Jagdish Chand

Garbage Disposal System in Nahan Town, HP, India - A Case Study

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Produktbeschreibung

The term 'Garbage Disposal System' or 'Solid Waste' includes such items as glass bottles, crockery, plastic and polythene, waste paper, automobile spare parts also organic waste such as plant leaves etc., which are discarded as garbage. In the present study Nahan town has been chosen to study the problem of garbage generation and its disposal. Nahan town is situated on an isolated ridge with a peculiar character. It has a large proportion of population living with high standards of living. The town has large number of shops, hotels, restaurants and private and government offices. The town has an enormous floating population including migrants. This generates a large amount of garbage. In the present study, the different aspects of the garbage problem of Nahan town have been studied. The sources of garbage have been identified. The distribution of officially designated points of garbage collection and the unofficial dumping of garbage in Nahan town has been studied.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9783659502712
• ISBN-10: 3659502715
• Artikelnr.: 40160594

Autorenporträt

Dr. Jagdish Chand is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Govt. PG College, Nahan (Higher Education, HP Govt.). He has published many research papers in national & international journals. He has presented many research papers in national & international conferences/seminars.He is gold medalist in MA and M.Phil (Geography).