A Population History of India

A Population History of India

Author: Tim Dyson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0198829051

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This book presents a history of India's population for the period stretching from when hunter-gatherer homo sapiens first arrived in the country (very roughly seventy thousand years ago) until the modern day. It draws together archaeology, history, and politics to reveal a surprising and often dramatic story.


Metropolitan Governance

Metropolitan Governance

Author: Vinita Yadav

Publisher: Copal Publishing Group

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 8192473384

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Metropolitan Governance is an indispensable book for understanding the governance of metropolitan cities. The book covers an insight into the governance in Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. The participatory metropolitan governance is also of interest to the students of sociology, social work and geography. The students of public administration would find it useful to study the decentralisation of powers from centre to state to local level government. For academicians engaged in service delivery in metropolitan areas, it brings in clarity regarding role of varied stakeholders in governance.


Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

Author: Bilal Ahmad Khan

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022-06-17

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0192849654

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The book presents a comprehensive treatment of unemployment and economic problems in Jammu & Kashmir. Kashmir, being a conflict-ridden zone, has far less opportunities for employment than rest of the other states. With an underdeveloped industrial sector and the inability of government to create enough jobs, there seems to be no immediate solution. Lack of avenues to engage the youth in meaningful ways result in making miscreants out of many of them. Young populations across the world are generally seen as drivers of socio-economic growth, but in Kashmir, the youth bulge is a problem. Unemployed youths destabilize the economy by being used to create mayhem by the anti-social elements in the region. Underdevelopment and unemployment in Jammu & Kashmir is the manifestation of a mismatch between physical and human resources. This exists when a large segment of the working age population does not possess the appropriate skills and knowledge to be gainfully employed. In addition, lackadaisical and imprudent policies pursued by subsequent governments are the major challenge. A radical shift in its policies, especially in the education sector, is an absolute prerequisite for the birth of a capable workforce. The remedy lies in revamping the education sector by crafting appropriate policies for suitable skills in line with the socio-economic requirements of the society. The book argues the government must think about a long-term plan for unemployed youth and devise a policy to channel the youth bulge constructively.


Understanding Urbanisation in Northeast India

Understanding Urbanisation in Northeast India

Author: M. Amarjeet Singh

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1000052907

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This volume explores the dynamics of urbanisation in Northeast India. It discusses the impact of the process of urbanisation on the environment, infrastructure and socio-economic conditions of the region. The chapters in the book: Examine various challenges and opportunities of urbanisation, such as frontier urbanism, urban congestion, smart cities, vernacular architecture, urban water and waste management, cross-border migration and ethnicity. Draw attention to critical issues that have massively disturbed the urban landscape including deterioration of water quality, seismic activity and air pollution. Give alternatives that could present possible solutions to the problems afflicting this region. Drawing on case studies rooted in extensive fieldwork, this book will be indispensable to researchers and students of urban studies, human geography, development economics, cultural studies and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to policy-makers, government representatives and town planners.


GEOGRAPHY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: EMERGING ISSUES AND THE WAY FORWARD

GEOGRAPHY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: EMERGING ISSUES AND THE WAY FORWARD

Author: Dr. Ranjan Sarkar

Publisher: Namya Press

Published:

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 939044506X

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The book Geography In The 21st Century: Emerging Issues And The Way Forward represents the various emerging issues from varied branches of Geography from traditional to modern perspectives in a planned way. In this Book a total of 24 no. of chapters are there written by various established academicians and researchers from across all Indian states. They lucidly highlighted and expressed their research-oriented outcomes and views regarding various Social, Economic aspects and other modern tools and techniques generally used for the betterment of our society in a visioned way. This book will surely be beneficial to all the researchers of social science in general and Geography in particular and the policy makers and stake holders.


Democracy In Nagaland: Tribes, Traditions, and Tensions.

Democracy In Nagaland: Tribes, Traditions, and Tensions.

Author: A. Wati Walling

Publisher: Highlander Press

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0692070311

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This volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on the historical, cultural, and traditional inferences, inner-logic, and intricacies of democratic politics and elections in Nagaland. It goes beyond 'institutional analyses' of democratic structures and governance by looking at the troubled historical context in which modern democracy was introduced, how Nagas themselves view democracy, the reasoning they adopt as they engage in campaigns and perform elections, the remapping of traditional practices and values unto the new democrat­ ic playing field, and at the gender and 'clean elections' debates such practices evoke.


Rural Technology Development and Delivery

Rural Technology Development and Delivery

Author: Sreenivas Chigullapalli

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-06-22

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 9811923124

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This book comprises the proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Rural Technology Development and Delivery organized by Rural Technology Action group Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. The book highlights research on demand driven technologies and innovations, mostly on energy, environment, water resources, livelihood and smart technologies for the development of rural India. Spanning multi-disciplinary research aspects on rural technologies and development, this book would be useful for rural entrepreneurs, researchers, students and academic/R&D institutions for getting them involved in appropriate rural technology and development.