Marine Environment: An Analysis (In 3 Volume), , S.N. Mishra, , R. Swarup, , V.P. Jauhari, Mittal Publications, 8170993636

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Marine Environment: An Analysis (In 3 Volume)

S.N. Mishra (Editor) R. Swarup (Editor) V.P. Jauhari (Editor)

Synopsis The International Oceanographic Commission defines marine pollution as: â€œIntroduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances into the marine environment resulting in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources, hazards to human health, or hindrance of marine activities and reduction of amenities.â€ The productivity of the marine environment and its capacity to receive and disperse pollutants depend on its physical and chemical properties. The transport of pollutants and their rate of dilution or deposition in sediments is determined by motion in the sea, at all scales from the occanic to the molecular, the man aim of this book has been to demonstrate that what specific action cab be taken to control various kinds of pollution such as marine, water etc. the book assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and is based on the standard methods which the authors have found out over a number of years in teaching environmental land and marine pollution at all levels in different parts of country to be most readily understood by students.

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About the authors

S.N. Mishra

Professor S.N. Mishra (b. 1942), after serving at Magadh University, joined the Indian Institute of Public Administration in 1980 where currently he is Professor of Rural Studies. Apart from publishing nearly twently books on various facets of Rural Society, he has contributed more than hundred research papers to the various journals in India and abroad. A member of the Executive Committee of the Indian Public Administration Association, Prof. Mishra's areas of specialization are: Indian Political System, Applied Public Administration, Political Sociology, Constitutional Law, Democratice Decentralization, Development Administration and Local Self-Government.

R. Swarup

Dr. R. Swarup (b. 1928) had his education at government Agricultural College, Kanpur (now Chander Shekhar-Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur) and Delhi School of Economics. After serving at prestigious institutions like the Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Indian Agricultural Research Institute. New Delhi, Mosul University in Iraq etc, he heads the Agro-Economics Research Centre for Western Himalayan Region since establishment in, 1973 at Himachal Pradesh University, shimla. He has contributed a number of research papers and co-authored books titled â€“ Agricultural Development in Himachal Pradesh, Management of Social forestry in India, Production and Marketing of apples, and Horticultural Development in Hill Areas.

V.P. Jauhari

Dr. V.P. Jauhari (b. 1949) has his education from Allahabad University, Punjab University and London School of Economics (LSE) UK. Thought a serving bureaucrat has extensive work experience in the field of environmental management at State, National and International level, Till recently he headed the Ministry of Environment & Forests in Govt. of A.P. and State Pollution Control Board. He has also worked in the Ministry of Environment & forests in Govt. of A.P. and State Pollution control Board. He has also worked in the Ministry of Environment & Forests, GOI apart from working as head of intergovernmental body, sponsored by UNEP, called South Asia Co- operative Environment Programme (SACEP) at Colombo. He has worked as consultant to many UN bodies and has many publications to his credit. Currently he is heading Ministry of Agriculture in Govt. of A.P.

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