Economics of Sustainable Development
Contents: Preface. I. Issues, concepts and measurement of sustainable development: 1. Economics of sustainable development: issues and concerns/Surjit Singh. 2. Sustainable development: concept and measurement/Bikrama Singh and Nripendra Kumar. 3. Economics of sustainable development/S.N. Chaturvedi, Devna Sharma, Shikha Nagalia and V.B.S. Chaurasia. 4. Sustainable development in a dynamic world: with special reference to India/Dev Raj. 5. Measurement of sustainable development/K.A. Rasure. 6. Corporate social responsibility as a social issue: integrating triple bottom line and sustainability/G.S. Monga. 7. Carbon trading: a practical approach to sustainable development/Rajiv Nandan and P.K. Ghosh. 8. Use of biodiesel as a fuel for sustainable development/Roopesh P. Joshi. 9. Think globally, act locally--key strategies for the sustainable development: concern for Ganga at Varanasi/Anup K. Mishra and P.K. Sen. 10. Fly ash for sustainable development/Rashmi P. II. Environmental aspects of sustainable development: 11. Environmental imperatives of sustainable development: some theoretical underpinnings/I.D. Gupta. 12. Sustainable development and climate change/Mithilesh Kumar Sinha and Yogendra Kumar. 13. Sustainable environment for sustainable development: green economics of India/Geetanjali Sharma. 14. Environment and development: vision for future/Yadwendra Singh. III. Sustainability of agriculture: 15. Concept and strategies of sustainable agriculture system/K.G. Suresh Kumar. 16. Agriculture crisis and challenges to sustainable economic development: a global perspective/Pradeep S. Chauhan. 17. Dryland farming and sustainability of Indian agriculture/S. Rengarajan. 18. Sustainable development: evidence from Himachal Pradesh\'s agriculture/K.K. Kaushik, Sanju Karol and Yashwant Hartta. 19. Agriculture in India: a need for sustainable food security/M.A. Salam, A. Akram Khan, F. Alam and E. Anwer. 20. Sustainable agricultural development: prospects for progress--a case study/D. Rudrappan. 21. Inequalities in agricultural development in Haryana/S.S. Somra, Naresh Malik and Kuldeep. IV. Issues of international cooperation: 22. Globalisation and global warming: is sustainable development an answer?--an analysis/Parmanand Singh and Arun Kumar Thakur. 23. Global warming, sustainable development and WTO/Debesh Bhowmik. 24. Solutions to transboundary pollution: application of game theory and economics of international agreements/Sandeep Kumar. 25. Regional trade agreements and environmental provisions for sustainable development/Rishi Vivek Dhar and U.S. Rai. V. Correlates of sustainable development: 26. Economic growth, poverty and sustainable development: problems and prospects/Ripudaman Singh. 27. Poverty alleviation and sustainable development/Priti Kashyap and Shatyaki. 28. Development sans adequate employment generation cannot be sustainable in India/Shakun Palharya. 29. Household energy consumption pattern in India: issues of sustainability/B.P. Chandramohan and C. Mayakrishnan. 30. Consumption patterns and the sustainable economic development/I. Janaki. 31. Women and sustainable development: a case study of North Bihar/R.B. Thakur and Satendra Narayan Singh. Index.
The 1992 earth summit in Rio de Janeiro, a landmark conference, put sustainable development on the map. The largest international gathering ever held at the time, the summit brought 108 heads of state and government to Rio, where they endorsed agenda 21, the action plan for a sustainable future. There is agreement that the earth summit--officially the United National Conference on Environment and Development--was a major success in raising public awareness about the need to fully integrate environmental and social considerations into economic development policy.
Since Rio, there have been extensive efforts to implement sustainable development by governments, international organizations, local authorities, businesses, citizen groups and individuals, agenda 21 remains a powerful long-term vision for balancing economic and social needs with the capacity of the earth\'s resources and ecosystems. Almost twenty years after Rio, the goals of agenda 21 have still not been fully realized and there is universal agreement that efforts much be redoubled so that our future generations can enjoy the same, if not more, level of development that our generation enjoys. The action plan includes sections on poverty, changing consumption patterns, international trade and cooperation, promoting sustainable agriculture, rural development and protection of atmosphere. (jacket)
The 1992 earth summit in Rio de Janeiro, a landmark conference, put sustainable development on the map. The largest international gathering ever held at the time, the summit brought 108 heads of state and government to Rio, where they endorsed agenda 21, the action plan for a sustainable future. There is agreement that the earth summit--officially the United National Conference on Environment and Development--was a major success in raising public awareness about the need to fully integrate environmental and social considerations into economic development policy.
Since Rio, there have been extensive efforts to implement sustainable development by governments, international organizations, local authorities, businesses, citizen groups and individuals, agenda 21 remains a powerful long-term vision for balancing economic and social needs with the capacity of the earth\'s resources and ecosystems. Almost twenty years after Rio, the goals of agenda 21 have still not been fully realized and there is universal agreement that efforts much be redoubled so that our future generations can enjoy the same, if not more, level of development that our generation enjoys. The action plan includes sections on poverty, changing consumption patterns, international trade and cooperation, promoting sustainable agriculture, rural development and protection of atmosphere. (jacket)
