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Air Pollution has been growing since the Industrial Revolution. Rapid industrialization, burgeoning cities and greater dependence on fossil fuels have brought in their wake increased production of harmful pollutants, making life more and more unpleasant and unhealthy. Among the most common and virulent of air pollutants are sulphur dioxide, suspended particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and lead. In addition, there is evidence of a growing threat ...
This book is concerned with the process and politics of hazardous waste regulation in India. The impetus for our collection is the fact that little work has been done, and very little written about the political and institutional forces promoting policy formulation and implementation in this area. Although much has been written about the scope and nature of the hazardous waste problem this particular issue has been the subject of very little systematic research ...
The pressure of the population on our planet and the reckless plundering of its resources resulting in imbalances in the well-define and well-managed interactions between various natural forces have resulted in the growing number of calamities and disasters causing untold suffering to thousands of human beings and causing heavy damage to property and assets. Over the years, this phenomenon has been witnessed in various forms. It is in this context that the ...