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Ecological History of Calcutta's Wetland Conversion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Dhrubajyoti Ghosh  and
Susmita Sen
Dhrubajyoti Ghosh
Affiliation:
Respectively Director and Research Associate, Institute of Wetland Management & Ecological Design, 15 Darga Road, Calcutta 700017, India.
Susmita Sen
Affiliation:
Respectively Director and Research Associate, Institute of Wetland Management & Ecological Design, 15 Darga Road, Calcutta 700017, India.
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The interest in the wetlands ecosystems on Calcutta's periphery should be understood in the context of the search for development alternatives—for locally-adapted, appropriate modes of development rather than transplantation of alien models. Too often, planners look abroad for ideas without realizing that appropriate principles and practices are present in their own backyards. We are now coming to understand that ecodevelopment entails bringing together creative techniques with the ways in which people perceive and approach the issues of quality of life through environmental changes that are in the forefront of planning debates. Human and ecologically-sound planning requires an integration of such understanding with suitable techniques and procedures.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1987 , pp. 219 - 226
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1987

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