India, with its phenomenally long historical traditions has presented several contrasting images of women, praised as a goddess, extolled as the mother of humanity and skyrocketed as the real creator of mankind. In actual practice, however, women are stigmatized as the weaker sex meant to bear all kinds of human oppression and male atrocities. In the post-independent India, especially since 1980s, the empowerment of women has been recognized as a central issue in ...
Land Resource Management in River Valley and Flood Prone Areas of Himalayan Region: Land Degradation, Floods, Runoff, Sediment Yields, Soil and Water Conservation
Foreword. Preface. Contributors. Acronyms and abbreviations. I. Land management in river Catchments: deliberations: 1. Catchments treatment in River Valley Projects and flood prone areas in Himachal Pradesh: the dialogue deliberations/J.C. Sharma, I.P. Sharma and J.N. Raina. II. Status of River Valley Projects and Flood prone rivers in India and Himachal Pradesh: 2. Land degradation in river catchments in Himalayan region/Jagmohan Singh. 3. Watershed development ...
