Stealing the environment : social and ecological effects of industrialization in Rourkela
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Stealing the environment : social and ecological effects of industrialization in Rourkela
Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2004
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
-
Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
21COE||9544||SA70509544
-
Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
ASII||361.98||S817145368
Note
Summary: On social aspects of industrialization and urbanization in Rourkela, Orissa; a study
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-236) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In India as in other developing countries intensive industrialization followed by urbanization has now attracted the attention of urban ecologists to the issues of ecological degradation. An attempt has been made in this study to examine not only the issue of industrial pollution, patterns of human settlement and land use in the city, but also to investigate the processes that have contributed to the deteriorating quality of life in Indian cities. Apart from the problem of industrial pollution, this study demonstrates how the social structure of a city also contributes to its environmental decay. The focus of this research has been on Rourkela which as a city planned to support the Rourkela Steel Plant and its ancillary industrial units, provides a unique opportunity to examine the linkages between industrialization, patterns of urbanization and environmental degradation. The approach adopted in this study is, however, a pragmatic one, which underlines that rejection of modernity is not practicable given the altered gestalt of man today.
In other words, mere traditional knowledge systems in themselves are not enough to tackle the problems of a burgeoning population, poverty, hunger and disease. Hence, instead of rejecting modern industrialization as such the approach adopted here seeks to explore ways by which the resulting ecological damage can be reduced, if not entirely eliminated.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Industrialization, Urbanization & Ecology: Theoretical Considerations
- Pre-Industrial Rourkela: An Analysis of Regional Ecology, Society & the Economy
- Industrialization & the Patterns of Industrial Growth
- Birth of a Town: City Ecology & the Urban Social Structure
- Industrial Urban Society & the Ecology: A Perspective of Development at Rourkela
- Summary & Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"