Ecology and Human Well-Being

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The contribution of ecology for human well-being remains blurred in decision-making frameworks, although its impact on societal well-being is profound.  This volume presents some of the latest developments in research in interdisciplinary traditions of ecological economics in India.  It outlines strategies and politics that can be adopted to ensure ecological sustainability.  Containing both methodological and empirical essays, the book covers a number of critical issues including: Ecological and social resilience, Ecosystem services and quality of life, Policy reform for sustainable development, Governance and ecosystems, Valuing changes in the ecosystem, Communities and collective action.  Overall, the contributors maintain that it is essential to rethink the criteria used in the design of development processes in order to avoid committing ecological blunders.  The volume focuses on the need for bridging the knowledge systems of ecology and economics and, as such, will be of interest to researchers, environmentalists, economists and development practitioners.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR B. Sudhakara Reddy

B. Sudhakara Reddy is Professor and Coordinator, Energy and Environment Group, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pushpam Kumar

Pushpam Kumar, Reader at the Institute of Economic Growth, holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from the Delhi University. He has taught Master’s level students in the Department of Business Economics, Delhi University for several years. He is the Member Secretary to the World Bank constituted Environmental Economics Training committee for Practicing Economists and Non-Economists (EETCPN) of the ‘World Bank Aided India Environmental Management Capacity Building Technical Assistance Project in Environmental Economics’. He is involved in many international collaborative research projects and currently he is Coordinator of Responses Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA). His research interests include valuation and accounting of ecosystem services, bioprospecting and corporate social responsibility. His earlier book was Linkages of Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development: Some Issues in Modelling, Accounting and Valuation, Manak Publications, Delhi.

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Title
Ecology and Human Well-Being
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8178297125
Length
xxv+404p., Tables; Figures; Index; 26cm.
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