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As the largest developing country with about one sixth of global population and as a leading economy in South Asia, India has a key role in addressing the climate change issues. The country’s growing fossil fuel consumption and increasing carbon emission are key factors that necessitate considerable efforts towards climate change mitigation. The...

Arsenic contamination in groundwater is of increasing concern because of its high toxicity and widespread occurrence. This study is an effort to trace the factors responsible for arsenic enrichment in groundwater of the middle Gangetic Plain of India through major ion chemistry, arsenic speciation, sediment grain-size analyses, and multivariate...

今後もアジアでの資源消費と廃棄物発生量の増大が予想される。３Ｒ（廃棄物の削減、再利用、リサイクル）を通じた廃棄物管理と資源管理戦略の統合は、アジアでの持続可能な消費と生産を達成するための重要なアプローチとなり得る。しかし、アジア発展途上国の多くでは、廃棄物管理・リサイクル関連法制度の構築に後れをとっており、国際協力への期待は大きい。本報告では、３Ｒ国家戦略の策定支援の経験に基づいて、廃棄物リサイクルのための制度構築支援の課題について論じる。

A dynamic optimization model covering twelve watershed projects of the states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in India are considered. Existing watershed project development guideline does not have specific target to reduce the local migration. It is a big social problem in India, especially for our selected study areas. The existing watershed...

This APFED project is aimed to collect and display various proven climate sensitive technologies in an integrated way to reduce vulnerabilities of the climate change impacts on rural poor. The project introduced, demonstrated and helped adopt the technologies that provide multimode benefits to the community and poor farmers in mitigating and...

The results of this study indicate that Kathmandu Valley's motorized travel demand increased 8.7 fold in 2004 from nearly one billion passenger-km in 1989. It suggests that the demand will increase to 27 billion passenger-km by 2025. Despite the drastic increase, the modal share of public and private transport modes have changed little since 1989...

To discuss and cope with steadily increasing problems in waste management and how to advance the 3R initiative in South Asia, the South Asia 3R Expert Workshop was co-orgnized by IGES, ADB, UNEP, and ICIMOD in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop was successful in achieving the multiple objectives of (1) in-depth discussion of solid waste management...

Many Asian cities have greatly relied on groundwater in the course of their development. Large populations and concentrations of industrial activity in urban areas intensified the stress on groundwater. Such stress has resulted in environmental problems, such as the drawdown of water tables, land subsidence and saltwater intrusion, which interfered...

Many countries have developed a keen interest in the potential of biofuels and instituted policies to promote their production. India became one of the major biofuel producers in Asia, with its bioethanol production hitting the 1 billion liter mark in 2008, second only after China. The evolving debate on biofuels focuses both on the need to produce...

バイオ燃料プログラムは農村地域へ持続的な利益をもたらすこともある。インド、アンドラプラデシュ州における取組みがその好例だ。 Remarks: English version: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2921