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Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics

Case Studies of Human-Environment Interactions in India

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Editors:
  1. Rukhsana

    1. Department of Geography, Aliah University, Kolkata, India

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  2. Anwesha Haldar

    1. Department of Geography, East Calcutta Girls’ College West Bengal State University, Kolkata, India

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  3. Asraful Alam

    1. Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

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  4. Lakshminarayan Satpati

    1. Department of Geography, UGC-HRDC, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

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  • Initiates new approaches on issues of human-environment interactions in relation to sustainable development
  • Offers case studies from India analyzing human impacts on natural and social environments
  • Discusses hazards and disturbances that are byproducts of human-environment systems

Part of the book series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research (AAHER)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Habitat and Environmental Issues of Human Concerns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics: An Overview

      • Rukhsana, Anwesha Haldar, Asraful Alam, Lakshminarayan Satpati
      Pages 3-9

    3. Contemporary Environmental Issues – The Indian Perspective

      • Pradip K. Sikdar, Soumyajit Basu
      Pages 11-51

    4. Rainfall Insight in Bangladesh and India: Climate Change and Environmental Perspective

      • Tapash Mandal, Jayanta Das, A. T. M. Sakiur Rahman, Piu Saha
      Pages 53-74

    5. Habitat Linkages for Asian Elephants in Central Indian Landscape

      • C. S. Abhijitha, G. Areendran, Krishna Raj, Pamposh Bhat, Mehebub Sahana
      Pages 75-89

    6. Environmental Pollution and Municipal Solid Waste Management in India

      • Mithun Ray, Avaya Chandra Mohapatra, Suman Das, Asraful Alam, Biman Ghosh
      Pages 91-114

    7. Assessment of the Carbon Footprint Across Urban Households in Kolkata

      • Rukhsana, Md Firojuddin Molla
      Pages 115-131

  4. Hazards and Environmental Management for Sustainable Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Environmental Vulnerability and Displacement Due to Land Erosion: Selected Case Studies in West Bengal, India

      • Anwesha Haldar, Samiparna Das, Riyanka Chatterjee, Lakshminarayan Satpati
      Pages 207-224

    3. Flood Frequency Analysis and Its Management in Selected Part of Bardhaman District, West Bengal

      • Subodh Chandra Pal, Biswajit Das, Sadhan Malik, Manisa Shit, Rabin Chakrabortty
      Pages 225-246

    4. Spatiotemporal Extent of Agricultural Drought Over Western Part of West Bengal

      • Mou Dey, Dipanwita Dutta, Abira Dutta Roy
      Pages 247-261

    5. Drought-Induced Human Mobility in Purulia District of West Bengal

      • Shrinwantu Raha, Shasanka Kumar Gayen
      Pages 263-277

    6. Traditional Water Management System and Agricultural Sustainability in a Himalayan Foothill Village of Assam, India

      • Sourav Saha, N. Deka, A. K. Bhagabati
      Pages 279-292
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About this book

This volume uses an innovative and interdisciplinary approach to assess various issues resulting from human-environment interactions in relation to sustainable development. The book encompasses theoretical and applied aspects, using both thematic and regional case studies from India, to highlight the impact of human-environment interactions at various spatio-temporal scales, with each study focusing on a particular anthropogenic issue, particularly in an Indian context. The book's three focal themes (e.g. habitat linkages, ekistics and social ecology, hazard and environmental management) elaborate the essential components of human-environment interactions with nature, its impact on the surrounding natural and social environments, and management techniques through research innovations. Readers will learn how maladjustments, disturbances and disasters are often inevitable byproducts of human-environment systems, and what conceptual and practical strategies can be applied towards sustainable coexistence. The book will be of interest to students, academics and policymakers engaged in environmental management, human-environment interactions and sustainable development.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Aliah University, Kolkata, India

    Rukhsana

  • Department of Geography, East Calcutta Girls’ College West Bengal State University, Kolkata, India

    Anwesha Haldar

  • Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

    Asraful Alam

  • Department of Geography, UGC-HRDC, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

    Lakshminarayan Satpati

About the editors

Dr. Rukhsana is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Aliah University, India. 

Dr. Anwesha Haldar is an Assistant Professor (DDE) in the Department of Geography at Rabindra Bharati University, India. 


Dr. Asraful Alam is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geography at University of Calcutta, India.


Prof. Lakshminarayan Satpati is Professor of the Department of Geography and Director of Human Resource Development Center at University of Calcutta, India. 

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