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Synopsis The definition of 'resources' changes drastically and unpredictably from time to time and from place to place. But the general notion is always something necessary or useful like food, air, water and materials that skilled hands and discerning minds can turn to the improvement of human lot. Thus, the problems of 'resource management' have arisen. The concern for 'resources management' is a history of changing perceptions on resource availability and of fluctuating demand for resources. The articles in this book, focus attention on 'resource management' especially on environmental resources, land resources, water resources and human resources. It includes global environmental change, management of resource, deterioration of resources, globalization of the third world, application of the modern technology for resource management, self sustainable development, land degradation, analysis of meso region, changing relationship between villages, large scale farming and environment, land use planning for arid ecosystems, pesticide impacts, community resource use structure, char land, coal mining and its impact on deforestation, salt affected lands, management of water resources, drinking water supply, agricultural marginalization, child labour, urban poverty, rural systems, impacts of immigration, problems of working women female health in Germany, Russia, U.S.A., Canada, Caribbean Region, Turkey, Hungary, Spain, Brazil, South Africa and in various parts of India.