Author Profile

Dr. Farasat Ali Siddiqui, the Professor of Geography in Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, is actively engaged in post graduate and under graduate teaching for the last three decades and research for the last four decades. He has rendered his services as Chairman, Department of Geography and the Coordinator of the UGCSAP DRS II Programme in the Department. Prof. Siddiqui has published seven books and has more than five dozens of Research Papers to his credit, published in the professional Journals of International repute. He has participated and presented more than fifty papers in various National and International congress, conferences, etc. He has been the Convener of one International and one National Conference, and also the Organising secretary of an International Conference. He has been the Editor. and the Chief Editor of 'The Geographer' a Bi Annual Professional Journal published from the Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He is also the member of several Learned Societies. His main area of research is Population Geography, Quantitative, Social and Environmental Geography.

About The Book

The scope of population dynamism and resource utilization in geography is so wide as to almost defy listing, let alone be captured in three volumes. The contributors attempt to give us a veritable kaleidoscope of studies in population and its nexus with resource utilization and development by applying a range of methodologies and techniques. This spectrum of topic, the tools and techniques is representative enough as to provide the reader with a sense of the richness and depth of these fields. The edited books entitled population dynamism and resource utilization, are trifurcated into volumes: one (population composition and development), two (urban growth, health and development), and three (geo informatics and resource dynamics). The volume one comprises twenty seven chapters which are arranged under three parts, namely, part one: population and resource (seven chapters), part two: education and occupation (twelve chapters), and part three: migration and fertility (eight chapters). The volume two includes twenty four chapters which are trifurcated into unequal parts. They are urbanisation and urban problems, health and diseases, and ruralurban linkages comprised respectively of ten, nine and five chapters. The volume three comprised of twenty six chapters is managed by the editor into three parts, namely, part one: agriculture resource (twelve chapters), part two: GIS and environmental resource analysis (eleven chapters), and part three: miscellaneous (three chapters).

Table of Contents

Vol I
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part 1: Population and Resource
Ch1 Population and Spatial Characteristics of Manipur: Challenges in the Process of Sustainable Development
Ch2 Role of Geographical Environment on the Man Power Resource in Jalgaon District, Maharashtra: A Geographical Perspective
Ch3 Distribution of Population in Malwa Plateau, Madhya Pradesh: A SpatioTemporal Analysis
Ch4 A SpatioTemporal Analysis of Population Characteristics in Madurai District
Ch5 Carrying Capacity of Land: Population and Food Balance in Kashmir Valley
Ch6 Population and Land Resources in West Bengal
Ch7 Patterns of Food Security in Jammu and Kashmir
Part 2: Education and Occupation
Ch8 Female Education Scenario and Its Linkages in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
Ch9 Dimensions of Educational Status in Uttar Pradesh
Ch10 Educational Differentials by CastesA Micro Level Study in Mathura District, Uttar Pradesh
Ch11 Child Labour: A Social Evil in India
Ch12 Determinants of Female Casual Labour Force in India (An Insight into NSSO 61st Round)
Ch13 Educational Status of Kayamkhanis in Bhilwara District
Ch14 Education, Environment and Adult Learners
Ch15 Comparing Extent of Free and Paid Education and Inequality of Average Private Household Expenditure on Education in India
Ch16 Certain Personality Correlates of Dropouts among Muslim Girls
Ch17 Investment on Girl’s Education and SocioEconomic Development
Ch18 Higher Education in India: A Sustainable Growth and Development
Ch19 Spatial Pattern of Occupational Structure in Kottampatti Block, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu: A GIS Approach
Part 3: Migration and Fertility
Ch20 Effect of Age at First Marriage on Fertility: A Cross Religion Analysis in Darjeeling District, West Bengal
Ch21 Recent Trends in Urbanisation, Migration and Development in Uttar Pradesh
Ch22 Urbanization and Migrants: Kinship and Class Relation in Dhaka City, Bangladesh
Ch23 Influence of SocioEconomic and Demographic Factors on Fertility Behaviour in NorthEast India
Ch24 Economic and Social Dimensions of Unskilled Labour InMigration in Kanpur City
Ch25 Economic Dimensions of Maternity in India
Ch26 Impact of Migration on SocioEconomic Development of Jodhpur City
Ch27 SocioEconomic Characteristics of Emigrants: A Case Study of Azamgarh District

Vol II
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part 1: Urbanization and Urban Problems
Ch1 Challenges of Urbanization in Kanpur City
Ch2 Trends and Pattern of Urbanization in India: A Comparative Study
Ch3 Slums Problem in National Capital Territory, Delhi: Magnitude and Strategies
Ch4 Status of Infrastructure Facilities in Towns of Odisha: Problems and Constraints
Ch5 Urban Infrastructural Quality: A Perception Study in Berhampore Town of Murshidabad District, West Bengal
Ch6 Determining Hierarchical ClassSystem of Urban Centres in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
Ch7 Urbanization and Development in West Bengal
Ch8 Urbanization and Its Externalities: A Case Study of Air Pollution in Chennai Agglomerations
Ch9 Lopsided Urban Population Growth in Few Cities Amidst Stagnating and Decaying Towns in Central Region of Uttar Pradesh 19712001: A Micro Study for Balanced Regional Development
Ch10 Resource Development and Urbanization: The Missing Link in South East Region of India
Part 2: Health and Diseases
Ch11 Food Consumption and Nutrition Level: A Comparative Analysis in Rural India
Ch12 Population Dynamism of Colour Blindness Prevalence and their Association with Physical (Health), Social and Emotional Problems in Different Populations of Manipur
Ch13 Challenges of Urban Health: A Case Study of Tuberculosis in Varanasi City
Ch14 A Method to Assess Individual Vulnerability in Urban Areas
Ch15 Stress and its Deleterious Effect on Health
Ch16 Human Resources and Healthcare Situation in India: Impact, Assessment and Mitigation
Ch17 GroundWater Quality and its Health Effects in Gaya District, Bihar
Ch18 Epidemiological Characteristics of Dengue and its Patients Perception in Madurai City: A GeoMedical Study
Ch19 Reproductive Health Education for Adolescents: A Key to Reduce their Health Problems
Part 3: RuralUrban Linkages
Ch20 Impact of Availability of Water on Urban Development: A Case Study of Udaipur City
Ch21 A Geographical Analysis of Livestock and Levels of Development in Uttar Pradesh
Ch22 Tourism Resource Development Prospect in Bankura District, West Bengal
Ch23 Identification of Optimum Path for Tourist Places Using GIS Based Network Analysis: A Case Study of New Delhi
Ch24 Industrial Development in Bahadurgarh City: A Geographical Analysis

Vol III
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part 1: Agriculture Resource
Ch1 Land use Dynamics in Budaun District: A Geographical Analysis
Ch2 Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Land Use Change Detection of Alappuzha District, Kerala
Ch3 Agricultural Modernization in Maharashtra State, 198186 to 19962001
Ch4 Water Yield Variation as Linked to Catchment Parameters: A Micro Level Analysis of South Kerala
Ch5 Canal Development: A Cause of Change in Land Use Pattern
Ch6 Regional Analysis of Land Use and Levels of SocioEconomic Development in Gaya District, Bihar
Ch7 Remote Sensing and GIS Application in Resource Management and Planning A Case Study of Neyyar Basin, Kerala
Ch8 Natural Resin: A Potential Forest Resource for Development of Rural Economy in Karbi Anglong District of Assam, India
Ch9 Influence of Inorganic Fertilizers andWastewater Irrigation on Growth and Yield of Okra (Abelmoschusesculentus L.)
Ch10 Genotoxicity and Molecular Screening of Protein in Trigonella under Metal Stress Condition
Ch11 Phytotoxicity of Cadmium on Seed Germination, Seedling Growth, Proline and Total Carbohydrate Content in Plantago Ovata Forsk
Ch12 Significance of Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Development in India
Part 2: GIS and Environmental Resource Analysis
Ch13 Mineralogical Mapping of Tsiolkovsky Crater in the Lunar Farside using Hyperspectral Analysis
Ch14 CuPbZn Resources of Rajasthan: A GIS Inventory
Ch15 Role of Media in Spreading Awareness about Environmental Degradation
Ch16 Resource Base, Environmental Degradation and Poverty: A Case of Selected Panchayats in Wayanad District, Kerala
Ch17 Watershed Analysis of Marwahi Forest Division of Chhattisgarh: A Geospatial Approach in Forest Management
Ch18 Natural Resource Planning and Livelihood Sustainability: A GIS Based Approach
Ch19 Evaluation of Ground Water Resource of Son River Basin Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
Ch20 Pollution and Its Impact on Environment
Ch21 Biomass and Carbon Study of Different Forest Types in Madhya Pradesh
Ch22 GIS Based Identification of Demographic Pattern in Theni District, Tamil NaduA Spatio Temporal Analysis
Ch23 Remote Sensing and GIS Application in Hydro geomorphological Study of Agra District, Uttar Pradesh
Part 3: Miscellaneous
Ch24 Politics and Social Justice: Political Participation of Women in Kazakhstan
Ch25 Rights of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers in Purbi Singbhum: Are They Getting Enough Justice?
Ch26 Image on the Screen: The MediatedPolitics and Muslims in India