BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Title:    Twenty-First Century India Population,Economy, Human  Development and the Environment.
Edited : Tim Tyson, Robert Casses and Leela Visaria
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year :        2004.  (Price :Rs. 695)

 

This book is the first fully integrated account of the impact of India’s Population on development.  A major contribution to the debate on these issues.  It examines how population growth will affect India’s future and how India can best manage this last phase of its demographic transition. The projections incorporate for the first time implications of both in principle manageable.  In this context, the book examines the challenges ahead, outlines policies and identifies lacunae in their implementation.  This book will be an important tool for policy-makers, NGOs, foreign aid agencies, Journalists and also researchers in Economics, environment, demography, social studies and development.     

 

Title: Environmental hazards kill five million children a year
Author: Dyer O
Source: BMJ. British Medical Journal. 326(7393);782.
Year: April 12th, 2003,

 

WHO believes that as much as a third of the world’s total burden of disease is caused by environmental factors. Children under 5,who comprise only 10% of the world population, currently bear 40% of the global disease burden.

 

Title: Risk factors of diarrhoea among flood victims : a controlled epidemiological  study
Author: Mondal, NC; Biswas R;  Manna A
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health 45(4);122-127
Year:   Oct-Dec 2001

 

This study is a comparative picture of two selected flood-prone blocks and two non-blood prone blocks from the same district.  The study showed that diarrheal diseases was the commonest morbidity in a flood prone population were found to be associated with a high attack ate of diarrhea. Attack rates were also significantly higher in flood –prone areas during the same season.  The necessity of both community education for proper water use behaviour and personal hygiene along with ensuring safe water and sanitation facilities of flood affected communities were emphasized.  The Community workers should have the concept of disaster preparedness and response, instead of traditional causality relief of traditional causality relief.

 

Title:   Household environmental factors and their effects on infant mortality in Mewat region of Haryana state, India
Author: Jatrana S
Source:Demography India Vol.30.No.1: Pp. 31-47
Year:  Jan-Jun, 2001

 

This paper deals with the role of household contamination factors in explaining differentials in infant mortality in the Mewat region of Haryana State., India.  Questioning the mothers through astructured questionnaire collected information on socio demographic housing environment factors of the household.

 

The results provide empirical evidence for an association between household environmental factors and infant mortality.  According to the analysis the important correlates of infant mortality are crowding, refuse disposal and the presence of animals inside the courtyard. Other variables that significantly affect infant mortality are the type of house, presence of sanitation and lack of education of father and mother. These findings suggest that personal hygiene behavior, poverty and government policies and programs affect infant mortality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Seeking Refuge from the environment the paradox of  environmental refugees. Pp.16)
Author: Pachauri RK; Qureshy LF; Nesamani KS.
Source: Presented at the Millennium Conference on Population, Development and  Environmental Nexus, New Delhi, India.
Year:    14-16 Feb,2000.

 

Environmental refugees are those who are affected by environmental problems and are compelled to move out of their homelands for fear of not being able to gain a secure livelihood.  Environmental problems that can cause people to migrate include long-term environmental degradation environmental conflict, natural disasters, environmental disruption due to developmental project and environmental accidents. Considering the high population growth rates and high population density, accommodation of these refugees from environmental stress is a cause for concern.  In India, the total number of ousters during the period from 1951-1990 due to various mining, industrial, hydropower and other development projects is about 21.3 million people.  It is projected that this number is likely to increase by 2050, as well as the population of India .Unplanned redistribution of population on the scale indicated in the discussion could add to urbanization problems.

 

Title: Population-Development Environment    linkages in India. (Pp.30)
Author: Gulati SC
Source: Presented at the Millennium Conference on Population,  Development and Environmental Nexus, New Delhi, India
Year:       14-16 Feb, 2000

 

This paper examines the population -development -environment linkages in India.  It analyses the condition of India’s environment and discusses the issue of the effect of population growth on the environment as well as the development process in the country. Sections 2 and 3 give an overview of Earth’s carrying capacity and a historical perspective on the linkages.  Section 4 deals the controversial issue of the underlying factors contributing to global environmental degradation.  Section 5 deals with the environmental impacts of population pressure.  Section 6-12 discuss India’s population and Urbanization process, followed by a summary of its effect on India’s natural resources like land use and food production patterns, forestry, poverty energy production and air pollution etc,.  And the last section concludes with recommendations for development programs and policies..

 

Title: A Study on Population growth And environmental sustainability of a wood fuel based energy    system.
Author: Banerjee S; Das TK; Chakraborty D
Source:  Demography India. Jan-Jun 29(1); Pp.43-52
Year:      2000.

 

This paper examines the problems of sustainability in the context of rapid population growth on the one hand and inefficient mode of utilization of biomass energy on the other, through a case study of Gorubathan block, Darjeeling district, West Bengal. Two scenarios were presented, and based on these scenario the natural forest growth required for absorption of carbon-dioxide, released by biomass burning in chulha, were estimated. The analysis showed that the annual estimated yield from natural forest growth in Gorubathan block is more than sufficient for absorption of carbon-dioxide released by burning of wood fuel not only at present but also in the coming years for both the scenarios.  Scenario II actually opens up the possibility of its multiple use for household lighting as well as through small scale electricity generation in biomass gasifies.

 

New Book on India’s Future

Title: Twenty-First Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development and the Environment.
Authors: Tim Dyson, Robert Cassen and Leela Visaria (etal)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 
Year:      2004