Papers of the 1st International Seminar on Contemporary Geo-environmental Issues in the Global South, CGEIGS 2025

Mukunda Mishra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and designated Vice-Principal of Dr. Meghnad Saha College in West Bengal, India. The college is affiliated with the University of Gour Banga. Dr. Mishra completed his postgraduate studies in geography and environmental management at Vidyasagar University and holds a Ph.D. in geography from the same university. He was selected for the National Merit Scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. His research chiefly focuses on analyzing unequal human development and creating multi-criteria predictive models. He has more than 10 years of hands-on experience in dealing with development issues at the ground level in various districts of eastern India. Dr. Mishra has, in his credit to publish one monograph and nine edited research volumes so far from the house of Springer-Nature, and he has more than twenty-five research articles and book chapters published in the journals and books of international repute. He has been serving as the reviewer of several reputed journals published by Springer-Nature and Elsevier Inc. etc.Tanmoy Sarkar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography of Gazole Maha-vidyalaya (College) in Malda, West Bengal, India. The college is affiliated with the University of Gour Banga. Dr. Sarkar completed his postgraduate studies in Geography and Environment Management, specializing in Remote Sensing & GIS at Vidyasagar University. He was awarded Ph.D. from Raiganj University. His research chiefly focuses on the application of geospatial tools and techniques and multi-criteria predictive models in addressing physical and human processes on the spatial framework. He has been teaching Geographical Science at the undergraduate level for more than ten years. He has working experience as an investigator in different research projects sponsored by DST and ICSSR. Dr. Sarkar has published three research papers in reputed journals, published by Springer Nature.Anjan Chakrabarti is a Professor-Director at UGC Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, The University of North Bengal. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the UGC Human Resource Development Centre at the University of Burdwan. Before joining Burdwan University, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at St. Joseph's College, Darjeeling. His research interests are Agrarian Bengal, Development Economics, Sustainable Development, and North East India. He has authored four books on Developmental Issues. He recently published an edited volume, "Indigeneity, Development and Sustainability: Perspectives from Northeast India", Springer Nature, 2024. He completed eight national and International Projects. Presently, he is carrying major research empirical project of ICSSR on gender inequality. He has contributed over 60 research articles in various national and international journals and edited volumes. He delivered more than 120 invited lectures in various premier institutes of national and international eminence. He visited Europe and South-East Asian Countries to present his research findings. He also serves as a visiting Professor in various Indian Universities including Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. Jadavpur Association of International Relations (JAIR) also awarded him the COVID-19 Warrior Award for his social contribution in 2019. He received the Global Education Leadership and Management Excellence Award from the Centre for Professional Advancement, West Midlands, UK, 2021 and the National Pride Award-2024 from the CKNKH Foundation National Committee, India, in 2024.

• Chapter 1. Emergence of Global South: Viewing through the Economic Geography Lens (Mishra).- Chapter 2. Afro-Asian Geo-Environment: Backpack of Liability, Onus or Responsibility (Kumar).- Chapter 3. Community Activism, Environmental Justice and Legal Contestations - A Case Study of Pollution from the EnviroServ Landfill in Shongweni, Durban’ (Anderson and Maharaj).- Chapter 4. Territorial Resilience in the Global South: Cartographies, Communities, and Bottom-up Solutions (Ayala).- Chapter 5. Particulate Organic Carbon in the Bay of Bengal (2000–2023): A Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Forecasting Using Google Earth Engine, SARIMA, and Holt-Winters Models (Puri).-  Chapter 6. The Empire and the Forestlands: Examining ‘Scientific Forestry’ in British India (1865-1947) (Sarkar).- Chapter 7. Locke, ‘Of Property’ and the Travel Literature of Carolina (Lanham).- Chapter 8. Translation and Ecology in the Global South: Mapping Crises, Resilience, and Sustainable Futures (Majee).- Chapter 9. Environment Education towards Sustainability: Reviewing the Theory and Practice in the SAARC Countries (Mondal and Islam).- Chapter 10. Dumpsites, Disease, and Urban Health: Structural Failures of Waste Governance in the Global South Cities (Sahoo and Hoque).- Chapter 11. A Review of the Association Between Maternal Age and Child Mortality in India Amid Changing Childbearing Patterns (Mandal).- Chapter 12. Integrating Tribal Community-based Knowledge into Indian Education: A Pathway to Sustainable Community Development (Mondal and Mondal).- Chapter 13. Occupational Health Hazards among Indigenous Out-Migrants in India: A Study on Santal, Savar and Bedia Communities in Purulia District, West Bengal (Gayak et al.).- Chapter 14. China-Bhutan Border Tensions and Their Impact on India: The Case of Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary (Boruah).- Chapter 15. Poverty, Livelihood Insecurity and Food Crisis in the Global South: Mapping the Challenges of Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2and Prescribing Sustainable Solutions (Rai et al).- Chapter 16. Assessing the Impact of MGNREGA in Rural Haryana: A Case Study of Sisar Khas Village, Rohtak District (Preeti and Kaushik).- Chapter 17. Environmental Challenges and Future of Urban Development in the Indian Himalaya: A Study on the Urban Centers in Tehri-Garhwal District, Uttarakhand, India (Basu).- Chapter 18. The Imperative of Shared Responsibility: SAARC Countries and the Sustainable Development of South Asia (Biswas).- Chapter 19. Impact of Forest Laws on Lives and Livelihood of Tribal women in India (Chakraborty).- Chapter 20. Brightness Dazzling Nights, Light Menacing Lives: India’s Silent Governance Crisis in the Sustainability Paradox (Ghosh).- Chapter 21. Place, Power, and the Politics of Sustainability: A Post-Structural Human Geography Perspective (Dhabak and Mondal).- Chapter 22. Howrah’s Colonial Dockyards and their Contribution to Early Urbanization: A Trail from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present (Saha and Das).- Chapter 23. Climate Change, Socio-economic Strain, and the Rise of Intimate Partner Violence in India: A Gendered Perspective (Ghosh).- Chapter 24. Reimagining Environmentalism, Resilience and Sustainability: Plant-thinking of Women in Colonial Bengal (Chakraborty).- Chapter 25. Zones of Exclusion and Resistance: Political Ecologies of Coal Common in Angul-Talcher, Odisha (Roy).