“An Introduction to man and his environmentâ€, as the title sounds itself, the present volume describes man and his environment and various kinds of pollutions which he comes across in the surrounding. Man’s brain has developed to an incredible extent over the past several thousand years. This has allowed him to become more independent of animal instincts and more capable of exploratory and creative actions, but at the same time it has increased his powers of destruction. Through the development of these powers man has increasingly destroyed or modified much of the natural environment and created an artificial one of his own. In order to understand man’s special relationship with his environment it is necessary to review his more recent evolution briefly. This book is a one volume scientific discussion of past history, population growth, noise pollution, water pollution, air pollution and the problem and land space etc. this book will meet the requirements of a wide rang of readers who are involved directly or indirectly with various kind of pollutions. They may be students and researchers of environment and environmental protection agencies and activists.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R. Swarup
Dr. R. Swarup (b. 1928) had his education at government Agricultural College, Kanpur (now Chander Shekhar-Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur) and Delhi School of Economics. After serving at prestigious institutions like the Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Indian Agricultural Research Institute. New Delhi, Mosul University in Iraq etc, he heads the Agro-Economics Research Centre for Western Himalayan Region since establishment in, 1973 at Himachal Pradesh University, shimla. He has contributed a number of research papers and co-authored books titled – Agricultural Development in Himachal Pradesh, Management of Social forestry in India, Production and Marketing of apples, and Horticultural Development in Hill Areas.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.N. Mishra
Professor S.N. Mishra (b. 1942), after serving at Magadh University, joined the Indian Institute of Public Administration in 1980 where currently he is Professor of Rural Studies. Apart from publishing nearly twently books on various facets of Rural Society, he has contributed more than hundred research papers to the various journals in India and abroad. A member of the Executive Committee of the Indian Public Administration Association, Prof. Mishra's areas of specialization are: Indian Political System, Applied Public Administration, Political Sociology, Constitutional Law, Democratice Decentralization, Development Administration and Local Self-Government.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR V.P. Jauhari
Dr. V.P. Jauhari (b. 1949) has his education from Allahabad University, Punjab University and London School of Economics (LSE) UK. Thought a serving bureaucrat has extensive work experience in the field of environmental management at State, National and International level, Till recently he headed the Ministry of Environment & Forests in Govt. of A.P. and State Pollution Control Board. He has also worked in the Ministry of Environment & forests in Govt. of A.P. and State Pollution control Board. He has also worked in the Ministry of Environment & Forests, GOI apart from working as head of intergovernmental body, sponsored by UNEP, called South Asia Co- operative Environment Programme (SACEP) at Colombo. He has worked as consultant to many UN bodies and has many publications to his credit. Currently he is heading Ministry of Agriculture in Govt. of A.P.
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