2014. All Paths Lead to Rain: Explaining why watershed development in India does not alleviate the experience of water scarcity. Journal of Development Studies 50(9). doi: 10.1080/00220388.2014.928699Bharucha Z, Smith D, Pretty J. 2014. All paths lead to rain: explaining why watershed ...
Scarcity refers to having limited resources and it occurs when there is low supply met with limitless demand. Key Vocabulary and Terms:Factors of Production: A general term referring to the resources an economy can use to produce goods and services. Specifically, the factors are land, labor, ...
What Does the Future of Water Treatment Look Like? Identifying water scarcity as a significant challenge, he stresses the importance of recycling water to levels suitable for consumption. Referring to the “magic” in water and the constant evolution of water treatment technologies, he is driven by...
Status of Free-flowing Rivers in India Unfortunately, India does not have any legislation to protect free-flowing status of any of its rivers.With the exception ofBhagirathiRiver (100 km long), declared an eco-sensitive zone under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, following the fast-unto...
Why does Tamil Nadu have less money to spend on human development, in spite of the high revenue it generates for India?Human Development in Tamil Nadu:Tamil Nadu is one of the states that generate high revenue for India despite the fact that there ...
Over the last two decades, global wealth has risen. Yet material affluence has not translated into time affluence. Most people report feeling persistently ‘time poor’—like they have too many things to do and not enough time to do them. Time poverty is
2. HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND ACRYLIC MONOMERS SUPPORTING WATER TREATMENT PLANTS A major issue in protecting water environments is the treatment of wastewater. Arkema's acrylic monomers, which are used to produce flocculants, contribute to this process, as does hydr...
While India has emerged as one of the top three countries globally in term of the number of start-ups founded, the start-up ecosystem for agri-entrepreneurship or agripreneurship does not present a happy scene. For example in 2015, out of $6 billion invested in an overall tech start-up,...
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The national energy plan of India does not allow for further construction of coal mines be it open cast or underground, but on the other hand back in June, India’s Prime Minister proclaimed to give license for another 40 new coal pits to private firms for commercial mining. Global Carbon ...