Some major developments witnessed during the 20th century have greatly impacted human beings as well as the planet Earth—the only known planet to support life. Incalculable harm is being caused to natural habitats, eco-systems and environment by unprecedented growth in population resulting in great rise in consumption; rapid increase in urbanization and industrialisation; dramatic changes in global economic environment; and reckless use of mineral and forest resources, etc.

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Imprint	Atlantic Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd
Publication Year	2008
Table of Contents	1. Global Warming and Its Effects—K.R. Gupta 2. Environmental Accountability: Exploring the Possibilities and Limitations—Jane Andrew and Mary Kaidonis 3. Promoting Sustainable Development—Ashish Ranjan 4. Appropriate Public Transport System for Better Environment—M. Shafiq-Ur Rahman 5. Water Pollution in Relation to Human Health—Jasmine T. Sawian, Febreena G. Lyndem, R.C. Laloo and S. Jeeva 6. An Assessment of Environmental Modelling in Urban Areas with Geographical Information System (GIS)—Shariful Alam Chowdhury and Md. Ibrahim Khalil-Ullah 7. Resisting and Transforming Space: The State, Environment and Indigenous People in Malaysia—Loong Wong 8. Conflicts in Joint Forest Management—S.N. Bhise and Vivek Vyas 9. Development and Environment Conflicts in the Context of Resource Degradation: Desertification in Anantapur—Ramakrishna Nallathiga 10. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Laden Economic and Human Development, will it go Away Making Room for Sustainable Development?—Rajaratnam Shanthini, Continues...

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K.R. Gupta has published over a dozen books and more than hundred papers in leading journals published in India and abroad. He has edited multi-volume Encyclopaedia of Environment which includes so far published volumes entitled Environment: Problems and Policies; Environment: Global Warming and Environmental Legislation in India. More volumes are in press. Maria Anna Jankowska, a Ph.D. in Economics, came to the United States from Poland after being awarded a Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars Grant from the Smithsonian Institute. She completed an MLS degree at the University of California at Berkeley. She is presently the General Editor of Electronic Green Journal published from the University of Idaho Library.

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