The Economic Cost Benefit Analysis (ECBA) is a method used by Japan Bank of International Cooperation to measure the economic efficiency of proposed policy changes for Swan River Flood Management and Integrated Land Development Project (SRFM & ILDP). It includes Phase I and Phase II (Part)...

In India, Joint Forest Management (JFM) is one of the recognized organizational systems to regenerate forest resources, meeting local needs of people and sharing expected benefits. This study examines the factors that affect success of JFM program by testing the hypothesis that JFM committees'...

This paper examines the factors affecting child health due to drinking water quality and sanitation in Chromepet and Pallavaram Township of Tamil Nadu. The model has been estimated using Probit Model and Cox-Proportional Model using a Primary data. The results of the analysis show that drinking...

Farmers across the developing nations often resort to sub optimal decision-making regarding farming activities due to lack of credible and relevant information. In this context, as a medium and source of information dissemination, the role of smartphone and mobile phone application (MPA) have...

The present day shortage of water, quite often termed, as water crisis is a human made disaster. Two major shifts in water management account for this disaster, the state emerging as the provider of water supply and the decline in the practice of technology of using rainwater. In a city like...