Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliographies

1. Hoekstra, A.Y. and A.K. Chapagain. “ Water Footprints of Nations : Water Use by    People            as a Function of their Consumption Patterns.” Water Resources        Management 21, no. 1 (2007) : 2

This journal article provides information about the water footprints of different nations and it also compares the nations against each other with detailed graphs and tables. The many ways water is used is also mentioned in this article with people using both blue water and green water. Blue water is the water that is taken from underground aquifers and surface water, while green water is the moisture left over in the soil. India is one of eight countries that make up fifty percent of the worlds total water footprint which is 1240 m3 /cap/yr. India has the largest impact of seventeen percent, but most of this seventeen percent comes from the trading of virtual water, only thirteen percent of India’s water footprint comes from the residents.

This journal article is a reliable, peer – reviewed source about the water footprints of different nations because it was found using the PSU database. Even though this article is from 2005, the authors concentrated on a problem that very few people were interested in and now it is a main concern for many around the world, because the world is running out of water.

         (Nicole Colello)

2. Rain, David R., John F, Long and Michael R. Ratcliffe. “Measuring Population Pressure on the Landscape: Comparative GIS Studies in China, India, and the United States.” Population and Environment 28, no 6 (2007) : 321 – 336.

This article provides information about the effects that are caused by the human population in China, India and the United States, the world’s three most populated countries. The populations of the three cities in the three countries were measured by LandScan techniques, based on the local population densities and urbanization. This source is valuable because it states the population densities of the three countries. The population density is the total population divided by the total area of land. China had a population density of 135 people per square kilometer, while the United States had only 30 people per square kilometer, and lastly India has a population density of 341 people per square kilometer. China’s population density is three times the world average, the US is surprisingly below the world average and India is eight times the world average.

This is a reliable, peer-reviewed source about India’s population because it came from the Population and Environment journal. The article provides information about the population density of India and compares it to that of China’s and the United States.

(Nicole Colello)

3. Rao, Mala. 2010. "The impact of climate change on health in India". Perspectives in            Public Health. 130 (1): 15-16.

This article provides useful information about the ways climate change is affecting India and the ways it is projected to affect India in the future. According to the article India is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, because of the geography of the country, diverse population and strong dependence on fossil fuels. Climate change will have a major impact on the health of India’s residents because if the crops do not grow, then people will having nothing to eat and will go hungry. The health of the crops is also affecting many farmers’ lives, many farmers are committing suicide because they do not grow enough to sustain enough food and money for their families. Even though India is ranked third behind the United States and China in total volume of emissions, their goal is to lower their emissions to the same amount as developing countries. This resource is valuable because this article has lots of information on what the climate will do to India, mostly on the health of the residents, but the environment is also briefly covered.

This source is peer – reviewed and reliable because it was discovered using PSU’s WorldCat database by typing in keywords, India’s climate change

                                                                                                                    (Nicole Colello)

Culture of India

S. Radhakrishnan Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol. 233, India Speaking (May, 1944), pp. 18-21 Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. in association with the American Academy of Political and Social Science Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1025817

                This article does a very good job at giving the reader an insight to the type of people that live in India. It is very descriptive and detailed about their belief systems. They are very spiritual people, and their views of others come from the goodness they have within rather then what they have done. They look for wisdom, experience, and a good heart. They believe that all life is holy. They also appreciate intelligence, and the sciences. The article later talks about India’s past oppression, and how it has had no influence on their belief system. 

This is a peer reviewed article and it was found on the scholarly search engine JSTOR, which hosts peer reviewed articles on the web.

(Rebecca Bitbol)

High-resolution Climate Change Scenarios for India for the 21st Century

Kumar, R. Rupa., A. K. Sahai, S. K. Patwardhan, P. K. Mishra, J. V. Revadekar,, K. Kamala, and G. B. Pant. "SPECIAL SECTION: CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDIA." High-resolution Climate Change Scenarios for India for the 21st Century. 10 Feb. 2006. Web. 1 Feb. 2010. <http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/feb102006/334.pdf>.

                This article gives a detailed approach to potential climate change scenarios, as the title says, for the future. It contains several detailed graphs showing temperature and rainfall predictions, which is the focus of this paper. These predictions span between the years of 1860, and 2100. The article discusses the increase in greenhouse gasses and Sulphate aerosols that are being released into the atmosphere, and as a result of this the in temperature and rainfall likeliness are to increase. It also states that night temperatures are found to be increasing at a higher rate than day temperatures. This article is very useful for those concerned with the future climate change in India. It processes very good evidence, as well as a detailed discussion about their findings.

This is a peer reviewed article and it was found on EBSCOhost. On this website it gives information regarding the article, and at the bottom of the page it articulates that it is a peer reviewed article.

UN Document

World Communications on Environment and Development. "Our Common Future, Chapter 9: The Urban Challenge - A/42/427 Annex, Chapter 9 - UN Documents: Gathering a Body of Global Agreements." UN Documents: Gathering a Body of Global Agreements. Hyperlinked Collection of More than 500 Key United Nations Documents. 24 Nov. 2010. Web. 13 Feb. 2011. <http://www.un-documents.net/ocf-09.htm#I.1>.

This document covers what they call, “the crisis in third world cities,” which they include India in. They talk about the expected increase of the percent of the populations that will be living in urban cities between the years of 1950 and 2000. It also talks about potential environmental problems within India, and how the Government needs to take a stand in helping with these situations. They believe that governments should partner with the developers of the cities and help with the future of development. Current development is expanding quickly, making the process very expensive. The article also talks about other harms of development which could be avoided. This article is useful because it discusses the implications of certain types of development that India is taking a part in.

This document was found on UN-Documents.net, a site that hosts government agreements on the web for the public to see.

(Rebecca Bitbol)

Irena Salina,  Flow: For the Love of Water documentary (September 2008)

This documentary is a media source as it pertains to current events concerning water. Part of our world region, India, is included in this documentary. India is mentioned in the documentary as having contaminated water throughout the whole country, so much so that 70,000 people died from drinking water in 2007 and thousands of people are continuing to die every year. Their water contains various diseases such as Cholera, but although people know this they cannot afford clean water so they have no choice but to drink from the contaminated streams and wells. I found this information to be of value because it is bringing attention to what is happening in India concerning their water and how it relates to the rest of the world. This information is extremely important because it does not only pertain to an area of India, but the whole country and how it is facing a water crisis that is resulting in thousands of deaths per year. I found this source to be reliable because within this one source, you are actually hearing from other sources as well. Different people are in the documentary sharing information, and a couple are living in India so they are providing information from personal experience.

(Stephanie McMahon)