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In the context of ever-increasing population and socio-cultural evolution landuse change becomes a universal and continuous process. Unscientific landuse practices have been deteriorating the sustainability of land resources.This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to misuse or unscientific use of land resources.Being located in a undulating plateau fringe region, Southwest Birbhum District is relatively more susceptible to landuse change. The message of this book is that the Southwest Birbhum District is confronting with continual degradation of its physical and socio-economic environment which needs to be arrested. This book will be a comprehensive reading material for graduate and post graduate geographers, rural landuse planners, resource managers and environmental professionals concerned with environmental degradation.
About the author
Dr. Tanusree Ghosh ia an Assistant Professor in Geography in S.F.S.Mahavidyalaya, Khayrasole, Birbhum, West Bengal, India. She received her Masters in Geography in 2001 & Ph.D. from The University of Burdwan in 2012. She owned the University Gold Medal. Her major areas of interest is Environmental Issues in Geography.
