What happens when we approach archaeology from the perspective of an interest in visualities?

Does it make sense to talk about an archaeological aesthetic? What part has a specifically archaeological concern with material cultures, objectified bodies and sites on the landscape played in a local history of looking?

Drawing from the archive of the South African archaeologist John Goodwin (1990-1959), this book interrogates the role of photography in the making of a disciplinary project in archaeology.

Know All About: Reduce Reuse Recycle is a fresh attempt to engage you in a global problem. The book is informative and meant to help lay persons to come to grips with an all too familiar phenomenon: garbage. The book traces the history of waste and its generation - from the earliest civilizations till today - and the various efforts to find solutions. It is no technical treatise but told in a simple way. It has information, guidelines and tips on how you can help to reduce the problem that at times seems to be overwhelming us. Know All About: Reduce Reuse Recycle is, hopefully, a signpost for you along the way to cleaning up our beautiful planet and keeping it so.

These crops are widely cultivated for domestic consumption as well as for export purposes. They are attacked by many insect pests and diseases, which vary with region, season, and variety. This lowers the quality and yield, thereby increasing the cost of production and reduces export potential. Integrated Pest Management: Strategies for onion and garlic discusses methods and tools used to minimize the incidence and severity caused by diseases and insect pests. It also focuses on the symptoms of diseases caused by various pathogens.

It looks at the key areas of health, coastal zones, water, agriculture, forests, and ecosystems, and evaluates the feasible measures needed to reduce the negative impacts of climate change. The costs of these measures are enumerated in the book and compared to current and projected programmes. The book covers the various aspects involved in understanding adaptation to climate change in India, and estimating the costs of dealing with it and assessing where the expenditures have to be directed so that poor and vulnerable people are not worse off as a result of the climate change.

In wake of the above, the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) and the India Council for Sustainable Development (ICSD) commissioned a joint-study, to be conducted by Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning (CAEP) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).This book is the outcome of the study and understands the environment and development paradigms for both India and China, identifies key issues, and draws commonalities, differences, and lessons that can be learnt.