Environmental Degradation Analysis By Anupam Rozario - 26 Anupam Gogoi – 27 Anupam Verma – 28 ABSTRACT Urbanization refers to general increase in population and the amount of industrialization of a settlement. It includes increase in the number and extent of cities. It symbolizes the movement of people from rural to urban areas. Urbanization happens because of the increase in the extent and density of urban areas. Due to uncontrolled urbanization in India‚ environmental degradation has
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Soil degradation refers to the decline in quantity and quality of soil. Degradation of soil is done by erosion (wind and water)‚ biological degradation‚ physical degradation (referring to the over loss of structure and changes in permeability) and chemical degradation‚ this refers to acidification‚ declining fertility‚ changes in pH levels‚ salinization and chemical toxicity. Soil degradation affects not only the environment but also the economy as well as people. The effect that soil degradation
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essential for man for growing crops‚ fodder and limber. Once the fertile portion of the earth’s surface is lost‚ it is very difficult to replace it. In India‚ the destruction of the top-soil has already reached an alarming proportion. Land degradation problems have resulted in increasing depletion of the productivity of the basic land stock through nutrient deficiencies. In addition to the direct loss of crop producing capacity‚ soil erosion increases the destructiveness of floods and decreases
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INTRODUCTION 2007 ISO radioactivity danger logo Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology‚ such as research and medicine. Radioactive waste is hazardous to most forms of life and the environment‚ and is regulated by government agencies in order to protect human health and the environment. Radioactivity diminishes over time‚ so waste is
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known as environmental degradation. Natural happenings like heavy rain‚ floods‚ storms‚ earthquakes‚ volcanoes etc. are not under human control and they play havoc with environment time to time by making the land unfit lor cultivation. Here man is helpless. He can do nothing except to see the havoc. But when man himself plays a vital role in degrading the environment in which he lives‚ and then the problem becomes more serious. Needless to say that environmental degradation is one of the major
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Geography3 | MAJOR ESSAY ANDFIELD RESEARCHWater | Discuss four major causes of environmental degradation experienced in your community. Also discuss four major reasons why It’s very important for us to protect and conserve our environments.Use relevant examples and pictures in your essay write up. | | Fig. 1: A bar graph depicting the distribution of the world’s water. Source http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/graphics/earthwheredistribution.gif Water is a very precious earthly resource that must be
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Social modernization brought about a series of major changes in the social structure. One of its strongest influences was the awakening of a woman’s consciousness. With rapid economic development and the advent of the women’s movement‚ the changing status of women received much attention around the world. The role of women began to change from the submissive‚ dependent and the childbearing traditional woman to the modern woman demanding for equal rights‚ sovereignty‚ and independence assuming the
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Social Change and Modernization Define social change. Social change is the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure that is characterized by changes in social organizations‚ rules of behavior‚ value systems‚ and cultural beliefs. What are the key features of social change? Social change results in a change in behaviors and attitudes and a change in the whole system of the society. A new system of social change does not mean it is going to be better than the old system. Social change
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Modernization and Dependency theory Nowadays the rapid development of the word and the growing integration of countries can hardly fail to affect the development of new theories which attempt to explain the relationship between countries and the existing inequality between developed countries and countries of the third world. In this respect‚ it is possible to refer to Modernization theory and Dependency theory which‚ being quite different‚ still have certain similarities
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Environmental Protection Act 1986 Submitted by:Prachi Soni Rashmi Singh Partho Pritam Sarkar Environmental laws Protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country. Department of Environment was established in India in 1980. later became the Ministry of Environment and Forests in The This Environmental Protection Act 1986 The constitutional provisions are backed by a number of laws – acts‚ rules‚ and notifications. EPA (Environment
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