Environment and Economic Development
Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Population and environmental change/D.N. Patil, Swapna L. Patil and Ravindragouda K. Patil. 2. Climate change and food security--sparkling issues/C. Rajasekar and K. Raja. 3. Gender and climate change in India : some issues/C. Muthuraja. 4. Climate change and its effect on agriculture/P. Mercy Kumari, K. Mahendra Kumar and B. Sambasiva Rao. 5. Air pollution impact on health, climate and crop yielding/M. Rajani and C.S.N. Raju. 6. Environmental degradation, economic development and climate change : need for an alternative paradigm for sustainable development /P. Thirupathy. 7. Issues and challenges of climate change and environmental management/Sita Ram Singh and Mohan Pd. Shrivastava. 8. Vehicular pollution and climate change in India/S.N. Sukumar and Eswari Ramesh. 9. Climate change : need for an environmental awakening/Punam. 10. Climate change, environment and economic development : need for an alternative paradigm for sustainable development/Madhu Satam, Aparna Dattatray Kulkarni and Shelke Vinay Shantaram. 11. Global warming and sustainable economic development : issues and challenges/Sathyanarayana. 12. Carbon emission and climate change : global and national concerns/Nidhi Sharma and Pravin Kumar. 13. Climate change and Indian agriculture/Rahman J. and Sheereen Z. 14. Impact of climate change on human health : a worm\'s eye view/V. Devaraj. 15. Climate change and its impact on agriculture/Satyabrata Mishra. 16. Climate change and agriculture/Ranvir Kumar. 17. Trends of urbanisation and environmental degradation in India : an analysis/Uzma Khan. 18. Waste to energy in the mitigation of global warming/R. Varadan. 19. Vehicular growth, air pollution and climate change in India/A. Gunasekaran. 20. Climate change : concept, causes, consequences and cure/Suman Pamecha and Jasleen Sethi. 21. Environment and prospect of sustainable development/Birendra Kumar Jha. 22. Economics of global warming and climate change : challenge ahead/Bishwa Nath Singh. 23. Climate change and agriculture : mitigation and adaptation/Bikrama Singh and Nripendra Kumar. 24. Environmental problems, nature and sustainable development/Manoj Modiyani. 25. Climate change : origin, concept, measures, impacts, mitigation and adaptation/N. Saravanakumar. 26. Environment and economic development--a dynamic approach/Banarsi Yadav. 27. Economics of climate change : needs international efforts/S. Suresh. 28. Temperature elasticity of electricity demand and global climate change : a study of Chennai city/K. Chitra Devi and B.P. Chandramohan. 29. Migration, environment and climate change/S. Dhanasekaran and S.N. Sukumar. 30. The steps to green maritime transport and tackling climate change/K. Jayaraman and S.N. Sukumar. 31. Proper waste management for better environment/N.K.P. Sinha and Ratnesh Kumar. 32. An ecological profile of climatic change : global challenges and opportunities/Niraj Kumar and Anju Sinha. 33. Agricultural scenario of India in the context of changing climate--an analysis/Kusheshwar Thakur, Birendra Kumar Mandal and Uma Shankar Bharti. 34. Climate change and sustainable development/Anath Bandhu Mukherjee. 35. Environmental problems and economic development/Prabha Kumari. 36. Impact of global warming on Indian economy/Janaki Radha Krishnan and K. Vetrivel. 37. Issues of climate change : global and national concerns/Sunindita Pan.38. Climate change, sustainable development and India : global and national concerns/A. Myilsamy. 39. Climate change and India/D. Ramesh and S. Narayanan. Index.
The book contains studies on environmental economics, climate change, deforestation, pollution, global warming and sustainable development and their impacts on different sectors of the economy, their relevance and challenges in India under the changing scenario of the world. The book brings a unique ringside perspective to the current issues of global climate change and sustainable economic development.
The thirty-nine papers included in this book are contributed by economist, academicians and scholars at different stages of their working career and belonging to different universities, colleges and policy institutes.
The book is expected to be of special interest to those who are keen to know the current changes and challenges in climate change, environment and economic development, academicians, researchers and the general readers. It would also be useful to the policy-makers for understanding the local and global requirements and effective implementation of changes in the theme. (jacket)
The book contains studies on environmental economics, climate change, deforestation, pollution, global warming and sustainable development and their impacts on different sectors of the economy, their relevance and challenges in India under the changing scenario of the world. The book brings a unique ringside perspective to the current issues of global climate change and sustainable economic development.
The thirty-nine papers included in this book are contributed by economist, academicians and scholars at different stages of their working career and belonging to different universities, colleges and policy institutes.
The book is expected to be of special interest to those who are keen to know the current changes and challenges in climate change, environment and economic development, academicians, researchers and the general readers. It would also be useful to the policy-makers for understanding the local and global requirements and effective implementation of changes in the theme. (jacket)
