Sustainable Development of the Indian Arid Zone A Research Perspective 1st Edition

The Title "Sustainable Development of the Indian Arid Zone A Research Perspective 1st Edition" is written by R.P. Singh. This book was published in the year 1994. The ISBN number 8172330693|9788172330699 is assigned to the Hardback version of this title. The book displayed here is a 1st Edition edition. This book has total of pp. xvii + 335 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Scientific Publishers. We have about 821 other great books from this publisher. Sustainable Development of the Indian Arid Zone A Research Perspective 1st Edition is currently Not Available with us.You can enquire about this book and we will let you know the availability.

The Book seeks to provide a research perspective to the Sustainable Development of the Indian arid zone through eight sections covering thirty nine chapters, each written by a leading expert having a long standing in the arid zone research. The two distinctive features of the Indian arid zone - 'vastness' in terms of land area, human and livestock population, and 'diversity' with regard to physical, environmental and biological resources, require that a reliable and comprehensive inventory of natural resources (landforms, non-saline and saline soils, water and vegetation etc.) be prepared and Management strategies for their sustainable development and also for forest lands, rangelands and livestock, rainfed lands and rainwater, alternate land use systems, energy resources, and yield reducers, be suggested, keeping in view the fragile arid ecosystems in which one has to operate.

In the section on 'Natural Resources Inventory', the climatic features of the Indian arid zone and type of droughts and their impact on agricultural production of these regions have been highlighted. A full chapter on geomorphic features, giving four geomorphic approaches and identifying fourteen land forms, pointing out the potential and limitations of each for development into good agricultural lands, woodlands, grasslands and desert catchments, has been provided. Major soils of arid zone, they're physical and chemical (soil fertility) characteristics, together with their potentialities and limitations, are given in the chapter on soils. A study of surface and ground water resources is important for sustenance of all life (human, livestock, vegetation, and etc.) and, therefore, two chapters are devoted to these aspects. The chapter on vegetation of Indian arid zone gives a glimpse of past and present vegetation and its ecological status. A brief history, type and distribution of the flora available in the arid zone of Rajasthan, under different physiographic settings, are discussed in the chapter on flora of the Indian arid zone. The chapters on economic plants and underexploited tropical plants with economic value, give the prospects and potentialities of each of the species tried so far in the arid zone. Land use and its mapping is yet another aspect of proper and rational management of natural resources and as such it also finds a place in this section.

Preface
I. NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY :
1. Climate of the Indian Arid Zone/Y.S. Ramakrishna
2. Droughts in the Indian Arid Zone/Y.S. Ramakrishna
3. Geomorphology of the Indian Arid Zone/Surendra Singh
4. Soils of the Indian Arid Zone/A.S. Kolarkar
5. Surface Water of the Indian Arid Zone/N.S. Vangani and Surendra Singh
6. Ground Water of the Indian Arid Zone/S.K. Das
7. Vegetation of the Indian Arid Zone/Vinod Shankar
8. Flora of the Indian Arid Zone/B.V. Shetty
9. Economic Plants of the Indian Arid Zone/S.K. Saxena
10. Underexploited Tropical Plants with Economic Value/D.P. Chopra
11. Land Use of the Indian Arid Zone/Amal Kumar Sen

II. MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES :
12. Soil Management in the Indian Arid Zone/H.P. Singh
13. Soil Fertility Management in the Indian Arid Zone/H.P. Singh
14. Management of Salt Affected Soils and Use of Saline Water in the Indian Arid Zone/R.P. Dhir
15. Problems of Water Management in the Indian Arid Zone/Atar Singh
16. Sand Dunes their-Characteristics and Management in the Indian Arid Zone/Surendra Singh

III. MANAGEMENT OF FOREST LANDS :
17. Afforestation in the Indian Arid Zone/C.M. Mathur and D.P. Govil
18. Social Forestry Practices for the Indian Arid Zone/K.D. Muthana

IV. MANAGEMENT FOR RANGELANDS AND LIVESTOCK :
19. Livestock Production on Rangelands in the Indian Arid Zone/L.D. Ahuja
20. Livestock Productivity on the Indian Arid and Semi-Arid Pastures/B.C. Patnayak
21. Livestock Management in the Indian Arid Zone/P.K. Ghosh
22. Management of Rangelands in the Indian Arid Zone/L.D. Ahuja
23. Management of Livestock Health in the Indian Arid Zone/J.P. Mittal
24. Improvement and Management of Fodder Crops in the Indian Arid Zone/R.S. Paroda

V. MANAGEMENT OF RAINFED LANDS AND RAIN WATER :
25. Water Harvesting Systems for the Indian Arid Zone/R.P. Singh
26. Management and Recycling of Runoff Water in the Indian Arid Zone/R.P. Singh
27. Management of Rainfed Lands in the Indian Arid Zone/R.P. Singh
28. Intercropping Systems for the Indian Arid Zone/H.S. Daulay
29. Breeding Crop Plants Resistant to Water Stress/R.S. Paroda

VI. MANAGEMENT OF ALTERNATE LAND USE SYSTEMS :
30. Silvipastoral System of Management for the Indian Arid Zone/R. Deb Roy
31. Improved Grasses for Indian Arid Zone/H.S. Daulay
32. Dryland HORTICULTURE in the Indian Arid and Semi-Arid Zones/B.B. Vashishtha

VII. MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES :
33. Alternative Sources of Energy for the Indian Arid Zone/J.P. Gupta
34. Solar Energy Utilization by Arid Zone Vegetation/Vinod Shankar
35. Recent Advances in Agricultural Engineering in the Indian Arid Zone/K.N. Nag

VIII. YIELD REDUCERS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT :
36. Weed Biology and Chemical Weed Control in the Indian Arid Zone/David N. Sen and Pawan K. Kasera
37. Rodent Pest Management in the Indian Arid and Semi-Arid Zone/A.P. Jain
38. Termites and Their Control in the Indian Arid Zone/M.L. Roonwal
39. Control of White Grubs and Termites in the Indian Arid Zone/K.S. Kushwaha