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Author : Kelly D. Alley
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0472068083
Explores the collision of sacred purity with environmental pollution of the river Ganga (Ganges)
Author : Ezekiel N. Musleah
Publisher : North Quincy, Mass. : Christopher Publishing House
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014293867
Author : Rashmi Sanghi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319005300
There is a plethora of information available on the river Ganga in the form of books, blogs, articles, websites, videos. Unfortunately, most of the information about this famous river is in a scattered form and reproduced from unverified sources. This contributed volume is the first multi-author volume publication on this subject. The River Ganga includes a vast array of topics written by several authors of distinction. Topics include; hydrology, tributaries, water uses, and environmental features such as river water quality, aquatic and terrestrial flora/fauna, natural resources, ecological characteristics, sensitive environmental components and more. Part I gives a basic introduction of the Ganga river. The existing data and available information from various sources has been compiled in a pictorial fashion in the form of cmaps. Its cultural importance with changing times is also discussed. Part II looks at the rich biodiversity of the Ganga Basin. It gives a detailed description of the major floral and faunal biodiversity with special emphasis on the national aquatic animal dolphin and Sunderbans, the largest mangrove wetland in the world. Part III examines ‘The Ganga Water as it flows’. It focuses on the water quality as well as its associated challenges. Part IV looks at the complexities of issues confronting the river ‘Ganga in changing times’ be it snowmelt runoff, river bank erosion hazards and hydropower assessments; how the factors of population, poverty and pollution contribute to the fate of the river. Part IV touches on economic aspects derived from the river such as business opportunities and tourism.
Author : Pranab Kumar Parua
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048131037
From time immemorial the Bengal Delta had been an important maritime des- nation for traders from all parts of the world. The actual location of the port of call varied from time to time in line with the natural hydrographic changes. From the early decades of the second millennium AD, traders from the European con- nent also joined the traders from the Arab countries, who had been the Forerunners in maritime trading with India. Daring traders and fortune seekers from Denmark, Holland, Belgium and England arrived at different ports of call along the Hooghly river. The river had been, in the meantime, losing its pre-eminence as the main outlet channel of the sacred Ganga into the Bay of Bengal, owing to a shift of ?ow towards east near Rajmahal into the Padma, which had been so long, carried very small part of the large volume of ?ow. On a cloudy afternoon on August 24, 1690 the British seafarer Job Charnock rested his oars at Kolkata and started a new chapter in the life of a sleepy village, bordering the Sunderbans which was ‘a tangled region of estuaries, rivers and water courses, enclosing a vast number of islands of various shapes and sizes. ’ and infested with a large variety of wild animals. In the language of the British Nobel Laureate (1907) Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). ???? ???? Thus the midday halt of Charnock grew a city.
Author : RK Yadav
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789355214720
The name of this book, ‘Nuclear Bomb in Ganga’ sounds fearsome. But, it is a hard fact which has to be brought in black and white for the safety of millions of Indians who consider the river ‘Sacred Ganga’ or ‘the Ganges’ as their mother. After China detonated its first nuclear test on May, 1964 at Lop Nor, the USA was keen to keep track of further nuclear designs of Communist China in this region. The CIA teamed up with the Indian Intelligence Bureau (IB) to install a Nuclear Device on Nanda Devi Mountain to monitor further detonations by China in Lop Nor, across the Himalayas. Inclement weather during the installation mission forced the team involved in the expedition to hide the nuclear-powered device in a ledge around 2000 feet below the installation point of the Nanda Devi Mountain. When the recovery team of Indian climbers was sent in October 1966 to retrieve the equipment, they found it missing in the glaciers due to avalanches. The CIA and Indian Intelligence maintained an eerie silence about the missing device until it was exposed by an American magazine on 12 April 1978. The then Prime Minister of India, Morarji Desai, briefed the Parliament on 17 April 1978, about the missing device and appointed a committee of scientists to investigate this issue.
Author : Dilip K. Chakrabarti
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 8178240165
This Book Discuses The Ancient Historical Geography Of The Lower And Middle Sections Of The Ganga Plain. Its Basis Is A Field-Study Of The Distribution Of Archaeological Sites In The Region. This Extremely Significant Work Of Scholarship Has Detailed Maps And A Large Plate Section.
Author : Pramod Kumar Agrawal
Publisher : M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8185880395
The book is a practical work in the field of environment and river pollution control. The book exposes the latest global developments in the field of environment on the basis of the reports of various UN bodies. The book then dwells upon the indian problems of environment mainly in the field of water pollution.
Author : Sudipta Sen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300119169
A sweeping, interdisciplinary history of the world's third-largest river, a potent symbol across South Asia and the Hindu diaspora Originating in the Himalayas and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India's most important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian Sudipta Sen tells the story of the Ganges, from the communities that arose on its banks to the merchants that navigated its waters, and the way it came to occupy center stage in the history and culture of the subcontinent. Sen begins his chronicle in prehistoric India, tracing the river's first settlers, its myths of origin in the Hindu tradition, and its significance during the ascendancy of popular Buddhism. In the following centuries, Indian empires, Central Asian regimes, European merchants, the British Empire, and the Indian nation-state all shaped the identity and ecology of the river. Weaving together geography, environmental politics, and religious history, Sen offers in this lavishly illustrated volume a remarkable portrait of one of the world's largest and most densely populated river basins.
Author : C. R. Krishna Murti
Publisher : Northern Book Centre
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
ISBN : 8172110219
The book Ganga: A Scientific Study is based on an Integrated Research Programme carried out by 14 Universities located in the Ganga Basin sponsored and funded by the Envioronment Research Committee and The Ganga Project Directorate, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, New Delhi. The Ganga, one of World's major rivers, has been venerated as the holiest and is bound with countless beliefs and faiths especially in India and adjacent countries. Its water has traditionally been regarded as an inexhaustible gift of nature. Recent experiences do not, however, warrant such a complacency. The water resources are strained to a non-sustainable level due to rapid population explosion, urbanisation, development of agriculture, industry, livestock and power production in the Ganga basin. The hydrobiological quality of water has deteriorated and yet no concise, valid supporting evidence was available in a comprehensive manner covering the entire river. This book is an attempt towards this direction. For the first time a picture of the Ganga is available with its physico-chemical and biological charateristics, the severe pollution stress and causes to which its water is subjected to, the contents and quality of water and possible remedial measures. An account of algae including pollution sensitive and tolerant species, besides bio-indicators is available. A possible modelling exercise has also been included. A microbiological assay and the bacteria present in the river water is also given. This book, in short, is a synthesis of what the Ganga is at present in respect of its hydrobiology, pollution load, and some aspects of hydrology.
Author : Kalyan Rudra
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319765440
This is the first comprehensive book on the rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta. This volume covers all aspects of this highly populated region including land conflicts and environmental impacts such as the Indo-Bangladesh conflict over sharing of trans-boundary water. This book addresses the topic from a highly interdisciplinary perspective covering areas of geography, geology, environment, history, archaeology, sociology and politics of the Bengal region. The book appeals to a wide range of audiences from India, Bangladesh and the international community. The style of presentation makes it easily suitable for students, researchers and interested laymen.
Author : Ashok Chandra Shukla,Vandana Asthana
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 8170246814
Author : Roy Chowdhuri
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8125023402
Landscapes Is A Series Of Three Books 1,2,3 Catering To The Students Of Geography Of Primary Leve.The Books Introduce Students To The Subject And Help Create An Interest In Their Surroundings.The Chapters Are Made Enjoyable And Lively Through The Help Of Carefully Chosen Coloured Photographs. These Pictures Help The Child To Relate Geography To Real-Life Situations.
Author : Giulio Di Sturco
Publisher : Gost Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
ISBN : 1910401285
A ten-year photographic journey along the river Ganges documenting the effects of pollution, industrialisation and climate change.
Author : Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030791179
‘The Ganges: Cultural, Economic, and Environmental Importance’ is a geographical, cultural, economic, and environmental interpretation of the Ganga River. The Ganga River originates from Gaumukh- situated in the high Himalaya, flows through the world’s biggest fertile alluvial plain, and inlets into the Bay of Bengal at Ganga Sagar. It makes a unique natural and cultural landscape and is believed to be the holiest river of India. The Hindus called it ‘Mother Ganga’ and worship it. The towns/cities, situated on its bank, are world-famous and are known as the highland and valley pilgrimages. The water of the Ganga is pious, and the Hindus use it on different occasions while performing the rituals and customs. This book is unique because no previous study which presents a complete and comprehensive geographical description of the Ganga has been composed. This book presents the historical and cultural significance of the Ganga and its tributaries. Empirical, archival, and observation methods were applied to conduct this study. There are a total of 10 chapters in this book such as ‘Introduction’, ‘the Ganga Basin’, ‘Geography of the Ganga Basin’, ‘the Ganges System: Ganga and its Tributaries’, ‘Ganga between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi’, ‘the Major Cultural Towns’, ‘Major Fairs and Festivals’, ‘Economic Significance of the Ganga’, ‘Environmental Issues’, and ‘Conclusions’. The contents of the book are enriched by 89 figures, 15 tables, and substantial citations and references.
Author : Aznarul Islam,Pravat Kumar Shit,Dilip Kumar Datta,M. Shahidul Islam,Suvendu Roy,Sandipan Ghosh,Balai Chandra Das
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783031210860
This volume covers the floods of the major rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) Delta, and storm surge related coastal floods in these regions. The book is dedicated to addressing floods from an integrated physical-social perspective to provide students and researchers with a holistic understanding of floods in terms of both human and geomorphological aspects. The systematic coverage of all the major rivers and coastal areas in the GBM delta and surrounding regions will foster a clear comprehension of this dense reservoir of population, where thousands of people are impacted every year due to flood hazards and agricultural destabilization. This comprehensive treatment of flood issues in the region covers flash floods, fluvial floods, fluvio-tidal floods, and coastal floods, and outlines flood management strategies to maintain ecological integrity and environmental stability, and prevent harmful impacts of future floods. The book is intended for students and researchers in earth and environmental sciences, especially geomorphology, hydrology, geography, geology, natural resources management, and regional planning.