Here today, gone tomorrow ? Tiger habitat suitability in Assam, India
Assam ; Fauna ; India ; Nature reserve
Tigers are an endangered species in Assam, India. Declining habitats have affected them in recent decades, and they are currently confined to 11 Protected Areas. Does this mean that their habitats are under threat in the near future as climate
Assam, located at India's northeastern periphery, is economically lagging far behind many others states of the country. But the state's rich natural and human resource base suggests that Assam has a potential for economic upturn in the near future
Flooding of rivers in India is linked with the peak monsoons. In this study, the slackwater deposits in the alluvial reaches of the Mahi river basin have been documented. These occur in the ravines incised during the early Holocene on an alluvial
Mekong-Ganga cooperation initiative - Analysis and assessment of India's engagement with greater Mekong sub-region
Eastern Asia ; Economic cooperation ; Economic integration ; Economy ; India ; Regional integration
Analysis and assessment of India's engagement with Greater Mekong sub-region. The author is professor at Nehru University in New Delhi. The paper is divided in five chapters. I- The new geopolitical context of continental southeast Asia going from
battlefield to market place and integration into ASEAN. II- India's contact with GMS (Greater Mekong sub-region) countries. III- Genesis and evolution of the Mekong-Ganga Swarnabhoomi (MGCI) cooperation program. IV- The impact of MGCI on bilateral ties among
The impact of policies to control motor vehicle emissions in Mumbai, India
Atmospheric pollution ; Bombay ; Economic cost ; India ; Logit model ; Maharashtra ; Mathematical model ; Model ; Policy ; Pollution ; Pollution control ; Transport
China ; Conflict ; Frontier ; India ; Political geography ; Trade
The paper examines the origins of border disputes and potentialities of exchange across borders. The colonial heritage of the Great Game in the eastern part of High Asia confronted independent India and the PR of China with unsolved boundary issues
which are the source of conflicts until today. Tibet remains to be the result of buffer state policies and of non-granted autonomy or statehood. Nepal and Bhutan could survive as independent states while Sikkim was occupied and integrated into India
. In addition India has shaped its outer and inner borders further and new territorial entities are the result or the indicator for disputes, regionalism and segregation. The listed disputes have attenuated regional development and cross-border exchange
The aim of this study is to identify the dynamic and to present the main factors intrinsic to the soil cover that govern natural erosion on a forest area with a widespread red and black soil system in South India, by using a structural
Some evidence of climate change in twentieth-century India
Atmospheric disturbance ; Climate ; Climatic change ; Climatic trend ; India ; Precipitation ; Spatial variation ; Temperature ; Time series ; Twentieth Century
This book focuses on the island of Saint Helena, whose strategic importance lay in its location that made it a vital refuelling stop for ships returning to Europe from India and the East. It was annexed for Great Britain in 1659 by the East India