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Title: HAPHAZARD GROWTH OF HUMAN HABITATION IN AND AROUND NAINITAL, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA : ECOLOGICALLY UNBALANCED MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP SCENARIO
Authors: Manisha Tripathi
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Manisha Tripathi Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital-263002, Uttarakhand, India
MLA 8 Tripathi, Manisha. "HAPHAZARD GROWTH OF HUMAN HABITATION IN AND AROUND NAINITAL, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA : ECOLOGICALLY UNBALANCED MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP SCENARIO." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 12, Dec. 2018, pp. 7589-7607, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=557. Accessed Dec. 2018. APA 6 Tripathi, M. (2018, December). HAPHAZARD GROWTH OF HUMAN HABITATION IN AND AROUND NAINITAL, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA : ECOLOGICALLY UNBALANCED MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP SCENARIO. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(12), 7589-7607. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=557 Chicago Tripathi, Manisha. "HAPHAZARD GROWTH OF HUMAN HABITATION IN AND AROUND NAINITAL, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA : ECOLOGICALLY UNBALANCED MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP SCENARIO." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 12 (December 2018), 7589-7607. Accessed December, 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=557.
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Abstract: The most recent and visible possible reason for the alarming situation in Nainital and its neighboring areas are; rapidly growing uncontrolled human habitation, haphazard settlement pattern and its continuous expansion and unplanned road construction. The growing population and frequent influx of people from surrounding areas are having potentially serious consequences on the lake. Until recently, one of the main damages caused by haphazard human settlement in the lake area has been illegal deforestation in the densely forested surrounding areas. Illegal encroachment and construction of houses, hotels and shops on large tracts of land around the lake area is damaging the vital elements of the lake. Due to unplanned settlement patterns and land-use modification, the lake has not only been recorded shrinking in its surface area, but its condition has also become eutrophic to a great extent because of the haphazard development of human settlements, more human settlements around the lake. Waste is generated, which eventually finds its way into the lake water. The continuous environmental degradation in the lake area has increased the intensity of environmental stress . The objective of this paper is to assess the past and present settlements in Nainital with respect to the nature of environmental degradation and to evaluate the human activities that are the possible causes of environmental changes in the Nainital lake region. In addition, some remedial measures for city and lake watershed management have also been proposed.

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