Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, this makes Indonesia vulnerable to climate change. One of the consequences of climate change is extreme rainfall. Precipitation is influenced by interannual modes of climate variability, such as El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). Researchers anal…
Delhi, is one of the largest city that exist in India with high urbanization, that also cause other problems like bad quality of traffic and polution. Goverment of India and Goverment of National Capital Region Delhi, establish a goverment agency called Delhi Metro Rail Cooperation (DMRC) with consultation from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with aim to solve the traffic and polu…
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This book offers a reading of Bhimrao Ambedkar’s engagement with the idea and practice of socialism in India by linking it to his lifelong political and philosophical concerns: the annihilation of the caste system, untouchability and the moral and philosophical systems that justify either. Rather than view his ideas through a socialist lens, the author suggests that it is important to measure…
This book features a comprehensive analysis of the development of shale gas resources in China, with a focus on the potential environmental impacts that may result. China has the world’s largest shale gas resources, which it is keen to develop to alleviate air pollution and successfully transition to a low-carbon energy future. However, one significant obstacle standing between the ambition a…
This book addresses the issue of Sikh women’s education in Punjab within the larger discourse of women’s education in India. It focuses on the role of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya (SKM)—one of the most important educational institutions established in the nineteenth century as a result of the Sikh reformist movement in Punjab. It explores how various dimensions of caste, class, gender and…
This book is a collective effort by world experts, bringing together assorted contributions presented during the Ocean Science Session OS-017, of the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly held in Singapore in 2012 (the Asia Tsunami and Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami events) and other conferences. The chapters cover assessment, evaluation, forecast, policy and lessons learned as well as environmenta…
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