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Record Nr.

UNINA9910156196203321

Autore

Singh Rajeev Pratap

Titolo

Environmental issues surrounding human overpopulation / / Rajeev Pratap Singh, Anita Singh, and Vaibhav Srivastava, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hershey, PA : , : Information Science Reference, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

978-1-5225-1683-5

978-1-5225-1684-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 324 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Collana

Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies (AEEGT) Book Series, , 2326-9170

Disciplina

304.6

Soggetti

Overpopulation - Environmental aspects

Overpopulation - Economic aspects

Sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Premier reference source"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Human overpopulation : impact on environment / Shivani Uniyal, Rashmi Paliwal, Bhumija Kaphaliya and R K Sharma -- Human overpopulation and food security : challenges for the sustainable agriculture sustainability / Rishikesh Singh, Pratap Srivastava, Pradeep Singh, Shweta Upadhyay and Akhilesh Singh Raghubanshi -- Population and global food security : issues related to climate change / Supriya Tiwari, Barkha Vaish and Pooja Singh -- Study of integrated coastal zone management and its environmental effects : a case of Iran / Habibeh Karimi and Farid Gholamrezafahimi -- Monitoring changes in urban cover using landsat satellite images and demographical information / Prashant K Srivastava, Swati Suman and Smita Pandey -- Genetically modified crops : a long way to go / Amit Srivastava and Claudia Edith Torres-Vargas -- Applying a grass-root approach to empowering change agents to transform pro-conservation attitudes and behaviors in over-populated China / Kenneth C. C. Yang and Yowei kang -- Impact of overpopulation on land use pattern / Shivani Garg -- Giving waste a second chance : public awareness and youth empowerment / Shlrene Quaik, Asha Embrandiri, Kaizar Hossain and



Norli Ismail -- Assessment of available technologies for hospital waste management : a need for society / Alok Rai, Richa Kothari and D. P. Singh -- Overpopulation and its association with natural disasters : a case study of Indian tsunami, 2004 / Geetanjali Kaushik, Satish S Patil, Poonam Singhal and Arvind L. Chel -- Airborne particulate matter : source scenario and their impact on human health and environment / Bhawna Dubey, Asim Kumar Pal and Gurdeep Singh -- Harmful effects of ecosystem impairment on human health / Suruchi Singh, Shashi Bhushan Agrawal and Madhoolika Agrawal -- Tropospheric ozone pollution, agriculture and food security / Abhijit Sarkar, Sambit Datta and Pooja Singh -- Human overpopulation and water pollution : reduction of microbial pollution by vertical flow constructed wetland / Gargi Sharma and Pravin K. Mutiyar.

Sommario/riassunto

An authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the depletion of natural resources due to overpopulation and presents insights on how these environmental threats can be addressed.