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The present volume 'Geography and Environment: Issues and Challenges' is a festschrift in honour of Prof. S.L. Kayastha. It contains the contributions from the students, colleagues and admirers of Professor Kayastha from all corners of the country. This volume revolves around the work of Prof. S.L. Kayastha. Here an attempt has been made to expand his work, especially the conceptual development of different environment related issues.
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This book is a comprehensive compendium of information on nutritional as well as therapeutic importance of vegetables. Vegetables are excellent source of nutrients such as protein, vitamins, minerals and fiber as well as non-nutrient phytochemicals. Since 1990s a number of epidemiological studies have been carried out attempting to correlate high dietary phytochemical intake, through the consumption of vegetables, with reduced risk of degenerative diseases. Many, ...
The book has been thoroughly revised. Although the basic frame is the same as in the first edition, virtually every chapter has been recast incorporating the latest development. Much old flab had to be sheded. New concepts and Policy measures have been appearing in every field; water management, forest management, soil conservation, energy scenario, agriculture, organic farming, Gene revolution, Impact of W.T.O. and the like. Above all, the development policy and ...
Reinventing Regional Development provides a state of the art view of the conceptual and methodological issues associated with regional development process. Regional development has been projected as a converging point of globalisation and localization. This is illustrated through the experience of a number of countries, including Germany, Hungary, China, and, of course, India. Part one of the book takes care of the debates surrounding emerging paradigms, models ...