Geography and You – August 2018

The issue on Changing World: Events that Matter throws light on recent changes in the areas of social , geology, climate change, and population that are changing the world as we know it. The topics covered in this issue include permafrost thaw, the Meghalayan Age, efficacy of state-wise bans on plastic, and more. We speak with Amitabh Kundu, an economist and expert on urbanisation, population and poverty on the implications of the findings of NFHS 4 and Dr Rajagopalan Vasudevan on the need to manage plastic waste by recycling it.