Environment Chronicles-II: The best of TerraGreen

Book Details

This book covers, in a panoramic sweep, all the formidable environmental challenges that we face. It is a grim reminder of our disquieting environmental reality; yet the stories here inspire hope and provide examples of the building blocks for a sustainable world. Environment Chronicles II is the go-to resource for readers who want to know, in holistic terms, about what's ailing the environment as well as the solutions for a greener future. Backing up its claims with several unassailable facts, this book reinforces the urgency for sustainable development, particularly for conservation, resource-use efficiency, and waste minimization—all ideas that are now picking up the much-needed momentum.

Key Features

• Unique collection of articles on development and underdevelopment from India and abroad
• Contributions by well-known journalists and environmentalists
• Inspirational stories of struggle, survival, and hope
• Immensely readable and informative

Table of Contents

Foreword by Bahar Dutt

Sustainable Development

• Uranium Mining in Meghalaya: The Ecological and Health Challenges by Jonathan Donald Syiemlieh
• Sustainable Trends in Fashion: Overcoming the Challenges by Swati Prabhu
• Greening of Financial Institutions: The Road to Sustainable Banking by Swagata Dey
• Sustainable Slum Improvement Models:Ban Mankong in Thailand and PRODEL in Nicaragua by Souvanic Roy and Manas Kumar Sanyal
• Sustainable Transport: Issues and Implementation by Arvind Kumar

Ecology

• Heat Waves: Are We Concerned Enough? by Suruchi Bhadwal
• Community Conservation of Indian Grasslands by Surya Prakash
• Critically Endangered Wetlands: Environmental Impacts of Urban Growth by Subir Ghosh
• The Lethal Plastic Metal: Upcycling and Reducing Demand by Rashi Goel

Water

• Encountering Aquatic Hypoxia: Responses, Adaptability, and Mitigation Measures by Tincy Varghese
• Rejuvenating the Ganga Basin: The Need to Implement GRBEMP by Sujit Chakraborty
• The Water Magician: Ending Water Poverty by Sharada Balasubramanian

Wildlife

• Eye of the Tiger: Are the Numbers Growing? by Anuradha Dutt
• Highways for Wild Animals by Arefa Tehsin and Raza H Tehsin
• Mitigating Human–Animal Conflict in India: Participatory Approaches bySharada Balasubramanian and Rahul Chavan
• Turtle Conservation: Community Participation, the Way Ahead by Laxmikant Deshpande

Heritage and Tourism

• Understanding Public Spaces: An Analysis of Their Sustainability by Ramya Ramanathan
• Uttarakhand’s Battling Interests: Time for Change by Mukesh Rawat

 Sustainable Livelihood

• Fodder Production in Himachal Pradesh: Reducing the Drudgery of Women in the Hills by Sarita Brara
• Fostering Cultural Responses: To Ecosystemic Change by Rahul Goswami
• The Breathing Livelihood of Rajasthan: Handicrafts and Other Sustainable Art Forms by Saurabh Somani

Food Security

• Are We Food Secured? by Ranjan K Panda
• Sustainable Diets: Re-engineering Food by Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
• Prospects for India’s Food Security: The Indo-Gangetic Plain as a Vital Link by Monika Kumari and Md Maroof Azam

 Health

• The Alarming Delhi Smog: Genesis and Post Analysis by Pradeep Kumar Mukherjee
• Lifestyle Diseases: Scourge of the First World by Harish Alagappa
• Is the Air Killing Your Child?: The Rising Epidemic of Childhood Cancer in India by Rina Mukherji

 Socio-environmental Issues

• Ghost Villages of Uttarakhand: The Need for Rehabilitation by Rajshekhar Pant
• Brus’ Return by Nava Thakuria
• Cross-boundary Development: Through Disciplinary Research and Socio-environmental Synthesis by Biba Jasmine
• Chemical Fertilizers: Impact on Climate Change by M N Kulkarni

Women

• Urban Health Resources Centre: Empowering Women to Work for Health by Paromita Pain
• Ecofeminism in India: Defying an Ideological Straitjacket? by Rina Mukherji

Disaster Management

• SEEDS: The Way to a Safer Future by N Kalyani
• A Shaky Future: Is North India Sitting on a Seismic Time Bomb? by Guy Noronha
• Disaster Management at the Time of Natural Hazards: Role of Residents’ Welfare Associations by K S R Murthy 

Energy

• Shale Gas: A Game Changer? by Prabir Sengupta
• Morocco Turns on the Solar Switch: Lifted out of Darkness by Arjun Wadhwa
• Waves of Electricity: Reduce Demand or Increase Supply? by Bharat Jhunjhunwala

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