Sustainable Development : Contemporary Issues and Emerging Perspective

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. List of contributors. I. General Perspective: 1. Sustainability of development : a case study of Punjab State/B.S. Bhatia and Dhiraj Sharma. 2. Inclusive sustainable development/B.B. Tandon and Arunesh Garg. 3. Promoting sustainable actions for better community ownerships, development and livelihoods/Prabhjot Sodhi. 4. United Nations’ indicators of sustainable development/Satish Verma. 5. Sustainable development in India/R.M. Myer, Kavita Arora and Rajesh Marwaha. 6. Natural resources and sustainable economic development in India/Sanjay Kaushik and Bimal Anjum. II. Environmental Perspective: 7. Indoor air pollution: an addent to global warming/Sandhya Arora and Chetna Bharti. 8. Global warming: a global warning indeed!/Jyoti Garg. 9. Role of NGOs in environmental management/Sandeep Virdi and B.B. Singla. 10. Evolution from end-of-pipe waste management approach to environmental management systems approach/Akepati S. Reddy. 11. A study of the awareness of environment-related issues among management students/Dalbir Kaur. 12. A study of eco-friendly initiatives and commitment to sustainable development at Tata Chemicals Limited/Ravi Kumar Gupta. 13. Environmental integration: a step towards sustainable development/Er. Sandeep Singla and Er. Aarti Bansal. III. Sustainable Agriculture: 14. Management of water resources for sustainable agriculture in Punjab/D.S. Taneja. 15. Role of sustainable agriculture in sustainable development/Anil Kumar Chojar. 16. Natural resource management and productivity enhancement through organic agriculture/Sukhbir Sandhu and Harpinder Singh. IV. Educational Initiatives: 17. Rights of the child worker and quality of education for sustainable development/Rajwant Kaur and Navjot Kaur Brar. 18. Education for sustainable development: some issues and concerns/Sheenam Kapoor. 19. Educational initiatives for sustainable development/Ram Bansal and Sandeep Bansal. 20. Education for sustainability/Charanjit Dhillon. 21. Sustainance of environment: educating ethically/Chetna Bharti ad Sandhya. V. IT Perspective: 22. Vulnerabilities in ICT as a threat to sustainable development/B.S. Bhatia and S.N. Panda. 23. Managing knowledge for sustainability: integrating KM with sustainable development/Neeraj Sharma, Kawaljeet Singh and D.P. Goyal. 24. Generic IT model for sustainable growth/Ranjeev Kumar Chopra. 25. Bridging the divide: the role of technology in sustainable development/Ratinder Kaur. 26. Resolving cutting and packing problem of industry for sustainable development/Leena Jain and Kawaljeet Singh. 27. Simulation software evaluation: a hierarchical framework/Ashu Gupta, Kawaljeet Singh and Rajesh Verma. 28. Information technology and Indian banking: agenda for sustainable development/R.K. Uppal. VI. Human resource perspective: 29. Sustainable development and informal sector in India/D.R. Singh. 30. Role of HR in a firm’s sustainability journey/Shilpi Goyal. 31. Sustainable development and HRD in twenty-first century/Rohit Markan and Tarandeep Kaur. VII. Corporate perspective: 32. Sustainable entrepreneurship in SMEs/N.K. Maheshwary. 33. Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development: a case of Indian banking/Pooja Sharma. 34. Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development/Kokam Kaur and Shammi Kumar. VIII. Capital Market Sustainability: 35. Indian capital market: reforms and sustainability/Rajpreet K. Sidhu and Kiran Sood. 36. Indian capital markets -- sustainable and development perspectives/Navdeep Kaur and Sveta Goyal. IX. Other emerging perspectives: 37. Globalization: how far environmentally sustainable?/Manjari Tejpal. 38. Performance budgeting: sustainable development through zero tolerance for wastage of public resources/Nazir Ahmad Gilkar. 39. Sustainable development: use of CNG/Arvind Mittal. 40. Sustainable development and disaster management/Jog Singh Bhatia. 41. Special economic zones: growing economy/Vinty Monga. 42. Role of patents and Intellectual Property Rights in environmental management/Lalit Singla and Sahil Raj. Index.

“Sustainable development has become a strategic global goal. It describes development that takes into consideration the need to conserve both the natural environment and the world’s scarce non-renewable resources for future generations. Sustainable development can be viewed as encapsulating different ways of looking at varied issues and choices. While people interpret it in different ways, it is not a rejection of the objective of growth and increasing standards of living, but rather a view that understanding and right attitude can contribute to prosperity and at the same time advance the non-economic aspects of a better quality of life. Thus, sustainable development is an act of balancing economic, social, and environmental benefits through implementation of development policies, programs, and projects that will not enhance one type of benefit at the cost of others. Sustainable development also requires a major overhaul in the mindset, attitude, and behavior of the local people as well as of the international community. Though the problem seems insurmountable, nevertheless, the present book serves an important purpose: to initiate debate and discussion on a new paradigm for sustainable development in the contemporary period.

The book is useful for corporate executives, managers, consultants, academicians, researchers and students in understanding the fundamental problems associated with sustainable development issues. It also focuses on the technological changes and trends that are revolutionizing the various knowledge areas for providing the solutions for sustainable development. The book is very useful for the students of education, environment, law, agriculture, IT, business management, computer science, engineering and so on. It is also handy for general reference. In nutshell, the book is useful for everyone who is curious about the issues concerning sustainable development.” (jacket)