Uttarakhand Disaster

Contemporary Issues of Climate Change & Development with Holistic Approach

About the book:

‘Kedarnath Tragedy’ or ‘Himalayan Tsunami’ which occurred in June, 2013 caused the immeasurable loss of human lives, their cattle, livelihood sources, public properties and aquatic biodiversities in particular. The people of the state first time experienced such devastation at unprecedented scale and raised their voice against unscientific bed-mining, hydel projects, construction of roads, buildings and industries on the name of development. Development is necessary but a balance is needed to be maintained by taking ecological safeguards.

‘In this book the presentation of research & scientific papers along with analysis as well as some insights into social, political and economic system that impact on environment is discussed in a lucid manner for minimizing the Disaster in the state’.