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The Lower Damodar River, India

Understanding the Human Role in Changing Fluvial Environment

By: Kumkum Bhattacharyya

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The Lower Damodar River, India

Understanding the Human Role in Changing Fluvial Environment

By: Kumkum Bhattacharyya

Interweaving the human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data, including historical data over the last few centuries, this monograph is a comprehensive evaluation of the Damodar’s lower reaches. While the Damodar River isn’t an exceptional tropical river, nor does it feature classic examples of river control structures, it is unusual and worthy of study due to the fact that nowhere else in the tropical world have riverine sandbars been used as a resource base as well as for permanent settlements. Based on their knowledge of river stages, the inhabitants have fine-tuned their land use to flood events, applying a concept of flood zoning to the riverbed. Every available space has been utilized rationally and judiciously. This rare human-environmental study analyzes the remarkable way in which immigrants unfamiliar with the riverine environment have adapted to the altered hydrologic regime of the river. In doing so they have demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of the flood regime and the vagaries of an unpromising environment in their land use, cropping and settlement patterns. Spurred on by restricted social and economic mobility and sometimes political constraints, these self-settled refugees have learned to adapt to their environment and live with the floods. Bhattacharyya’s text is particularly timely, as anthropogenic processes of this kind have not been adequately studied by geographers.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400704674

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9789400704671

Reservoir Sedimentation

Assessment and Environmental Controls

By: Kumkum Bhattacharyya,Vijay P. Singh

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Reservoir Sedimentation

Assessment and Environmental Controls

By: Kumkum Bhattacharyya,Vijay P. Singh

Reservoir Sedimentation: Assessment and Environmental Controls appraises the issues of sedimentation in reservoirs and discusses measures that can be employed for the effective management of sediment to prolong the operational life of reservoirs. It provides information for professional consultants and policymakers to enable them to manage dams in the best possible way, in order to ensure their sustainability as well as the sustainability of water resources in general. It examines the effects of anthropogenic intervention and management of sediment in dams and reservoirs, as water resources become more sensitive and the demand for clean water continues to increase. Features: Examines the issue of sedimentation in dams and reservoirs and presents water management strategies to alleviate environmental issues Presents methods to help ensure the environmental sustainability of dams and reservoirs, as well as the sustainability of water resources- with consideration of climate change and increased demand Illustrates the spatial distribution of sedimentation characteristics for several dams using geographic information systems (GIS) Explains the relationships between loss in capacity and catchment characteristics Examines regional variation in sediment yield, defines geomorphic regions on the basis of similar hydrometeorology, physiography, geology, and vegetation affecting reservoirs

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CRC Press

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1351027492

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Rabindranath Tagore

Adventure of Ideas and Innovative Practices in Education

By: Kumkum Bhattacharya

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Rabindranath Tagore

Adventure of Ideas and Innovative Practices in Education

By: Kumkum Bhattacharya

This new addition to Springer’s series on Key Thinkers in World Education tracks the intellectual and philosophical journey of a trail-blazing innovator whose ideas have fired the imaginations of progressive educationalists for almost a century. The volume’s in-depth analysis of the educational philosophy of Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore offers an unrivalled focus on his highly influential views. Tagore—poet, internationalist, humanist, and the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for literature—lived on the cusp of change between two momentous centuries in world civilization and foresaw the dissolution of colonialism and the globalization of culture. His ideas on education placed the creative individual at the centre of the quest for knowledge. Eschewing the artificial distinctions between elementary and higher learning, he advocated the importance of sowing the seed of humanism as early as possible, and fostering the individual’s enjoyment of education as well as their courage to challenge conventions. In doing so, he anticipated the modern concern with critical thinking at the same time as he was encouraging independence of thought and action as a counter to colonial oppression and condescension. Concise yet thorough, this volume on one of the most original thinkers of the last century covers every aspect of Tagore’s highly original educational philosophy.

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3319008374

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The Cultures of History in Early Modern India

Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal

By: Kumkum Chatterjee

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The Cultures of History in Early Modern India

Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal

By: Kumkum Chatterjee

This book examines the nature and function of history-writing in India by focusing on early modern traditions of historiography with particular reference to Bengal. Situating distinctive cultures of history vis-à-vis their relevant political and cultural contexts, it highlights the richness, variety and politically sensitive character of a range of oral and textual narratives. Kumkum Chatterjee also makes a significant contribution to the intellectual and cultural history of early modern India by exploring interactions between regional, vernacular cultures on the one hand and the Islamicate, Persianized culture of the Mughal Empire on the other. Strongly grounded in primary sources, The Cultures of History in Early Modern India re-examines the concepts of authority, evidence and method in early modern historiography. It also discusses the debates surrounding the culture of history writing in India.

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Oxford University Press

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0199088012

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Historical Dictionary of Ancient India

By: Kumkum Roy

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Historical Dictionary of Ancient India

By: Kumkum Roy

India's history and culture is ancient and dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization. Beginning with a mysterious culture along the Indus River and in farming communities in the southern lands of India, the history of India is punctuated by constant integration with migrating peoples and with the diverse cultures that surround the country. Placed in the center of Asia, history in India is a crossroads of cultures from China to Europe, as well as the most significant Asian connection with the cultures of Africa. The Historical Dictionary of Ancient India provides information ranging from the earliest Paleolithic cultures in the Indian subcontinent to 1000 CE. The ancient history of this country is related in this book through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on rulers, bureaucrats, ancient societies, religion, gods, and philosophical ideas.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810853663

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9780810853669

The Lower Damodar River, India

Understanding the Human Role in Changing Fluvial Environment

By: Kumkum Bhattacharyya

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Understanding the Human Role in Changing Fluvial Environment

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Rabindranath Tagore

Adventure of Ideas and Innovative Practices in Education

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The Lower Damodar River, India

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Reservoir Sedimentation

Reservoir Sedimentation

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

The Cultures of History in Early Modern India

The Cultures of History in Early Modern India

Historical Dictionary of Ancient India

Historical Dictionary of Ancient India

The Lower Damodar River, India

The Lower Damodar River, India

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

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