CONTENTS Foreword vii Acknowledgement ix List of Contributors xi Overview xiii C.P. Prakasam and R.B. Bhagat I Population and Environment Linkages 1 On Linkages between Population and Environment : Some Evidences from India 3 GopalK. Kadekodi 2 Understanding the Linkages between Population Growth, Depletion of Natural Resources and its Implications for Women : A Focus on the EAG States 20 Kamla Gupta and Mohua Guha 3 Vanishing Common Property Resources and their Environmental Impact in Rural Areas: Examples from Two Districts of Andhra Pradesh 47 M. Ramakrishna Reddy 4 Concern for Environmental Degradation in India's Planning : A Review 64 Sancheeta Ghosh II Food, Water and Sanitation 5 Population vs. Food : Who is Winning the Race? 77 Alka Parikh 6 Water Resources in India : Issues, Concerns and the New Environment Policy 88 Sumati Kulkarni 7 Towards the Need for Water Ethics for Sustainable Development98 K. Radhakrishna Murty 8 Water Consumption Patterns in Domestic Households in Major Indian Cities 108 Abdul Shaban and R.N. Sharma 9 Environmental Health and Sanitation Facilities : Challenges for India 143 T.V.Sekher III Urban Environment and Disaster 10 Urban Ecological Issues with Special Reference to Mumbai 183 K. Sita and Malabika Ray 11 Cyclones in Andhra Pradesh: Damages and Response 193 U. V. Somayajulu 12 Self-Reported Health Problems of Slum Dwellers in Pune 210 Anjali Radkar IV Household Environment and Health 13 Health During Infancy and Early Childhood in India : Household Environment Matters225 Usha Ram, Avishek Haqra and Sandip Chakraborty 14 Housing Environment and Child Morbidity in Rural Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu : An Analysis of the NFHS-2 Data 245 N. Audinardyana 15 Effect of Household Environment on Women's Health in North-East India 264 Avishek Haiya, Subhra Datta and Mohua Guha Index