Essays about: "nature of india"

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  1. 26. Political Structure and Anti-dam Protest Movements: Comparing Cases of India and China

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Rabeya Khatun Kazi; [2013]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Social Movement; Anti-Dam Movement; Political Structure; Protest Mobilization; Sardar Sarovar Dam; Three Gorges Dam; India; China;

    Abstract : In recent times, increasing instances of population displacement from many large dam construction projects have led to increase in anti-dam protest movements. But some of these protest movements are more successfully mobilized than others. The differences in success are largely due to the kind of political system they are based in. READ MORE

  3. 27. Towards a biocentric attitude in environmental education

    University essay from Institutionen för pedagogik, psykologi och idrottsvetenskap, PPI

    Author : Ulrika Johansson; [2012]
    Keywords : Environmental attitudes; biocentrism; anthropocentrism; sustainable development;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate young people’s environmental attitudes in India. The study had a special focus on the factor of exposure to nature and nature degradation in environmental attitudes formation. Attitudes are of a great importance in education. READ MORE

  4. 28. Conflicts over place between indigenous communities and modern capitalism. The case of the Niyamgiri hills, Orissa.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Tove Stenius; [2012]
    Keywords : place; space; economic development; indigenous; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This literature case study focus on a contemporary conflict between the mining company Vedanta Resources and the indigenous tribe of the Dongria Kondh within the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa, India. The analysis is grounded in phenomenology, as humanistic geographical concepts of space and place are used in order to interpret the different meanings of space and place as they are expressed within the literature by the two conflicting parties. READ MORE

  5. 29. DECENTRALISATION EQUALS PARTICIPATION? A CASE STUDY OF VILLAGE RESIDENTS´ CAPABILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DRINKING WATER IN MAHOBA DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Oscar Molin; [2012]
    Keywords : Participation; decentralisation; water management; drinking water; Bundelkhand; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examined to what extent the decentralised drinking water management system in Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh, India, is participatory. The central questions focused on how participation is taking place, what socio-political factors affect participation, and how the community members explain their capability to participate. READ MORE

  6. 30. Pollution in River Ganga-Problems and Prospects in Varanasi, India.

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Karteek Kommana; [2012]
    Keywords : Ganga River; World Wildlife Fund WWF ; Ganga Action Plan GAP ; Varamasi; Sankat Mochan Foundation SMF ; Pollution;

    Abstract : Major rivers in developing countries around the world are heavily loaded with pollutants. According to the UN Water Statistics around 2 million tons of waste is dumped into rivers daily. In the developing countries 70 % of the industrial waste is diverted into the water courses without treating daily. READ MORE