Economics of Sustainable Development

Contents Preface I Issues concepts and measurement of sustainable development 1 Economics of sustainable development issues and concernsSurjit Singh 2 Sustainable development concept and measurementBikrama Singh and Nripendra Kumar 3 Economics of sustainable developmentSN Chaturvedi Devna Sharma Shikha Nagalia and VBS Chaurasia 4 Sustainable development in a dynamic world with special reference to IndiaDev Raj 5 Measurement of sustainable developmentKA Rasure 6 Corporate social responsibility as a social issue integrating triple bottom line and sustainabilityGS Monga 7 Carbon trading a practical approach to sustainable developmentRajiv Nandan and PK Ghosh 8 Use of biodiesel as a fuel for sustainable developmentRoopesh P Joshi 9 Think globally act locally--key strategies for the sustainable development concern for Ganga at VaranasiAnup K Mishra and PK Sen 10 Fly ash for sustainable developmentRashmi P II Environmental aspects of sustainable development 11 Environmental imperatives of sustainable development some theoretical underpinningsID Gupta 12 Sustainable development and climate changeMithilesh Kumar Sinha and Yogendra Kumar 13 Sustainable environment for sustainable development green economics of IndiaGeetanjali Sharma 14 Environment and development vision for futureYadwendra Singh III Sustainability of agriculture 15 Concept and strategies of sustainable agriculture systemKG Suresh Kumar 16 Agriculture crisis and challenges to sustainable economic development a global perspectivePradeep S Chauhan 17 Dryland farming and sustainability of Indian agricultureS Rengarajan 18 Sustainable development evidence from Himachal Pradeshs agricultureKK Kaushik Sanju Karol and Yashwant Hartta 19 Agriculture in India a need for sustainable food securityMA Salam A Akram Khan F Alam and E Anwer 20 Sustainable agricultural development prospects for progress--a case studyD Rudrappan 21 Inequalities in agricultural development in HaryanaSS Somra Naresh Malik and Kuldeep IV Issues of international cooperation 22 Globalisation and global warming is sustainable development an answer--an analysisParmanand Singh and Arun Kumar Thakur 23 Global warming sustainable development and WTODebesh Bhowmik 24 Solutions to transboundary pollution application of game theory and economics of international agreementsSandeep Kumar 25 Regional trade agreements and environmental provisions for sustainable developmentRishi Vivek Dhar and US Rai V Correlates of sustainable development 26 Economic growth poverty and sustainable development problems and prospectsRipudaman Singh 27 Poverty alleviation and sustainable developmentPriti Kashyap and Shatyaki 28 Development sans adequate employment generation cannot be sustainable in IndiaShakun Palharya 29 Household energy consumption pattern in India issues of sustainabilityBP Chandramohan and C Mayakrishnan 30 Consumption patterns and the sustainable economic developmentI Janaki 31 Women and sustainable development a case study of North BiharRB Thakur and Satendra Narayan Singh IndexThe 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 policySince 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 earths resources and ecosystems Almost twenty years after Rio the goals of agenda 21 have still not.…