S.K. Agarwal
32 books
Energy is the basic ingredient of all modern societies and its per capita consumption is regarded as a standard for advancement of a country. Energy is required to fulfill the basic needs of a human being like food, shelter, clothing, health sanitation and education, etc.
The ultimate solution of the energy crises will be through the discovery of methods of harnessing the non-conventional energy sources. The extraction of and utilization of non-conventional ...
The twenty first century is likely to pose before us serious environmental challenges. Our faith in modern technology has eroded the ecological foundations of our civilization. The future of the human civilization shall be rosy if natural resources are used prudently. We need growth without eco-disasters. The book contains review and research papers. Section A covers papers related to environmental scenario for 21 century. While section B deals with papers ...
Environmental management: New Concepts is a unique approach to explore the scope and structure of the integrated approach to the subject. It takes into account the benefits and costs to owners, workers and the society. It has been pointed out that participatory planning can prevent the modern environmental problems. Implementation of pollution control measures can safeguard the environment and improve the quality of the products and services. The wise management ...
The book deals with local, regional and global problems at micro and macro-levels. It provides theoretical as well as behavioral bases as well as case studies. It is a complication of selected research papers, which deals with basic theme of geography and environment. It is hoped that this book will be useful to geographers and environmentalists alike, researchers and policy makers.
Water is one of the most important resources which human being has exploited than any other resource for the sustenance of their life. Most of the water on this planet is stored in oceans and ice-caps which is difficult to be recovered for our diverse needs. Most of our demands for water are fulfilled by rainwater which gets deposited in surface and groundwater sources. The quantity of this utilizable water is very much limited on the earth. Though water is ...
Green management have always been inherent in human society. It favours self regulation, efficient and cost effective solution for environmental improvements through ecologically biased management. It represents an active political expression and focus attention on issues of local and regional concern. The greens demonstrate the power of people to really change consciousness. A green perspective can change the way people work to create alternatives to our present ...
Noise is the effect on the ear, of a wave like motion of an elastic medium, caused by vibration, which impinge on the ear drum and st up a nervous disturbance. It is unwanted and undesirable sound in the wrong place and at the wrong time. Sound from various sources like buses, racing cars and trucks, silencer less motorbikes, myriad of horns, vibrating foundaries and lathes, blaring stereos and loudspeakers, the sonic boom from supersonic aircrafts and space ...
If the environment is deteriorated and degraded, polluted and defiled, filthy and disgraceful, concomitantly the speechless plants and animals, the motherly soil and the crazy human being besides the buildings and monuments suffer. While a few problems are occupational, water pollution is regional, and air pollution is global in its impact. The effluent rich water could be treated before disposal. However, pollutants once released in air can not be controlled. ...
Air is obviously the first and foremost susceptible component of our environment prone to pollution. The occurrence of air pollution was not perceived as a major problem in most countries until the late 1950's and 1960's. It was then usually seen as a local problem in urban areas and industrial areas. Only after 1960's have air pollution evolved as a problem of regional and global dimension. The places from where air pollutants emnate are both natural and ...