S.C. Sharma
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This book tries to explain the interface between natural disasters and poverty. Providing the conceptual framework of natural disasters, it undertakes the analysis of various definitions and theories of poverty to understand the conception of poverty as a consequence of natural calamities.
Further examining the impact of natural disasters on human life, it profiles the major natural calamities across the world. Finally, it suggests some measures to tackle the ...
The book gives the latest information of all types of Construction equipements used in construction of roads. Highways, large buildings, dams, canals, airways, and power houses etc. The book deals in various wings of organization in discharging job of equipment planning, balancing, selection of euipment, its development and utilization, personnel selection and training, financial planning, preventive maintenance and supervision and modern management techniques.
The book "Construction Engineering and Management" meets the long felt need of comprehensive book for indepth study of various essential aspects of construction techniques for infrastructure projects and construction management which highlights the concepts and principles of management for managing resources, finances, materials and equipments. The implementation aspects like infrastructure development, safety and post construction management techniques ...
History of Jammu forms an important chapter in the annals of India’s resistance to the stream of invaders ushering out fresh from the Khaiber Pass and Central Asia. As force sentinels on the borders of India, Dogras-the inhabitants of Jammu region were the first to face attack of the Arabs, Ghazanavids, Turks etc.. Earlier, Jammu region was the habitat of primitive man who left behind an evidence of his existence in the form of stone age tools and other ...
Need for decentralised planning in India has been emphasised for a long time. The large size of the country, the uneven resource endowment, the highly differentiated nature of the society in terms of language as well as institutions, the varying levels of social and economic development in different areas have made the plea for decentralised planning a weighty one. In order to make the planning more viable, and also in order to make the various five year plans ...
Under the given changed world scenario as a result of globalization of the trade, agriculture has also to be received as an industry. Following GATT agreement and the procedures of WTO, anything can be imported from anywhere and vice versa including farm based products. It is therefore imperative that land is put under the most appropriate management system. Conventional or traditional system of management of farmlands is not going to work. It has to be ...
This book "Topology" has been written for the students of various universities. In the earlier chapters, proof are given in considerable detail, as our subject unfolds through the successive chapters and the reader acquires experience in following abstract mathematical arguments, the proof become briefer and minor details are more and more left for the reader to fill in for himself. It is a basic principle in the study of mathematics, and one too seldom ...
This book "Topology" has been written for the students of various universities. In the earlier chapters, proof are given in considerable detail, as our subject unfolds through the successive chapters and the reader acquires experience in following abstract mathematical arguments, the proof become briefer and minor details are more and more left for the reader to fill in for himself. It is a basic principle in the study of mathematics, and one too seldom ...
This book 'Discrete Mathematics' has been written for the students who are preparing for an advance degree programme. With the background necessary for further study in theoretical computer science, it can be used either a one or a two semester course. A major future of this text is its versatility. Sufficient topic have been included to accommodate students with varied background. The subject matter has been discussed in such a way that students will find no ...
India with just 2.5 per cent of the land area of the planet, has to support 15 per cent of the world's human population and equally large population of livestock. The forests of the country are under intense biotic pressure leading to degradation of forest resources. The supply of industrial and domestic wood from forest areas has been dwindling. The average annual increment of forests in India is very low (0.7m3/ha/year compared to the world average of 2.1 ...
Fruits & vegetables act as scavengers to our body, and drive away toxic and harmful wastes. They nourish our body with pure water, sugar, vitamins,minerals, proteins, fibers, aromatic compounds and host of other micronutrients. This authentic, self-help, therapeutic guide makes you learn and apply the ramarkable ways to combat naturally all kinds of ailments. The book explains in detail food value,including nutrients and contents of each fruit and vegetable,in ...
In India, some critics see the hegemony of English language and literature as a form of continuing cultural imperialism. Others argue that the widespread use, prestige, and expansion of English in India in recent decades are attributable to the post-war hegemony of the United States rather than to the British Empire, that is, its growing global currency as a medium of communication. The volume of Indian literature written in English is smaller than that written ...