A lagoon is a shallow body of water protected from a larger body of water (usually the ocean) by sandbars, barrier islands, or coral reefs.... View Article
A lagoon is a shallow body of water protected from a larger body of water (usually the ocean) by sandbars, barrier islands, or coral reefs.... View Article
Some examples of water resources are surface water resources like rivers, lakes, ponds and tanks and groundwater. The availability of surface... View Article
The most significant sources of water pollution are : Sewage (Waste Water):The sewage water carries pathogens, a typical water pollutant, other... View Article
Major water resources in India are surface water resources like rivers, lakes, ponds and tanks, and groundwater. The mean annual flow in all the... View Article
The CPRs have traditionally been a source of economic sustenance of the rural poor and have played an important resource-supplementing role in... View Article
Common property resources include all such resources that are meant for the common use of the villagers. CPRs include all resources like village... View Article
Common property resource is important because it provides fodder for the livestock and fuel for the households along with other minor forest... View Article
CPRs can be defined as a community’s natural resource, where every member has the right of access and usage with specified obligations,... View Article
Community forests, pasture lands, village water bodies and other public spaces where a group larger than a household or family unit exercises... View Article
India has undergone major changes within the economy over the past four or five decades, and this has influenced the land-use changes in the... View Article
Land use in a region, to a large extent, is influenced by the nature of economic activities carried out in that region. The types of changes that... View Article
Land is used for different purposes such as agriculture, forestry, mining, building houses, roads and setting up of industries. This is commonly... View Article
Land use classification is the systematic arrangement of various classes of land on the basis of certain similar characteristics, mainly to... View Article
Net Area Sown category of land use is maximum in India. The physical extent of land on which crops are sown and harvested is known as net sown... View Article
Land is used for different purposes such as agriculture, forestry, mining, building houses, roads and setting up of industries. This is commonly... View Article
The land-use categories as maintained in the Land Revenue Records are: Forests Land put to Non-agricultural Uses Barren and Wastelands Area... View Article
Goa is now the most urbanised State with 62.2% urban population among states. Among all the States and Union territories, the National Capital... View Article
