Environment Management in Uttarakhand: A Geographical Study of Doon Valley

Biodiversity and changing human life has got a prime position in the contemporary changing scenario of the world. The relationship of this changing scenario can best be understood by the environment. The environment all together explains the interaction between living system and their chemical and physical environment. The book is based on secondary and primary data related to natural, genetic and socio-economic environment of Doon Valley. It also explores the problem of environmental management in various sectors of the environment, after going in-depth the geographical profile of Doon Valley the book explains the ecological basis of environmental management. Forest and mining resources are well described in the sector of natural environment while agriculture and livestock resources are addressed in genetic environment, population, urbanization and tourism and their relative problems and suggestions are structured in socio-economic environmental section of the book. In the end the ecological profile of the sampled villages along with their environmental problems and management are described in order to give an explaination the micro level environment of the valley. This book will be useful for students, researchers, academician and policy makers.