Environment and We in 21st Century
by Agarwal, Poonam
ISBN: 9789390259373
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Imprint : Scholars World
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 5495.00
Biblio : 2019, x+146., fig., tbls., indx., 25cm
Author Profile
Dr Poonam Agarwal has obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Botany and got selected for post of Assistant Professor, Botany through Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission, U.P. She is currently working as Associate professor and Head, Department of Botany, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Government P.G.College, Fatehpur (U.P.). She has been teaching basic and advanced Botany for last twenty three years. She has to her credit 35 research papers published in National and International Journals, books and
About The Book
Environment is everything that is around us. All living things live in this environment naturally. But, the condition of our environment is depleting regularly. In 21st century, nature/ environment has faced new kind of tragic problems like various types of pollutions, climate change, shrinking natural landscapes, fast vanishing flora and fauna and depleting natural resources, human population explosion and resultant increasing greed, competition, consumerism etc. All these problems have crop
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface vii
1. Our Environment 1
2. Population and Environment 5
3. Urbanization Stress on Environment 11
4. Consumerism and Environmental Degradation 17
5. Society, Technology and Environment 21
6. Environment and Sustainable Tourism 25
7. Global Warming – A Byproduct of Globalization 35
8. Climate Change and Environment 41
9. Radiation Pollution – Threat to Environment 47
10. Polythene Pollution 53
11. Toxic Tour in Homes 63
12. Foods Polluted By Che
