This is the third volume in the series, The State of Natural and Human Resources of India’ sponsored by the National Association of Geographers, India (NAGI). As a first step in this direction, the Association resolved to publish compendiums putting together articles, reports and other materials relevant to the theme in a manner that would present a total and comprehensive scenario of the state of natural and human resources of India. However, in the present volume original unpublished papers have been included on general land use, geomorphology, land degradation and models of mapping. The general editor of the series, Professor R.P. Misra, is a senior geographer, Bhoogol Ratna, and Fellow of NAGI.