Flood and fury : ecological devastation in the Western Ghats
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363.3480954 SHA/D Disaster management | 363.349 48 JAG/T Tsunamis: Threats and management | 363.349 48 JAG/T Tsunamis: Threats and management | 363.3493095483 VIJ/F Flood and fury : ecological devastation in the Western Ghats | 363.3494092 NIT/T 2004 Tsunami :the IAF story : a few good men and the angry sea | 363.3495 EAR Earthquake hazards and mitigation. | 363.3497 YAD/M Management of manmade disasters |
The floods that devastated large parts of Kerala in 2018 were not an isolated, freak phenomenon; rather, they signalled something graver-the ecological devastation of the Western Ghats.
Made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012, the Ghats have become increasingly vulnerable to serious ecological damage, threatening the sustenance of their people. The 2018 floods were a wake-up call for the region spanning 1600 kilometres and six states-Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat-that form an ecosystem older than the Himalayas.
Travelling in this region, documenting the devastating large-scale mining, quarrying, deforestation and mismanagement of water resources, at the same time mapping its culture, history and ecology, Viju B. investigates the crisis in the Western Ghats and suggests policy measures urgently required to mitigate it.
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