Gopal K Kadekodi
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Where does India stand in terms of social and economic development goals? Are we at a crossroad today when it comes to economic development? With liberalization and globalization as the backdrop, this timely book discusses the most recent advances and changes in agriculture, rural transformation and institutional development in India. It emphasizes that public policy and decentralized local institutions have to move in tandem to ensure sustainable and deliverable ...
The book is the outcome of a collaborative multi-disciplinary research carried out by the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, and G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development Kosi. The book is addressed to fill some vacuum in policy oriented socio-economic research to arrive at the value of a natural resource namely, water in a regional context such as Kumaon. The methodology adopted ...
The concept of sustainable development has long been a focus of debate in the social and natural sciences. The debate currently rages principally between environmentalists who plead for resource sustainability, and economists who favour sustainable incomes and consumption levels. According to the authors of this cogent volume, equitable and sustainable development is possible only if ecological constraints are internalised in the technological and institutional ...
This is one of the first books in India on common property resource management. 'Commons' represents all resources--natural as well as man-made--which are not necessarily owned by any individual or groups of individuals. The book presents detailed case studies of successful management of common property resources--such as wastelands, water, or forest land--in the Indian context. The author discusses the earliest efforts at common property management and takes the ...
This book brings together some important case studies in environmental economics in India. It outlines the social-scientific tools and methodologies involved in the management of natural resources of a developing economy such as India. Industrialization and increasing rates of growth have accompanying social costs such as rising demands on the natural and environmental resources of a country. Management of the environment is, therefore, of prime importance to ...