
Environmental considerations are vital to all the schemes of rural development. The factors like desertification, soil erosion and global warming are all affecting the strategies and methods of rural development to a great extent. The mining operations in some areas have affected the lives of rural people very adversely. The economic, political and social development policies and strategies of rural development are closely linked to environment.
| atal bihari vajpayee craig mcmurtry p n pandey bhola mahto hutton david v george t milkovich | seema sanghi tammie carter laurence mitchell m l narasaiah brian l weiss |