal, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Life Science, Governance, Sustainable Development
India

 Spare change

Resources devoted to health care systems are neither divided equitably nor in proportion to the distribution of health problems

Publication Date: 
30/07/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Habitat, Urbanisation, Population Trends, Health Care, Medical Systems, Poverty, India, Developing Countries
Industry

 Rivers in peril

Many rivers in Australia are in a poor state, say researchers

Publication Date: 
14/02/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Agriculture, Deforestation, Urbanisation, Industry, Research, Australia

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