The book 'Urban Encroachment on Agricultural Land in Urban Fringe Areas: A Study from India' is a comprehensive research work carried out for a thesis submitted for the award of Ph.D. degree in Geography at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. This book offers to readers a wide spectrum of discussion on the concepts and scope of urban-fringe areas that have developed on agricultural lands outside the municipal limits of cities. The book incorporates a detailed assessment of the impact of urban encroachment on natural and human environment. Illustrations have been made by taking Aligarh...

The book Sub-Himalayan Horticulture in the Context of Geography, is a comprehensive work that describes and examines horticulture as an economic sector for sustainable rural development. In this book, an attempt has been made to provide an understanding of the wide spectrum of horticulture and its economic importance with special reference to fruit-culture. The entire study encompasses to cover an appraisal of horticultural diversity in Poonch district, a Sub-Himalayan region of Jammu & Kashmir state in India. Horticulture constitutes a promising livelihood option through natural habitat...