Socio-Economic Analysis of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in West Bengal

by Sayantan Chakrabarti, Joyashree Roy, Abhijit Das

Book Overview

This book presents a socio-economic analysis of the issues linking technological innovation in providing arsenic-safe drinking water in rural areas. It presents concrete field based experiences of experiments and case studies depicting the plight and sufferings of people due to failed technological deployment strategies over the past two decades in West Bengal, the most arsenic-exposed state in India and also the first to act for remediation of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811092273
• ISBN13: 9789811092275
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"