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Water and the Environmental History of Modern India

Author : Velayutham Saravanan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350130845

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Water and the Environmental History of Modern India by Velayutham Saravanan Pdf

This important new study investigates the competing demand for water in the Bhavani and Noyyal River basins of south India from the early 19th century to the early 21st century from a historical perspective. In doing so, the book addresses several important questions: * Did policy-makers visualise the future demand while diverting water from distant places or other basins? * Was efficient use ensured when the water was diverted or was it diverted in a manner that resulted in pollution and serious damage to the entire river basin? * Were natural flows taken care of in order to preserve the ecology and environment? * What were the factors that aggravated the competing demand for water and what were the consequences for the future? In the context of the current discourse on the competing demands for water, this book takes the debate forward, expanding the horizon of environmental history in the process. Until now, agriculture, industry and domestic water supply and their consequences for ecology, the environment and livelihoods have been given scant attention. Velayutham Saravanan's comprehensive account of both the colonial and post-colonial periods corrects this shortcoming in the field's literature and gives a holistic understanding of the problem and its full historical roots.

Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India

Author : Velayutham Saravanan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811080524

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Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India by Velayutham Saravanan Pdf

This monograph presents a comprehensive account of environmental history of India and its tribals from the late eighteenth onwards, covering both the colonial and post-colonial periods. The book elaborately discusses the colonial plunder of forest resources up to the introduction of the Forest Act (1878) and focuses on how colonial policy impacted on the Indian environment, opening the floodgates of forest resources plunder, primarily for timber and to establish coffee and tea plantations. The book argues that even after the advent of conservation initiatives, commercial exploitation of forests continued unabated while stringent restrictions were imposed on the tribals, curtailing their access to the jungles. It details how post-colonial governments and populist votebank politics followed the same commercial forest policy till the 1980s without any major reform, exploiting forest resources and also encroaching upon forest lands, pushing the self-sustainable tribal economy to crumble. The book offers a comprehensive account of India’s environmental history during both colonial and post-colonial times, contributing to the current environmental policy debates in Asia.

Environmental History of Modern India

Author : Velayutham Saravanan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9789354350504

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Environmental History of Modern India by Velayutham Saravanan Pdf

India, over the decades, has experienced multiple changes, including population explosion, urbanisation, technological advancement, commercialisation of agriculture, change in land-use pattern, vast improvement of infrastructure facilities, etc., which have had an impact on the environment. Author Velayutham Saravanan attempts to understand the complexity of the environmental history of contemporary India from the early nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. Environmental History of Contemporary India begins with an analysis of land-use patterns and population and their impact on the environment. Further, it discusses the exploitation of natural resources for commercial motives by the colonial administration and argues that the colonial commercial policy of over one-and-a-half centuries had impacted the ecology and environment. The book also deliberates whether the postcolonial government policies have changed in favour of environmental protection or have continued with the colonial policy, and attempts to throw light on the issues of how the land for development policies have impacted the environment from the early nineteenth century until recent years. It then looks at the problem of electronic waste and its adverse impact on the environment, ecology and health in a historical manner while engaging with the complexity of the conflict between land and population in relation to the environment. The book is the most comprehensive presentation on land, population, technology and development that India has witnessed since the early nineteenth century.

Political Economy of Development and Environment in Modern India

Author : Velayutham Saravanan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000871241

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Political Economy of Development and Environment in Modern India by Velayutham Saravanan Pdf

This book captures the complexities of both development and environment, from the political economy point of view, to offer a broad economic and environmental history of post-independence India. It analyses the various components of constitutional provisions, policies, programmes and ecology protection measures during the post-independence period, that is, 1947–2020. The author also investigates India’s land and forest policies of the 21st century: Fair Compensation of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006, which pose a great threat to ecology and the environment. The volume argues how, on one hand, the development agenda has undermined the environmental components for the first three decades of independence and, on the other hand, how the popular vote bank politics further has aggravated the issues related to environment in India. This book is an essential interdisciplinary resource for scholars and researchers of history, economic history, environmental studies, environmental history, Indian history and development studies.

Colonialism and Wildlife

Author : Velayutham Saravanan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000923247

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Colonialism and Wildlife by Velayutham Saravanan Pdf

This book delves into the history of the commercialization of wildlife in India. It examines the colonial strategies that were employed in the commodification of wildlife resources specifically for lucrative domestic and international trade during the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It looks at how and why the colonial administration paid special emphasis on hunting and game sports which largely contributed to commodity capitalism in the form of taxidermy and wildlife exports. The author also critically analyses the wildlife laws and regulations promulgated by the colonial administration, such as the elephant protection act, birds and fisheries act, the forest acts, and studies how they have systematically brought wildlife under state control with a commercial motive. An important contribution to the environmental history of India, this book is an essential interdisciplinary resource for scholars and researchers of history, colonialism, wildlife studies, economic history, ecological studies, environmental history, Indian history, South Asian studies, and development studies.

An Environmental History of India

Author : Michael H. Fisher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107111622

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An Environmental History of India by Michael H. Fisher Pdf

This longue durée survey of the Indian subcontinent's environmental history reveals the complex interactions among its people and the natural world.

Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India,1792-1947

Author : Velayutham Saravanan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315517209

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Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India,1792-1947 by Velayutham Saravanan Pdf

This book offers a bird’s eye view of the economic and environmental history of the Indian peninsula during colonial era. It analyses the nature of colonial land revenue policy, commercialisation of forest resources, consequences of coffee plantations, intrusion into tribal private forests and tribal-controlled geographical regions, and disintegration of their socio-cultural, political, administrative and judicial systems during the British Raj. It explores the economic history of the region through regional and ‘non-market’ economies and addresses the issues concerning local communities. Comprehensive, systematic and rich in archival material, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers in history, especially those concerned with economic and environmental history.

Critical Themes in Environmental History of India

Author : Ranjan Chakrabarti
Publisher : Sage Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9353883148

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Critical Themes in Environmental History of India by Ranjan Chakrabarti Pdf

A first of its kind in India, the book addresses the fundamental questions of environmental concern and enquires into the complex patterns of human-nature interaction within the discipline of environmental history in India. This book delves into history to examine a number of critical themes, such as waterbodies and water, forests, land use, wildlife and the issue of the history of climate in India. It focuses on the methodological and historiographical aspects of environmental history and raises new questions to open up new windows leading to fresh research questions. The book argues that environmental history would serve as an important gateway to the history of the human-nature relationship, for example, exploring the role of water history would help in understanding the present context of water crisis in Indian cities. Critical Themes in Environmental History of India is a powerful reminder of the fact that in the context of Indian history it is now necessary to listen to the voice of nature more carefully.

East India Company and Urban Environment in Colonial South India

Author : Moola Atchi Reddy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000454789

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East India Company and Urban Environment in Colonial South India by Moola Atchi Reddy Pdf

This book makes a pioneering attempt to analyse the linkages between the rule of East India Company and urban environment in colonial India over more than a half-century - from 1746 to 1803 - through a study of the city of Madras (present Chennai). The book traces urban development in colonial South India from a broad economic history point of view and with a focus on its environmental dimension, covering the period from the First Carnatic War until the 18th century by which time the English East India Company had consolidated its power. It discusses themes such as urban development; infrastructural development; housing and buildings, city and suburbs; and development of land and roads in the colonial period. Using extensive archival resources, it offers new insights on the various aspects of the shifting urban physical environment and captures the development of Madras city limits; road infrastructure, building of paved streets, whitewashed walls and compounded houses; establishment of garden houses; use of land resources; development of masonry bridges by merchants; housing problems; and the building of Fort House, Garden House, Admiralty House, Pantheon House, Custom House, etc. in Madras, to describe the impact of colonialism on urban environment. An important contribution to the history of urban economics and environment, this book with its lucid style and rich illustrations will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of colonial history, modern Indian history, environmental history, urban environment, urban history, political economy, urban economic history, Indian history, and South Asian studies.

Against Ecological Romanticism

Author : Archana Prasad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Adivasis
ISBN : 8188789704

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Against Ecological Romanticism by Archana Prasad Pdf

On acculturation of tribes of Central Provinces in India.

East India Company and Trade in South India

Author : Moola Atchi Reddy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000938142

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East India Company and Trade in South India by Moola Atchi Reddy Pdf

This book presents the economic history of the English East India Company’s trade as it functioned from Madras (Chennai) during the second half of the 18th century. It traces the role of trade and commerce as followed by the European EICs to achieve their economic ends, territorial expansion and control of productive resources. The author portrays the nature, contents, volume and changing trends of trade and commerce over a decisive period of Indian economic history. The volume discusses the chief constituents of trade in general, exports, investments, imports and private trade and traders of Madras from 1746 to 1803. Rich in archival resources, this is an essential resource for administrators, students, scholars and researchers of colonial history and modern Indian economic history, besides British trade history.

Environmental Policy and Tribal Modernisation

Author : R. Singh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025092052

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Environmental Policy and Tribal Modernisation by R. Singh Pdf

The Present Book Is A Comprehensive Study Of The Environmental Policy And The Process Of Tribal Modernisation Compiled In Seven Chapters.The First Chapter Of This Book Is An Analytical Study Of The Perception Of The Environment In The Traditional Tribal Societies In India. Second Chapter Deals With The Role Of The Forest Resources In Tribal Development. Tribes In The Forest Policy In Being Discussed In Third Chapter. Planning, Process And Progress In Tribal Development Has Been Described In Fourth Chapter. Environmental Impact On The Tribal Modernisation Has Been Discussed In The Fifth Chapter. Sixth Chapter Throws Light On The Tribal Economy And Environmental Issues In Modern Perspective. The Quality Of The Tribal Life And Their Changing Occupational Structure Has Been Discussed In The Seventh Chapter.Anthropologists, Social Scientists, Students And Academics Will Find This Book Informative And Useful.

Tribes, Their Environment and Culture

Author : Maheshwari Prasad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Chota Nāgpur (India)
ISBN : UOM:39015015370292

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Tribes, Their Environment and Culture by Maheshwari Prasad Pdf

Compilation of articles, most with special reference to Bihar, India.

Building Sustainable Communities

Author : Md. Nurul Momen,Rajendra Baikady,Cheng Sheng Li,M. Basavaraj
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 883 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811523939

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Building Sustainable Communities by Md. Nurul Momen,Rajendra Baikady,Cheng Sheng Li,M. Basavaraj Pdf

The book aims to explore South Asian third sector – the nonprofit organizations as provider of social services. The book defines social welfare and describe its relationship to social service programmes and individual well-being; understands the social policy development from the problem identification to policy implementation; describes the range of organization of social service agencies that are responsible for providing social welfare programmes; explores the various roles that professional and non- professional helpers provide in the delivery of social welfare and their influence in promoting change in policy development; and understands the umbrella concept of Child welfare, welfare of people with disability and elderly welfare in welfare policy.

Environment-Cultural Interaction and the Tribes of North-East India

Author : Banshaikupar Lyngdoh Mawlong,Marco Babit Mitri
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443881562

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Environment-Cultural Interaction and the Tribes of North-East India by Banshaikupar Lyngdoh Mawlong,Marco Babit Mitri Pdf

All life forms on earth are complementary to each other; the existence and survival of one depend on the existence of another, and vice versa. However, no life forms are more dependent on others than human beings. Humans’ very survival is conditioned by the existence of the natural environment and the living things within it. One aspect of this interaction is the central and inescapable role played by human culture in defining the human-nature relationship. This book emphasises that environmental conservation is a matter of moral and cultural ethics. It stresses the fact that existing environmental conservation methods need to accommodate traditional environmental knowledge and practices of different indigenous cultures in order to re-build and restore the bond between humans and nature.