Author: Rajasthan (India). Special Schemes OrganisationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arid regions agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Project Report, Drought Prone Areas Programme, 1974-79: Jhunjhunu and Chirawa Tehsils
Author: Rajasthan (India). Special Schemes OrganisationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arid regions agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
State Governments Publications in India, 1947-1982
Author: Mohinder SinghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
National Union Catalog
Author: The Use of Remote Sensing Data for Drought Assessment and Monitoring in Southwest Asia
Author: Prasad Srinivasa ThenkabailPublisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290905751
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This report describes the development of the near real-time drought monitoring and reporting system for the region, which currently includes Afghanistan, Pakistan and western parts of India. The system is based on drought-related indices derived from high-resolution remote-sensing data (MODIS). The unique feature of the study is the development of regression relationships between drought-related indices obtained from MODIS and AVHRR data, which have different pixel-resolution and optical characteristics. The goal is to make the system available, via Internet, to all stakeholders in the region.
Exploring Natural Hazards
Author: Darius BartlettPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351681222
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 has identified four priority areas for Disaster Risk Reduction: understanding disaster risk; strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience and enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response; and to "Build Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction. Although tremendous progress has been made in recent decades in understanding the workings of the Earth systems and, in particular, its impacts on and responses to human actions, there remains a continuing and pressing need for knowledge that will allow society to simultaneously reduce exposure to global environmental hazards, while also meeting economic development goals. Exploring Natural Hazards: A Case Study Approach, contributes to the knowledge showcasing advanced practices for the monitoring of natural hazards. Through each case study, the book examines mainly hazards arising from processes within the hydrosphere and atmosphere, triggered or exacerbated by inputs to and transfers of energy between environmental components. It discusses the causes of these phenomena, and ways in which improved policy making, sometimes coupled with the application of appropriate modern technologies, can help to reduce people’s exposure to harm. Discussing challenges, lessons learned and recommendations, this book provides a snapshot of issues related to tropical cyclones and typhoons, desertification, floods, lightning as a hazard and the need for alert systems. It is a valuable resource for practitioners and professionals alike, for researchers, students and others who work at the intersection between environmental hazards, sustainable development and social justice.
Poetry and the State
Author: David ConstantinePublisher: Modern Poetry in Translation
ISBN: 9780955906466
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This collection poses an important question for contemporary society, what is the relationship between poetry and the state? And, in turn, how much does poetry matter.
Gender and Higher Education
Author: Barbara J. BankPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801897823
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Encyclopedic review about gender and its impact on American higher education across historical and cultural contexts. The contributors describe the ways in which gender is embedded in the educational practices, curriculum, institutional structures and governance of colleges and universities. Topics included are: institutional diversity; academic majors and programs; extracurricular organizations such as sororities, fraternities and women's centers; affirmative action and other higher educational policies; and theories that have been used to analyze and explain the ways in which gender in academe is constructed.
Flora of the Indian Desert
Author: M. M. BhandariPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Public Institutions in India
Author: Devesh KapurPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The essays in this volume present an analytical appraisal of public institutions in India. The purpose here is not just to give a history of these institutions but to ask what explains their performance and what might be learnt from their experience. It assesses the manner in which they assist, thwart, manipulate, and subvert each other. The aim is to provide a complex account of the modalities through which state power is exercised and policy enacted. This study contributes to debates on institutional change and reform that are currently underway in India by bringing more analytical rigour and enlarging the parameters of the debate. These debates are particularly important given that Indian economy and society have changed profoundly in the last decade and a half. Much of the discussion is on how state institutions like the civil service, the courts, the police, parliament, and regulatory institutions will need to be reconfigured to better adapt to changing circumstances.