Resource Management

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The definition of ‘resources’ changes drastically and unpredictably from time to time and from place to place. But the general notion is always something necessary or useful like food, air, water and materials that skilled hands and discerning minds can turn to the improvement of human lot. Thus, the problems of ‘resource management’ have arisen. The concern for ‘resources management’ is a history of changing perceptions on resource availability and of fluctuating demand for resources. The articles in this book, focus attention on ‘resource management’ especially on environmental resources, land resources, water resources and human resources. It includes global environmental change, management of resource, deterioration of resources, globalization of the third world, application of the modern technology for resource management, self sustainable development, land degradation, analysis of meso region, changing relationship between villages, large scale farming and environment, land use planning for arid ecosystems, pesticide impacts, community resource use structure, char land, coal mining and its impact on deforestation, salt affected lands, management of water resources, drinking water supply, agricultural marginalization, child labour, urban poverty, rural systems, impacts of immigration, problems of working women female health in Germany, Russia, U.S.A., Canada, Caribbean Region, Turkey, Hungary, Spain, Brazil, South Africa and in various parts of India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Abha Lakshmi Singh

Abha Lakshmi Singh did her B.A. from Allahabad University and M.A. and Ph.D. from aligarh Muslim University. She had a brilliant academic career having obtained Gold Medal in M.A. She joined the Geography Department, AMU as Lecturer in 1978. Presently she is Professor and Chairman of the Department. Prof. Singh specializes in Agricultural and Environmental Geography. Her four books Economics and Geography of Agricultural Land Raclamatio, Problems of Waste Lands Reclamation, Problems of waste Lands in India, Land Resources Management, Agricultural and rural Development and the project (sponsored by International Insitute of Environment, London) are pioneering work in the fields of Agricultural and Environmental Geography. She has travelled abroad widely, delivered a series of lectuers in different Universities of U.S.A. (1984) and attended an International Workship of Planning for Sustainable Urban Development, University of Wales, Cardiff, U.K. (1992). She has been nominated as full Member of International Geographic Union Commission on Marginal and Critical Lands (1997P. She is a prolifcwriter and has published nearly sixty research papers in national and international journals. She has presented papers in both national and international conferences. Several students have objained Ph.D. under her supervision.

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Title
Resource Management
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8176460575
Length
xx+536p., Figures; Tables; References; Maps; Index; 23cm.
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