This book discusses the sequential development of population research in India, focusing on contemporary issues like demography, population studies, geography, sociology, urban studies and many more. It describes the problems related to the underdeveloped regions in India, Nepal and Bangladesh and includes tabular representations of the analyzed data as well as visual representations/illustrations in the form of graphs and maps. Further, it features fascinating case studies on primary field-research experiences. Presenting interdisciplinary contributions, the book is divided into four sections: the first part examines social issues related to health, while the second explores social sustainability, lifestyles, and cultural aspects. The third and fourth sections address migration and quality of life, respectively. The book is of interest to students studying demography, as well as researchers and policymakers in the fields of population studies, geography and sociology.

A mobile ad hoc network is a collection of battery-powered mobile nodes connected by relatively lower bandwidth wireless links. Each node has an area of influence called cell, only within which others can receive its transmissions. Due to no fixed infrastructures, all nodes can move freely, the network topology may change rapidly and unpredictably over time, and nodes have to form their own cooperative infrastructures. Thus, each node operates as an autonomous end system and a router for others in the network. An ad hoc network is of interest because there is no prior investment for fixed infrastructures, it can be easily deployed in a short time, and end users can access and manipulate data anytime and anywhere. Examples of its applications include law enforcement operations, battlefield applications, natural disaster recovery situations where the communication infrastructures have been destroyed, self-organizing sensor networks for data collecting, interactive lectures or conferences for data exchanging without pre-installed infrastructures. However, these applications cannot be realized without efficient routing protocols. This book focuses on scalable routing in clustered MANET