Environment and Sustainable Development : Global Issues

Contents: 1. Environment and peace: a case study from British Columbia, Canada/I.S. Chauhan and S.N. Chaudhary. 2. Sustainable society or risk society?/Bipul Kumar Bhadra. 3. Environment and sustainable development: a sociological perspective/D.P. Saxena. 4. Impact of the Himalaya on modification of ecosystem, of Indian subcontinent and Asia: a review/O.P. Goel. 5. Desertification and combat measures/R.K. Saxena. 6. State governance of environmental conservation and its impact in Bikaner State during the eighteenth century/Kanti Lai Mathur. 7. Environment and sustainable development/Anoop Kumar Singh. 8. Do we really need development?/Manish Kumar Verma. 9. Environmental peacemaking: an opportunity for emerging international order/A.P. Singh. 10. The environment and sustainable development: an Indian perspective/Bela Bhanot. 11. Behavioural environment and marketing management/Divya Joshi. 12. Internalization of eco-friendly behaviour through education: some creative interventions/Kumkum Srivastava. 13. Natural resources and sustainable development/Smriti Bhosle. 14. Philosophical relationship between mining and mother earth through ages/Satish Kaushik, B.L. Sharma and M.L. Bhadu. 15. Role of NGO\'s in soil conservation activities in sustainable development/Vidya Joshi. 16. Science, environment and social constructivism/Kaushal Kishore Shrivastava. 17. Environment and sustainable development/Pratap Pinjani. 18. Environmental protection and sustainable development/Indu Thakur. 19. Socio economic impact of drought in Rajasthan/Subroto Dutta and Pinkey Chowhan.

From the Preface: "The concept of sustainable development has been defined as a kind of development that meets the needs of the future generations to meet their own needs. The paradigm of sustainable development is an outcome of the concept of developmentalism and environmentalism. Population explosion, rapid industrialization and exploitation of natural resources is resulting into ecological imbalance, scarcity of resources, pollution and many such problems. This ecological crisis and fight for the acquisition of powerful resources give rise to environmental conflict. Today this conflict and crisis has become not only a threat but also a matter of global concern. Even development becomes a threat if it is no sustainable. The concept of sustainable development advocates a balance between demand and supply of resources. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) declared that human beings are at the center of concerns for sustainable development, its ultimate goal being human welfare."