effects of heavy rains on human settlement

The toxic effects of carbon monoxide on human beings and animals arise from its reversible combination with haemoglobin (H b ) in red blood cells, which cause displacement of oxygen. This results in oxygen starvation or anoxia. The maximum permissible concentration of CO in the..

Change in the composition of air due to several human activities has brought about green house effect. Green house effect has brought about following phenomenal changes. The severity of these changes will aggravate further in the next 10-20 years. By 2040, CO 2 level i..

. The problems due to pollution by human settlements is acute in cities where density of population is very high. Some cities in our country have a density of population in the range of 5000 to 7000 per sq.km as compared to national average of 738/sq.km Mainly, the pollution due..

. There are some worrying facts about the water situation. The effects of world climate change are being all over including the Indian subcontinent. The increased temperature levels are resulting in changing weather patterns. For a country like India whose agricultural activities (and wat..

Inorganic Chemicals and Metals - Industrial and municipal waste waters and mine run offs cause various metals and metallic compounds to be released into water. These pollutants also enter the water bodies as acid rain and their sulphate and nitrate ions make water acidic. Most inorganic c..

>Forests are an area of diverse biodiversity consisting mainly of trees, shrubs, wild plants, a variety of organisms and wild life Management of forest resources has to take into account the interests of various stakeholders as well as involve their participation in local conservation management Va..