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Preface
This volume focuses on the importance and power of spatial thinking and planning
by applying various statistical methods and geospatial technologies in solving both
past and current problems pertaining to environmental degradation, climate change,
habitat linkages, environmental pollutions, carbon foot print in urban area, land use
pattern, agriculture, hazards and environmental management for sustainable development. It consists of a wide range of case studies from various regions of the
developing countries, especially of India, which address to mainstreaming sustainable development paradigm into their socio-economy pursuits for improving environmental management in a befitting manner.
Presently, our planet Earth is facing several environmental problems, from climate change and natural disaster to biodiversity loss, with visible effects of environmental degradation, economic slowdown and human distress. Given the fundamental
geographic underpinning of environmental issues, geography and geoinformatics
can be applied in assessing environmental problems and planning for sustainable
development which is largely required by natural as well as social scientists, policy
makers and communities at large.
The contents of this book are divided into three main parts: habitat and environmental issues of human concern; ekistics and ecology of social environment; and
hazards and environmental management for sustainable development. The book has
18 chapters contributed by authors of their respective fields of expertise, each focusing on a specific theme to cover diverse perspectives of geo-environmental
knowledge.
We hope the book will be well accepted by readers interested in contemporary
environmental issues of the developing countries, particularly with regard to case
studies on habitat, ecology and ekistics for environmental sustainability and human
welfare.
Out of the three parts, Part I consists of six chapters and scientifically portrays
the habitat and environmental issues of human concern. The first chapter, entitled
‘An Overview of the Concept of Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics’, contributed by the
editors, deals with the background, historical perspective, present situations,
Preface
This volume focuses on the importance and power of spatial thinking and planning
by applying various statistical methods and geospatial technologies in solving both
past and current problems pertaining to environmental degradation, climate change,
habitat linkages, environmental pollutions, carbon foot print in urban area, land use
pattern, agriculture, hazards and environmental management for sustainable development. It consists of a wide range of case studies from various regions of the
developing countries, especially of India, which address to mainstreaming sustainable development paradigm into their socio-economy pursuits for improving environmental management in a befitting manner.
Presently, our planet Earth is facing several environmental problems, from climate change and natural disaster to biodiversity loss, with visible effects of environmental degradation, economic slowdown and human distress. Given the fundamental
geographic underpinning of environmental issues, geography and geoinformatics
can be applied in assessing environmental problems and planning for sustainable
development which is largely required by natural as well as social scientists, policy
makers and communities at large.
The contents of this book are divided into three main parts: habitat and environmental issues of human concern; ekistics and ecology of social environment; and
hazards and environmental management for sustainable development. The book has
18 chapters contributed by authors of their respective fields of expertise, each focusing on a specific theme to cover diverse perspectives of geo-environmental
knowledge.
We hope the book will be well accepted by readers interested in contemporary
environmental issues of the developing countries, particularly with regard to case
studies on habitat, ecology and ekistics for environmental sustainability and human
welfare.
Out of the three parts, Part I consists of six chapters and scientifically portrays
the habitat and environmental issues of human concern. The first chapter, entitled
‘An Overview of the Concept of Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics’, contributed by the
editors, deals with the background, historical perspective, present situations,