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020			_a9780143447610
037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books,Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_a363.349360983 _bVIJ/FL
100			_aViju B
245			_aFLOOD AND FURY : Ecological Devastation In The Western Ghats
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260			_aHariyana _bPenguin Random House _c20149/01/01
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500			_aThe 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.
650			_aFlood Fury Kerala
650			_aEcological Disaster
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