S.N. Prasad
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Applied microbiology suggests broad coverage of the contemporary information on microorganisms. Fundamental principles are used as frameworks for presenting specific information, and research trends are included to provide a glimpse of future developments in the field, tried to cover enough areas to give a sense of unity and diversity to microbiology and have been careful in selecting the vocabulary.
The volumes of the Project on the History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India's heritage and present them in an interrelated way. These volumes, in spite of their unitary look, recognise the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The Project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ...
Since time immemorial, man has been, still is, and will always be exploiting nature without taking into consideration of environmental deterioration. The environment and ecosystem, lack of concern amongst planners and ecologists about the side effects of the development projects, gaps in information and in training personnel, absence of multi-disciplinary approach to development project, and lack of systematic information, data and feed back system. The present ...
This book discusses the economics of environmental planning and management and approaches the subject from the angle of the economist. There is a widespread belief that environmental protection and conservation is a very expensive process and thus economically non-viable. This belief has been demolished and an attempt has been made to not only lay out a route map for environmental economics but also make it easy for students and teachers of the subject.Thus, all ...
This is the full story of the military operations in Jammu & Kashmir during 1947-48, undertaken to save that Princely State, which had acceded to the Union of India, from a brutal invasion from Pakistan. The year-long campaign saw many triumphs and tragedies, which are narrated objectively and in detail. The Indian Army and Air Force, just emerging from the throes of Partition, and still in the process of reorganization, emerged from this ordeal with added ...
Environmental politics covers issues from the local to the global and throws up challenges to our concepts of the natural world. Environmental politics is not just another policy option, it is a radical philosophy which questions some of the most traditional and accepted perceptions of the world as it is, and as it will be if environmental concerns are not addressed immediately. A running theme through this book is the concept that sustainable development is ...
This book is about the various environmental problems and hazards that our planet faces today and possible solutions that could be evolved and taken up to solve them, if not to remove them completely, at least to lessen their deleterious impact upon humankind. A wealth of individual experience and specific solutions are available, and these have been explained and discussed at length. The need for stringent overall environmental and economic action to ensure that ...