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Interlacing water and human health : case studies from South Asia / edited by Anjal Prakash, V.S. Saravanan, and Jayati Chourey.

Contributor(s): Series: Water in South Asia ; v. 3Publication details: New Delhi : Sage Publications, 2012.Description: xxvi, 470 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9788132107255 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.912 PRA
Contents:
*PART I / Backdrop* 1. Interlacing Water and Health in South Asia: The Problématique 2. Good Evidences, Bad Linkages: A Review of Water and Health in South Asia 3. Water, Health and Poverty in South Asia: Examining the Interface in India *PART II / Water Supply, Sanitation and Human Health* 4. Madhya Pradesh’s Complex Challenges: Undernutrition and Infectious Diseases 5. Inequalities in Access to Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Childhood Undernutrition in India 6. Access to Safe Water and Health: Mortality, Morbidity and Malnutrition in Nepal 7. Disease Burden Linked to Incomplete Water and Sanitation Coverage in Orissa, India *Part III / Intensification of Agriculture, Water and Health* 8. Arsenic Contamination, Toxicity and Health Effects: Cases from India and Bangladesh 9. Arsenic Pollution and Reproductive Health: A Case Study of Murshidabad District in West Bengal 10. Water Quality and Human Health in Mewat: Challenges and Innovative Solutions *Part IV / Rapid Industrialisation, Water and Health* 11. Wastewater Use in Vegetable Production and Its Health Impacts: A Case of Faisalabad, Pakistan 12. Role of Farmers in Protecting Groundwater in Lower Bhavani River Basin of Tamil Nadu, India 13. Industrial Water Pollution and Health Implications: Emerging Issues from Tiruppur, Textile Town of South India 14. Impact of Mining on Water and Human Health: A Case Study of Baitarani River Ecosystem in Orissa *Part V / Increasing Urbanisation and Water and Health* 15. Wastewater in Sri Lanka: Implications on Human Health 16. Neglected Frontiers: Peri-urban Water Use and Human Health in the National Capital Region, India 17. Results of Unplanned Programmes: Drinking Water and Sanitation System in Bhaktapur, Nepal *PART VI / Natural Disasters, Water and Health* 18. Inter-relation between Water, Health and Livelihood in Disasters 19. Health Disasters: Tsunami-induced Public Health Crisis in India
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*PART I / Backdrop*
1. Interlacing Water and Health in South Asia: The Problématique
2. Good Evidences, Bad Linkages: A Review of Water and Health in South Asia
3. Water, Health and Poverty in South Asia: Examining the Interface in India

*PART II / Water Supply, Sanitation and Human Health*
4. Madhya Pradesh’s Complex Challenges: Undernutrition and Infectious Diseases
5. Inequalities in Access to Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Childhood Undernutrition in India
6. Access to Safe Water and Health: Mortality, Morbidity and Malnutrition in Nepal
7. Disease Burden Linked to Incomplete Water and Sanitation Coverage in Orissa, India

*Part III / Intensification of Agriculture, Water and Health*
8. Arsenic Contamination, Toxicity and Health Effects: Cases from India and Bangladesh
9. Arsenic Pollution and Reproductive Health: A Case Study of Murshidabad District in West Bengal
10. Water Quality and Human Health in Mewat: Challenges and Innovative Solutions

*Part IV / Rapid Industrialisation, Water and Health*
11. Wastewater Use in Vegetable Production and Its Health Impacts: A Case of Faisalabad, Pakistan
12. Role of Farmers in Protecting Groundwater in Lower Bhavani River Basin of Tamil Nadu, India
13. Industrial Water Pollution and Health Implications: Emerging Issues from Tiruppur, Textile Town of South India
14. Impact of Mining on Water and Human Health: A Case Study of Baitarani River Ecosystem in Orissa

*Part V / Increasing Urbanisation and Water and Health*
15. Wastewater in Sri Lanka: Implications on Human Health
16. Neglected Frontiers: Peri-urban Water Use and Human Health in the National Capital Region, India
17. Results of Unplanned Programmes: Drinking Water and Sanitation System in Bhaktapur, Nepal

*PART VI / Natural Disasters, Water and Health*
18. Inter-relation between Water, Health and Livelihood in Disasters
19. Health Disasters: Tsunami-induced Public Health Crisis in India