Strategic Management of Environment for Sustainable Development

Contents Preface Contributors 1 Opencast coal mining in northern coalfields limited an environmental friendly approachVK Singh and N Das 2 Development and social environment conflicting domainsAradhana Borthakur 3 Development and environment a plan to reduce contradictionSunita Singhal and Jitendra Singhal 4 Promoting environmental protection through Indian mythologyRenu Rai 5 The green concrete making with utilization of Oman Sea Chalky SeashellAhmad Soltan Zadeh Fatemeh Soltanzadeh and Zahra Soltanzadeh 6 Ponds and water bodies in the city of Varanasi State of the ArtAjai Srivastava and Kshitij Mohan 7 Water Quality Index WQI of the Western Zone of Narmada River Madhya Pradesh a preimpoundmental studyVirendra K Soni Mukesh S Mewada Mohammad D Hussain and Sharad Shrivastava 8 Water management traditions in rural India crediting the unaccreditedSanjay Bharti Brijendra Singh Yadav and Brijesh Kumar Yadav 9 The impact of over exploitation of iron ore resources on the ecosystem and bio diversity of Bellary Hospet area Bellary KarnatakaMR Patil and Sharath Kumar Bhoja 10 Biodiversity depletion and its conservation through restoration of the forest ecosystem in Gaya District a study in environmental geographyKaushalendra Prakash Goswami 11 Sustainable waste management options and opportunities in Kolkata CitySrabani Sanyal and VK Kumra 12 Strategic planning for sustainable urban management Madhya Pradesh in focusArun K Singh 13 Strategic approaches to urban air quality management in Addis Ababa EthiopiaAlok Tiwari 14 Prioritizing ecological considerations in urban governanceSumana Bandyopadhyay 15 Soil organic matter management for sustainable wheat crop production through multipurpose tree leaf applicationRajni Srivastava and KP Singh 16 Strategic management of urban agriculture in Kolkata a case study of DhapaSayantani Sarkar 17 Agro ecosystem analysis of zero tillrice wheat cropping system of Indo Gangetic plainMK Singh and Naveen Khanal 18 Environmental auditing new thrust areasParag Prakash 19 Strategic initiatives in corporate social responsibility towards ecological concernsAlok Kumar 20 Critical issues pertaining to the trading of carbon credits in the global marketplaceAmit Gautam and Amitabh Pandey 21 Global green finance issues and approaches for ensuring better environmental protection and sustainable developmentShyam Lal Dev Pandey 23 Green marketing challenges for the Third WorldManish Srivastava and Meenakshi A Singh 24 Legal provisions for environment protection in IndiaShiv Kumar 25 Environmental laws intent and practicalAbhishek Kumar 26 Environmental laws in India issues and challengesRavi Shekhar Vishal and Shardul Chaubey 27 Environmental education for sustainable development and managementGopal Kumar Singh and Rajeev Kumar Singh 28 Behaviour and attitude of undergraduate students towards environmental awareness a case studyArun Kumar Singh Shashi Singh and Vipin Kumar Singh 29 Data requirements for building water resource management module in municipal GIS?s for managing urban environmentSatyam Mishra 30 Management of environment role of microfinance institutionsHP Mathur and Sofia Khan 31 Climate change a multiplier of food insecurity a scenario of NepalSafal Ambuhang Subba Sushila Kushmakar Gautam Saket Kushwaha and Chandra Sen 32 Management and monitoring of environment the Indian contextSatish Modi 33 Environment awareness through geography in schoolsAlbert Horo 34 Engaged and applied Buddhism a quest towards the strategic management of environmental conservationOnkar Nath Singh and Rahul Raj 35 Conservation of plant genetic resources for sustainable development of agro economy of Uttrakhand Himalayas a case study of Basmati cultivation of DehradunMP Singh and DK Shahi 36 Environmental management sustainable development and health in Kanpur CitySupriya Srivastav and Kanchan Gupta 37 Municipal solid waste management a case study of Varanasi CityShweta Yadav and Ram Bilas 38 Urban environmental problem of so.…