You may login with either your assigned username or your e-mail address.
The password field is case sensitive.
Home ›

General

Governing the urban poor - Riverfront development, slum resettlement and the politics of inclusion in Ahmedabad - A paper published in EPW

This paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly describes the case of the Sabarmati Riverfront Development (SRD) project, an urban mega-project in Ahmedabad, which has been proclaimed as a case based on “flexible governing” of the residents of the riverfront informal settlements. Flexible governing has been claimed to have allowed state authorities to negotiate grass-roots opposition and mobilisation, modify the project to gentrify the riverfront further, and even officially represent the project as inclusive.Read More

AttachmentSize
Governing the urban poor - Riverfront development, slum resettlement and the politics of inclusion in Ahmedabad - Renu Desai - EPW (2012)580.15 KB
Tags:

Help with rainwater test results

Submitted by Vishna on January 7, 2012 - 01:17

Hello,

can anyone help me? I am doing a project on rainwater harvesting and I have a sample of rainwater to be analysed in a laboratory. I would like to know more about the results obtained, whether it is in the acceptable range.

Here are the results:

Phosphate: 3.34 mol/dm3

Nitrite: 0

Nitrate: 2.26 mol/dm3

I would also like to know if I can use the rainwater for bathing.

Tags:

Design, operation and maintenance of sewage treatment plants - A guide by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board

This guidebook published by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board takes the reader through various units, operations and processes in a typical Extended Aeration Biological treatment plant, the Workhorse of the industry. The treatment proceeds in a logical and linear progression from the first unit, the Bar Screen to the final unit for sludge handling and disposal. Read More

AttachmentSize
Design, operation and maintenance of sewage treatment plants - A guide by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board10.33 MB
Tags:

Life, livelihoods, ecosystems, culture: Entitlements and allocation of water for competing uses – A report by the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India

Water ConflictThis report has been prepared by the members of the working group set up by the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India on the issue of “Entitlements and allocations for livelihoods and ecosystem needs". The introductory chapter sets out the context of the report. The immediate context is the work of the Forum over the last 4-5 years, and the learning that this particular issue leads to many water conflicts in India.

Read More

AttachmentSize
Life, livelihoods, ecosystems, culture: Entitlements and allocation of water for competing uses – A report by the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India (2011)1.96 MB
Tags:

Performance audit of food security schemes in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh – A report by Centre for Environment and Food Security

This report by the Centre for Environment and Food Security (CEFS) deals with performance audit of ten food security and poverty alleviation schemes in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh (UP). The schemes covered under this audit include, (a) Public Distribution System (PDS), (b) Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), (c) Mid-day Meals (MDM), (d) Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), (e) National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS), (f) National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS), (g) Annapurna, (h) National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS), (i) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), and (j) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).

Read More

AttachmentSize
Performance audit of food security schemes in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh – A report by Centre for Environment and Food Security (2011)951.74 KB

Location

Bolangir, OR, India
Latitude: 20.716667, Longitude: 83.483333

Tags:

Where and how is the state - Accessing water and the state in Mumbai and Johannesburg - Journal of Asian and African Studies

This paper published in the Journal of Asian and African Studies examines the argument that the political and institutional contexts of service delivery shape people's access to the state and its resources and also the mediation between citizens and government institutions by councillers, by examining the case of the water distributions systems in Johannesberg and Mumbai. Read More

AttachmentSize
Where and how is the state - Accessing water and the state in Mumbai and Johannesburg - Journal of Asian and African studies - Zainab Bawa (2011)641.99 KB
Tags:

Himachal Pradesh state policy on disaster management (2011)

This document presents the disaster management policy for the state of Himachal Pradesh. Main hazards that the state is prone to consist of earthquakes, landslides, flash floods, snow storms and avalanches, droughts, dam failures, fires – domestic and wild, accidents – road, rail, air, stampedes, boat capsizing, biological, industrial and hazardous chemicals etc.

Read More

AttachmentSize
Himachal Pradesh state policy on disaster management (2011)1.18 MB

Location

Kangra, HP, India
Latitude: 32.100000, Longitude: 76.270000

Tags:

Indicators of climate change in the middle Himalaya - A rapid inventory - Current Science

This article published in the journal Current Science presents the findings of a study that aimed at developing a rapid inventory on the impact of the recent climatic changes on the ecosystem, flora and fauna of the Himalayan region with a special emphasis on livelihoods. The responses or coping strategies initiated by mountain communities to deal with these changes were also noted in the study.  Read More

Tags:

Use & Disuse - Effects on a Borewell? - Raigad, Maharashtra

Submitted by madhura.chavan on September 11, 2011 - 16:08

I have bought a house in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. I want to drill a borewell in empty space around  my house. But before driling, I have one important question as follows. We normally visit this place once in three months. So if we are not using this water for quite some time will it be stop flowing? 

Read More

Tags:

Disaster management in India – A report by Ministry of Home Affairs

This report by the Ministry of Home Affairs on disaster management in India is the outcome of an in-house compilation and analysis of information relating to disasters and their management.

The perception about disaster and its management has undergone a change followingFlood the enactment of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The definition of disaster is now all encompassing, which includes not only the events emanating from natural and man-made causes, but even those events which are caused by accident or negligence.

There was a long felt need to capture information about all such events occurring across the sectors and efforts made to mitigate them in the country and to collate them at one place in a global perspective. This report has been an effort towards realising this thought.Read More

AttachmentSize
Disaster management in India – A report by Ministry of Home Affairs (2011)76.68 MB

Location

Latur, MM, India
Latitude: 18.397680, Longitude: 76.580971

Tags:
Syndicate content

Arghyam

6.22-2011.07.01-06