Economic Growth and Environment" is aimed to look into the various environmental issues of development. It proves into the environmental imbalance arising out of economic growth, industrial growth, transport growth, population growth, urbanisation etc. The book puts forth certain framework for attaining environmentally sustainable development. Besides economic aspects, sociopolitical aspects of environment degenaration and environment protection have also been taken into consideration. Proper agricultural policy, industrail policy, growth policy, fiscal policy and population policy are prescribed for the environmental protection in various economics specially LDCs. The book brings into clear focus the problems arising from uneven development, exploitative production and unthoughtful consumption. It provides critical framework for the analysis of the problems out-springing from the relationship between environment, bureaucracy, technocracy, industry, agriculture and urbanisation. It also gives some suggestions to overcome these problems.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S. Murty
Dr. (Mrs.) S. Murty is presently Professor and Head of Economics Department in Vikram University, Ujjain. She has written 16 books on Indian Banking, Advanced Banking, Regionial Disparities inEconoics Development, Changing Indian Economic Order, Structural Transformation of Indian Economy, Money, Inflatiion and Economic Growth, India's International Trade and Rupee Exchange Rate, Financial Sector Reforms and Economic Growth, Economic Reforms and Growth, Economic Growth and Environment, Market Economy and Growth, Multinational Corporation in India, Issues in Indian Economy, Policy Decisiioins for the New World Order. Some Important Issues inIndian Economy, Employment of Women and Child Labour in India. She has published one hundred and fifty papers in various journals, attended several seminars and conferences. Twenty-four research scholars have been awarded Ph.D. under her guidance. Dr. Murty visited the United Kingdom under Young Scientist Exchange Scheme between India and the U.K. She has worked as Academic visitor in London Schools of Economics and Political Science, where she was accorded the status of Academic staff. She has been in Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster, Leicester and Wales Universities. She has also visited the U.S.A., Italy and West Germany. Dr.Murty's name has been included inmany international directories and biographies. She has publsiehd a project on "Employment Generation by SBI," and is working on a UGC Project on "Status of SC Women". She has also directed a survey on "Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Programme" in Ujjain district sponsored by "World Health Organisation".
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