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Title:Global Warming and Climate

Changes:Transparency and Accountability (in 3 Vols.)

Author: Gopal Bhargava

 Publisher: Gyan Books Pvt.Ltd, New Delhi

 Year: Oct, 2004.

 

Global warming is the threat related to the future of humanity on the earth and caused by the actions of current generation.' The Greenhouse Effect' caused by release of greenhouse gases can lead to harming of ozone layer that protects earth’s ecosystem by controlling the flow of sun’s energy on the earth. The generation of green house gases is the results of man’s activities and excessive industrialization.

 

Climate Changes: Causes and its Effects deal with the trends of temperature variation, explanations of ‘greenhouse effect, implications of global warming on human settlements and assessment of climate changes etc. The work is in two volumes and second volume.

 

Global warming: consequences in the Future and Volume three Transparency and Accountability of Global Environment deals with more serious implications caused by ozone layer depletion. It assesses the human vulnerability due to changes in environmental conditions.

 

The work is an informative source on issues concerning global environment.

 

Title: Environment, Security and Tourism in South Asia (in 3 Vols.)

Publisher: Gyan Books Pvt.Ltd, New Delhi

Year: Oct, 2004

 

The present study focuses on the South Asia- an emerging region in the world.  Editor has encompassed three gigantic facets of environment, tourism and security in this region.

 

Volume:1 Reviewing tourism industry in the region, the editor describes its colossal cultural, climatic ethnic, architectural and customary diversity.  Thick forests, magnificent beaches, glaciers, meadows, sky-high lake seas, icy falls, flora and fauna impel millions of global tourists to squint the majestic sites exposed by satellites. Governments of member countries are busy in developing tourism.

 

Volume:2 South Asia is highly insecure with menacing danger of terrorism, Islamic fundamentalism and ethnic conflicts. Instead of deterrent, nuclearisation of India and Pakistan has fuelled instability.  Rising strife and proxy war have shaken political and economic security.

 

Volume: 3 The editor has overlaid devastating dangers eclipsing the health of mankind by man-made environmental problems arising out of global warming generation and nakedness of wastes with depletion of water and oxygen sources.

 

Title: Global Climate and Sustainable Development

Author: Sujata K. Dass

Publisher: Gyan Books Pvt.Ltd, New Delhi

Year: Oct, 2004

 

This two-volume work discuss the implications of global environmental change and its adverse consequence. Further, it looks for solutions so that development can be achieved at a sustained level while minimising its adverse impact on humanity.  First volume Structure of Global Climate Change deals with the climate changes and causes and consequences of ozone layer depletion. Second volume Climate, Health and Sustainable Development deals with wide ranging aspects of climate’s impact on health, sustainable development etc. Preservation of biodiversity, ecosystem disturbances and integration of environmental development programmes also form part of the book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Global Terrorism: A Threat to Humanity

Author: Ramesh Chandra

Publisher: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi

Year: Oct, 2004

 

The above title is in six volumes.

 

Volume 1-Potentials of world terrorism: He has taken up issues in terrorism, effects of  chemical weapons, biological weapons, intentions of terrorists; results of biological and toxin weapons convention; cyber terrorism, the future threat, terrorism in the Arab world and existence of several terrorist organizations in several regions of Middle East.

 

Volume 2- Foreign Policy in the Age of Terrorism: : It contains territorial conflicts in South Asia; Challenges of foreign relations; nuclear war, threats in South Asia; India’s security strategies.

 

Volume 3-Global Crime Trends: It gives an assessment of information warfare; terrorism and global security; challenge of good governance, UN role in combating terrorism, weapons, corruption- a global threat.

 

Volume  4-World in Transition: It deals with the world in transition; global option; political terrorism; political disintegration and latent terror; social customs; nature of terrorism; terrorism in mental health; theories of terrorism; protest, riots and industrial conflict, security and civil rights, conventional response and guidelines for proper security measures.

 

Volume 5-Terrorism in Europe and European Strategies; it deals with ethnic tension in Europe; environmental terrorism; Red Army Faction; western European perspective; England’s response to terrorism; foreigners and foreign targets; the insane population; Northern Islands and trouble makers; countering terrorism; A strategic framework.

 

Volume-6 Terrorism in India; It had deep bearing on terrorism in the Punjab; reasons of terrorism in Indian sub- continent; absence of proper strategy; need for combined Defense Organization.

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Title: The Changing Face of Globalization

Author: Samir Dasgupta(ed), Kalyani Independent

Publisher: Sage India, 2004

 

Globalization is one of the most controversial concepts of our age. The majority of debates on globalization focus on its economic and technological aspects. The sociocultural reality and the humanitarian aspects have not received sufficient attention. This volume brings together eleven article, written by some of the most well-known theoreticians today, empirical knowledge about globalization as a concept and a process. The book covers almost the entire third world including Africa and the Arab nations.

 

Title: Understanding Environment

Author: Kiran B Chhokar, Mamata Pandya & Meena Raghunathan (ed), (Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad)
Publisher: Sage India, 2004


 

Designed as a basic text for undergraduate courses in Environmental Studies, this book introduces key scientific concepts related to the environment and sustainable development. It conceotualizes the environment as a multidimensional and complex living system and describes the interlinkages that make up this system. The content is supported by relevant examples and case studies to contextualize the information. The questions and selflearning exercise provided at the end of each chapter will assist students to understand and apply the content in their immediate environment.

 

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