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synonymous with that of hazards, disasters and crisis. There are human aspects of the study of environment as well. If a hazard is to be studied, it has to be understood in terms of human being. Geographers have been studying such human environment relationships. With the fast changing world, such relationships are being reevaluated. New issues are emerging every day. These factors are becoming interrelated and hence the frontiers are being pushed beyond the traditional frontiers of the study of environment in geography. Hence this volume. The human-environment relationships have been studied in different ways in this book. Attempts have been made to analyse the emerging issues, such as environment vs. development, ecological balance, famines and relief, shifting cultivation and deforestation, rural environment, socio-ecological adaptation, pollution, floods, water quality and the information system. This book will not only be useful to the geographers but also for environmentalists, environmental activists, ecologists, planners and persons interested in socio-ecological studies. About the Author Dr. Onkar Singh (b. 1941), Professor of Environment and Head, Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, is currently engaged with a few research projects, including one under Indo-Dutch collaboration, related to environmental degradation and management. Besides several research papers he has authored a monograph on India's Urban Environment. He has been to Germany and Hungary where he delivered lectures in important institutions on environmental issues in India