01282 a2200145 4500 26557 26557 9780143447610 363.3493095483 VIJ-F Viju, B. Flood And Fury : Ecological Devastation In The Western Ghats Penguin eBury Press 2019 296,pp The 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. Climatic changes Ecological disturbances Floods India--Western Ghats ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2021-02-04 Overseas Press India Private Limited 291.27 2021-01-27 0 363.3493095483 VIJ-F 51279 2021-02-12 00:00:00 399.00 2021-02-12 BK