Delineation of Environmental Issues in Urban areas of Hooghly District in West Bengal

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of some of the significant urban environmental issues in Hooghly district. These issues are giving challenges to governments and other stakeholders within and outside Hooghly district to seek for long term solutions by addressing the causes of these problems. The paper addressing although the environmental issues which are facing the urban areas of Hooghly district, but those have to be tackled at the national level, the different agencies and outside government need a strong coordination and interventions in different sectors in the rural and urban areas. The major issues are the outcome of poor terms of International trade, political instability, poverty, declining economic performance and international debt.