01229    a2200121   4500020001800000082002600018100001300044245006700057260003000124300001100154520086600165650007601031  a9780143447610  a363.3493095483bVIJ-F  aViju, B.  aFlood And Furyb: Ecological Devastation In The Western Ghats   bPenguin eBury Pressc2019  a296,pp  aThe floods that devastated large parts of Kerala in 2018 were not an isolated, freak phenomenon; rather, they signalled something graver-the ecological devastation of the Western Ghats. Made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012, the Ghats have become increasingly vulnerable to serious ecological damage, threatening the sustenance of their people. The 2018 floods were a wake-up call for the region spanning 1600 kilometres and six states-Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat-that form an ecosystem older than the Himalayas. Travelling in this region, documenting the devastating large-scale mining, quarrying, deforestation and mismanagement of water resources, at the same time mapping its culture, history and ecology, Viju B. investigates the crisis in the Western Ghats and suggests policy measures urgently required to mitigate it.  aClimatic changesvEcological disturbancesvFloodszIndia--Western Ghats