Kanchan Chopra
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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 book provides a fresh perspective on the linkages between distress out-migration, poverty and environmental degradation in India. The authors’ hypothesis is that the establishment of properly constituted property rights through institutional intervention is the key in mitigating poverty and to stemming distress out-migration from rural to urban areas. They provide conclusive evidence concerning the impact of institutional changes on environmental ...
The papers in this volume, presented at the Second Biennial Conference of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics, held at Bhopal in December 2001, address wide-ranging issues related to water resources, sustainable livelihoods and eco-system services, with special reference to India. Starting with an examination of water-related issues at the macro-level, they provide multiple perspectives of hydrology, economics, political economy and water-related ...
In India the process of modernization and development was initiated in the early 1950s, bringing in its fold a number of issues. This book discusses and analyses from an economic and social perspective some of these vital concerns--growth, equity, environment and human resources. It is a collection of the work of researchers at the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), inspired by the forthcoming Golden Jubilee Year of the IEG. The essays in the volume employ ...