Environmental challenges : industry, forestry, pollution, agriculture, energy crisis , Urbanisation, population, economic planning and ecological order, a global survey

Environment control and protection are of major concern to all nations at all times. The further advance of economic planning in modern states includes planned control, efficient and sensible use, and protection of man's natural environment. Environmental conservation activities are not only of high economies but also outstanding social importance since they profoundly affect the peoples working and living conditions. A clean and pleasant environment will, on the one hand, improve, the wellbeing of people, contribute to theft cultural education, serve, their health and recreation, and promote sensible use of leisure handling of refuse are important conditions for the rational utilization of natural resources for the national economy.

The learned author has not omitted mentioning the problems of protecting the environment. of preventing air and water pollution, of reducing industrial and traffic noise. The role of the north-South dialogue is crucial for the solution of environmental problems.

The increasing number of newspaper and periodical articles devoted to environmental study is reassuring sign that this is still an expanding field of study, sustained by a considerable amount of interest and research by both the public and private sector.

The book deals in a systematic way with the various aspects of environmental studies. As such it would provide, its Readers an insight into environmental problem. This would also inspire those who are associated in socio economic research and allied branches of human development.