331
Modified Mann-Kendall (mMK) test, 60, 61,
64, 66, 68, 69
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(MEAs), 40
Municipality boundary, 171
Municipal solid waste (MSW), 22
Municipal solid waste management (MSWM)
collection and secondary storage, 96
developmental activities, 92
disposal of waste, 97–99, 101,
102, 104–106
economic and business, 107, 108
gaseous effluents, 92
human activities, 91
Indian urban areas, 109, 110
industrialisation, 92
ISWM, 106, 107
legal framework, 108
methodology, 92, 93
primary storage, 95, 96
solid wastes, 91
source segregation, 95, 96
transportation, 97
Urban Authorities, 91
waste generation and composition, 93, 95
N
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS), 12
National Atlas and Thematic Mapping
Organization (NATMO), 117
National Disaster Management Authority
(NDMA), 11
National Environment Policy, 39, 40
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Center for Satellite
Application and Research
(NOAA- STAR), 251
National Remote Sensing Agency
(NRSA), 295
Natural ecosystem, 164
Natural resources, 4, 7
Near-infrared (NIR), 155
Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL), 14
Normalised Difference Built-Up Index
(NDBI), 151, 155–157
Normalised Difference Vegetation Indices
(NDVI), 151, 155, 248
Normalised Difference Water Index
(NDWI), 152
North-north-east (NNW), 173
Norwegian Refugee Council, 208
O
Observed built-up area, 172
Open dumping, 97, 106
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), 311
P
Participatory irrigation management
(PIM), 279
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), 281
Peaks over threshold (POT), 226
Periodic analysis, 169
The Population Bomb (1968), 5
Population explosion, 3, 5
Population growth, 169, 171
Population-related data, 166
Population statistics, 169
Poverty alleviation, 7
Precipitation concentration degree (PCD), 54
Precipitation concentration index (PCI), 54, 57
Precipitation concentration period (PCP), 54
Primary carbon footprint, 117, 118
household level, 118
Principal component analysis (PCA)
method, 140
Private Sector Participation (PSP), 96
Production of Space, 144
Public-private partnership (PPP), 96, 323
Public-Private Partnerships for Service
Delivery (PPPSD), 110
R
Rainfall
characteristics, 62
concentration and seasonality, 60, 61
seasonal trend
annual rainfall, 69
monsoon season, 64, 67
post-monsoon season, 68
pre-monsoon season, 64
trans-boundary water resources, 70
winter season, 68
Rainfall anomaly index (RAI), 248, 255, 257
Rainfall seasonality, 54
Rainfall seasonality index (RSI), 57, 60–62
Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), 281
Recycling, 310, 311, 315, 317, 318, 320,
322, 323
Reduction in the use of hazardous substances
(RoHS), 323
Remote sensing technology, 164
Index
Modified Mann-Kendall (mMK) test, 60, 61,
64, 66, 68, 69
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(MEAs), 40
Municipality boundary, 171
Municipal solid waste (MSW), 22
Municipal solid waste management (MSWM)
collection and secondary storage, 96
developmental activities, 92
disposal of waste, 97–99, 101,
102, 104–106
economic and business, 107, 108
gaseous effluents, 92
human activities, 91
Indian urban areas, 109, 110
industrialisation, 92
ISWM, 106, 107
legal framework, 108
methodology, 92, 93
primary storage, 95, 96
solid wastes, 91
source segregation, 95, 96
transportation, 97
Urban Authorities, 91
waste generation and composition, 93, 95
N
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS), 12
National Atlas and Thematic Mapping
Organization (NATMO), 117
National Disaster Management Authority
(NDMA), 11
National Environment Policy, 39, 40
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Center for Satellite
Application and Research
(NOAA- STAR), 251
National Remote Sensing Agency
(NRSA), 295
Natural ecosystem, 164
Natural resources, 4, 7
Near-infrared (NIR), 155
Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL), 14
Normalised Difference Built-Up Index
(NDBI), 151, 155–157
Normalised Difference Vegetation Indices
(NDVI), 151, 155, 248
Normalised Difference Water Index
(NDWI), 152
North-north-east (NNW), 173
Norwegian Refugee Council, 208
O
Observed built-up area, 172
Open dumping, 97, 106
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), 311
P
Participatory irrigation management
(PIM), 279
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), 281
Peaks over threshold (POT), 226
Periodic analysis, 169
The Population Bomb (1968), 5
Population explosion, 3, 5
Population growth, 169, 171
Population-related data, 166
Population statistics, 169
Poverty alleviation, 7
Precipitation concentration degree (PCD), 54
Precipitation concentration index (PCI), 54, 57
Precipitation concentration period (PCP), 54
Primary carbon footprint, 117, 118
household level, 118
Principal component analysis (PCA)
method, 140
Private Sector Participation (PSP), 96
Production of Space, 144
Public-private partnership (PPP), 96, 323
Public-Private Partnerships for Service
Delivery (PPPSD), 110
R
Rainfall
characteristics, 62
concentration and seasonality, 60, 61
seasonal trend
annual rainfall, 69
monsoon season, 64, 67
post-monsoon season, 68
pre-monsoon season, 64
trans-boundary water resources, 70
winter season, 68
Rainfall anomaly index (RAI), 248, 255, 257
Rainfall seasonality, 54
Rainfall seasonality index (RSI), 57, 60–62
Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), 281
Recycling, 310, 311, 315, 317, 318, 320,
322, 323
Reduction in the use of hazardous substances
(RoHS), 323
Remote sensing technology, 164
Index