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1 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA ISSN : 0027-9374/2018/1664-1686, Vol. 64, No. 3-4, September-December, 2018 Editor Prof. R. S. Yadava 1664 Contributions of Shanti Lal Kayastha to the Development of Geography : An appraisal P. Nag 1-7 1665 Urbanization in South and South West Asia Characteristics and Consequences Ram Bali Singh 8-22 1666 Scheduled Caste Population in an Indian Hill State : A Case of Himachal Pradesh Surya Kant 23-40 1667 Access to Basic Urban Amenities in India M. B. Singh and Nitin Kumar Mishra 41-53 1668 Spatial Distribution of Education Facilities in Haveri District H Nagaraj and S. L. Karlawad 54-61 1669 Population and Sustainable Development A Contextual Debate Arun Kumar Singh 62-72 1670 People at the Centre Development, Resource, and Displacement Ravi S. Singh 73-89 1671 Characteristics of Population in the Valley Districts of Manipur, India Ningthoujam Golson and Kh. Pradipkumar Singh 90-104 1672 Demographic Trends and Transition in Odisha: Emerging Patterns and Implications Sibabrata Das 105-124 1673 The Demographic Consequences of Partition of India (1947) in Punjab Awadh Narayan Choubey and Taruna Bansal 125-134 1674 Socio-spatial Paterns of Age Disparity Between Widow and Widower in North-East India Sriparna Das and Bimal K. Kar 135-145 1675 Linkages between Population Growth and Land holdings in Hathras District, Uttar Pradesh Shamsul Haque Siddiqui, Mumtaj Ahmad and Pasarul Islam 146-154 2 1676 Age Specific Population Projection of India using Bayesian Methodology Abhinav Singh, P. S. Pundir, Anurag Verma and Gyan Prakash Singh 155-168 1677 A Study in Population Growth and Characteristics of Patna Urban Agglomeration Anjani Kumar and R. S. Yadava 169-179 1678 Adverse Impact of Canal Irrigation on the Environment in Hyper Arid Parts of the Indian Desert Dr. Sahila Salahuddin 180-187 1679 Tourism Supply as a Catalyst of Tourism Development in Bishnupur District, Manipur Shabina Hussain andAteeque Ahmad 188-200 1680 Livelihood Crisis and Distress Seasonal Migration: A Study of Beed District in Maharashtra Abdul Jaleed C. P. and Aparajita Chattopadhyay 201-214 1681 Measuring the Quality of Life in Jabalpur City : An Integrated Approach Rambooshan Tiwari and Jagadish Singh 215-228 1682 A Comparative Study of Health, Quality of Life and Social Well-Being in Slums of Kanpur City Rohit Singh and V. K. Kumra 229-240 1683 Culture, Creativity and Tourism: A Study of Sikkim Sanjukta Sattar 241-248 1684 Resource Linkages to Poverty among Scheduled Castes in District Ghazipur, UP: A Geographical Perspective Ajay Raj Mridul and Anand Prasad Mishra 249-260 1685 Assessment of the Efficiency and Student Flow at Elementary Education in West Bengal Sabyasachi Sarkar and D. Gownamani 261-272 1686 Comparative Study of Sex Ratio among Hindu and Muslim Population and their Spatial Distribution in Uttar Pradesh: A Geographical Analysis Tariq M Usmani and Shamshul Haque Siddiqui 273-281 *** NGJI, An International Refereed Journal (NGSI-BHU, ISSN: 0027-9374/2017/1664) Vol. 64, No. 3-4, July-December, 2018 Contributions of Shanti Lal Kayastha to the Development of Geography : An appraisal P. Nag1 I had the privilege of bringing out two felici- (1980), Brazil (1982), United Kingdom (1982), tation volumes in honour of Prof S.L. Kayastha, Nepal (1983), France (1984), Spain (1986) and first one in 1986 and the second one 2001. Both Australia (1988). We had several academic and were edited volumes with a group of co-editors scientific programmes together, such as co-ed- who were either his colleagues or students or ited book entitled, Population and Disaster, pub- admirers. For the former one, Prof Hari Har lished by Basil Blackwell, Oxford which was Singh, Prof V.K. Kumra, Prof Jagdish Singh, favorably reviewed in the scientific journal, Prof Haushila Prasad and Prof S.K. Singh were Nature. We have also written an article on in the team. Regarding the latter one, Dr Smita Bhopal Tragedy. For me it was also important Sengupta and Dr Chandra Shekhar Kumar were that he became Chairman of the Advisory Com- the co-authors. Both the volumes were published mittee of National Atlas & Thematic Mapping by the Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi. Organisation (NATMO), Kolkata. He suggested to bring out the Indian Ocean Atlas which I had Additional groups of his enthusiasts joined us as the privilege to initiate and complete it as well. contributors by writing research papers. He had a special inclination for cartography as Needless to say, Professor Kayastha has a well. He participate in the Commission of Popu- long list of associates who came closer to him lation Cartography of the International Carto- over the years for various reasons. Anybody who graphic Association (ICA) meeting on Popula- had met once never drifted away. I took up Ge- tion Mapping Technology which was held as a ography at post graduate level due to his en- part of the IUSSP Congress in 1989 in Delhi. couragement. When I was a final year PG stu- His in depth knowledge on the Indian popula- dent, Prof Kayastha happened to visit my home tion maps were highly appreciated. On the other town, Mathura. He made a point to meet my hand, he actively participate in the IGU Com- father there. It was a great honour for me. Later mission on Population Geography and attended I had several occasion to be with him abroad, its several conferences abroad. He was also full particularly for IGU conferences. As a result, member of the IGU Commission on Environ- we were together in Nigeria (1979), Japan mental Problems. 1. Vice-Chancellor, Mahatama Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi Former Surveyor General of India & Former Director, National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation 2 P. Nag Environment cannot be viewed in isolation. sustainability difficult (Kayastha, 2002). The Population and development vitally affect the concept of development has undergone drastic state of environment. Therefore, it would be changes. Its reincarnation as 'sustainable devel- necessary to consider population, environment opment' has close links with population, envi- and development as interacting aspects of the ronment and resources. Professor Kayastha has global phenomena. Development, to be mean- highlighted the changing equation very effec- ingful, has to be sustainable developments. This tively while dealing with issues at any level. is the opening paragraph of the first chapter of While there is general agreement on the need the book of Professor Kayastha entitled Geog- for the protection and optimization of 'sustain- raphy of Population. The model proposed by him able', according to Kuhnen (1992) means sur- involves the issues related to environment, popu- vival, that is keeping the community alive. lation and development (EPD). Such approaches 'Sustainability' also means 'an ecologically ac- have a greater acceptability in geography from ceptable production', where everything removed very early stage. In fact this disciple has been is the replaced so as not to harm the ecological considered as the study of human-environment system. Sustainability can also be understood in relationship. Professor Kayastha's main focus a social structures are relationships which en- was on environment, population and develop- sure a fair distribution of income, power and ment. In his Presidential Address in the 16th opportunities, thus providing basis of social Indian Geography Congress of the National peace. Association of Geographers of India (NAGI) in Sustainability finally environment, there is Bhubaneshwar in November 1993 he remarked repeated emphasis on sustainable development. (Kayastha, 1993) : The term stands to mean long-term carrying "Environment, development and qual- capacity of a region or regions, where there is ity of like are interrelated. There is a need no negative impact on environment and sustain- to have a perspective on environment and able development (Kayastha, 1998). Though, development, and thereby help improve 'sustainable' has been considered as a compre- the quality of life. In spite of numerous plati- hensive expression of acceptable balance be- tudes in professions, it is not so. The world tween EPD issues, there are several terms now is faced with environmental problems of in currency, such as 'sustainable development', mounting nature, situations over develop- 'sustainable economy', 'sustainable society' and ment and overdevelopment, affluence and 'sustainable use'. The World Commission on poverty, all of which detract from the qual- Environment and Development (WCED) de- ity of life." fined sustainable development as development From the above observation it is apparent that means the needs of the present without that he use to consider environment, population compromising the ability of future generations and development together. In his work, such in- to meet their own needs. Further, the term has tegrated approach has been reflected. The hid- been criticized as ambiguous and open to a wide den factor is the resources. According to him, range of interpretations, many of which are con- development has strained the environment. The tradictory. The confusion has been caused be- profligate use of resources of energy, water, land cause of using these terms interchangeably, as and forest by the rich, and to meet the needs of if their meanings were considered almost the the poor, whose numbers are ever-increasing, same. They are not. 'Sustainable growth' is a is making environmental and developmental contradiction in terms : nothing physical can A Critique of Professor Kayastha's Contributions 3 grow indefinitely. 'Sustainable use' is applicable nificance of a river basin concept which now only to renewable resources : it means using has been so widely accepted approach for de- them at rates within their capacity for renewal. velopment. Nevertheless, he did not confined to In addition, 'sustainable development' is used regional level for dealing with EPD issues. He in this strategy to mean : improving the quality was one of the foremost geographers to deal of human life while living within the carrying with policies, legislation and philosophy.