Environment is of great concern to every society because people depend upon it for resource mobilization, livelihood and existence. Our environment or ecosystem is endangered because of population pressure, migration, technological changes, changes in land use for livelihood practices and depletion and destruction of resources due to mega projects. Today, more than ever, there is greater need for sustainable development. Volume 7, Sociology of Environment, addresses these issues and will be of interest to both researchers and activists in these areas.
Table of Contents:

Series Note
Preface
Introduction Sukant K. Chaudhury
Conceptual Issues
A Demographic Approach to the Study of Urban Ecology a Bopegamage
Bombay: A Study in Urban Demography and Ecology C. Rajgopalan
The Political uses of Sociology, Ecology and Development in India: A Field and its FutureAmita Baviskar
Towards a More Meaningful Study of Ecology, Society and Culture Indra Deva
‘Environment' in Sociological Theory Indra Munshi
Need for a Paradigm Shift: Environmental Perspective in Sociological Study Mahbuba Nasreen
Environment and Displacement
Parks, People and Protest: The Mediating Role of Environmental Action Groups Ranjit Dwivedi
Displacement, Rehabilitation and Resettlement: The Case of Maldhari Families of Gir Forest Varsha Ganguly
Coping with Development Pathologies: Resistance to Displacement T.K. Oommen
They are All Set to Damn Our Future: Contested Development through Hydel Power in Democratic SikkimVibha Arora
Revisiting the Baliraja Dam Struggle: A Study of an Environmental Movement in Maharashtra Satyapriya Rout
Forest and Water Issues
Social and Ecological Drift of a Planned Centre: A study of Rourkelaorissa Rajkishor Meher
How Effective are ‘pani panchayats'? A Fieldview from Maharastra Manish K. Thakur and Binay K. Pattnaik
Vosaad: The Socio-Cultural Force of Water (A Study from Goa) Bernadette Maria Games
Forest Legislations And Livelihood Strategies: Khasi Women in Rural Meghalaya Rekha M. Shangpliang
Index
Appendix of Sources.