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Nutrition and Health are important issue and form a triangle with population. There is hardly any book alike present one which deals with population, nutrition and health of any region. This book is focused on central Indian perspective which is again an important region as it is identified as backward or lagging behind in demographic indicators. Students and researchers always face problem in finding and compilation of the material on the issues. Here is an ...
The entitled, 'Population Ecology and Family Planning' is a very painstaking study of population and family planning in the districts of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The author has laid hands on selected topics like material used, area and people, ethnographic profile of Kinnaura, socio-economic characteristics, marriage, polyandry, menarche, menopause and reproductive life span, population structure and characteristics, fertility, mortality, natural ...
"The Himalayas is a land of abundant wealth and present a challenge and opportunity to various scientist and sports lover to prove their work. The great diversity of human populations and languages within the Himalayas has made the region exceptionally interesting. In this region dwells a vast number of tribes and castes. Who have been earning a good deal of attention in recent times.There are Primitive Tribes and Scheduled Tribes living in different regions ...
The Himalayas are regarded as a challenge for the research and development. There is a growing awareness of an interdisciplinary approach for development of any society and its people. This awareness must be enlarged by involving researchers, academicians, planners, administrators, voluntary organisations and the local people. The present volume gives an opportunity to interdisciplinary groups to apply themselves to the varigated problems of Himalayan ...
India is a country with a fine tradition of respecting, loving and supporting the aged. As a result of urbanization and globalization, the values and life styles are changing which is affecting the care of the aged. Though ageing has many aspects the primary ones fall into four major categories: biological-physiological, psychological-behavioural, socio-economic and anthropological. Unfortunately, the researches on ageing have so far concerned themselves only ...