Energy Resources Alternative Search and Sustainable Development

Contents Preface Part A Concept Approaches and Dimensions of Sustainable Development 1 Mahatma Gandhi?s Vision of Sustainable DevelopmentRana PB Singh 2 Climate Change and Sustainable Development The Global ConcernHifzur Rehman and Suman Lata 3 Corporate Responsibility towards Sustainable Development An Indian PerspectiveHK Singh and FB Singh 4 Guinea Fowl Farming A Model for Rural Prosperity and Sustainable DevelopmentBrijesh Singh RS Barwal and Peerzada Suhail Ahmad 5 Natural Capital and Corporate SustainabilityMitrabinda Singh 6 Towards a Socially Sustainable India An Analysis of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 2006Rituparna Bhattacharyya Polly Vauquline and Suman Singh 7 Conception of Man and Nature in Different Traditions Quest for Ecological SustainabilityBikramaditya K Choudhary and KG Choudhary 8 Envisioning Sustainable DevelopmentMamta Mokta 9 Information Technology and Sustainable Development of AgricultureAshutosh Kr Dubey and Vibha Singh 10 Strategic Management for Rural Development The Role of Banking SectorAkhilesh Kumar Verma Vivek Kumar Singh Vibha Singh Abhijeet Singh 11 Part B Energy Resources and Alternative Search 11 Strategic Management of Energy for Sustainable DevelopmentVivek Singh Abhijeet Singh Ashutosh Mishra Vibha Singh 12 Environmental Effects of Wind Power and its development as an Alternative Source of EnergyDJ Desai R N Desai and HN Pandya 13 Geopolitics of Energy Resources and India?s Energy SecuritySarfaraz Alam 14 Energy AuditAbhijeet Singh Ashutosh Mishra Vivek Kr Singh Vibha Singh 15 Hydropower Environmental Boon or BaneSK Gupta P Sivakumar and SK Singh 16 India Sustainable Development and EnergyBabita Kumari and Gayatri Rai 17 Financial Implications of Energy Management Practices Issues and ConcernsGS Rathore and Gyanndra BS Johri 18 Future Market Penetration of Solar EnergyS Chinnammai and MR Sasikala 19 Alternative Sources of Energy in IndiaRVenkatesan 20 Development of Alternative Sources of EnergySC Singh RV Rai and NB Singh 21 Jetropha Curcas-Source of Bio-diesel a Future FuelLavneet Singh and Salveen Singh 22 Bio-diesel by Carbon Sequestration of Thermal Power Plants through AlgaeRVRai and SC Singh 23 Sustainable Energy A Strategy of Energy SecuritySuwa Lal Jangu and Kausik Ghosh 24 Public-Private-Partnership in Rural PowerVinita Kalra HP Mathur and Namrata Shah 25 Promoting Bio-Fuel by Industries A ReviewDebabrata MajiSustainability is usually interpreted as a constraint on economic growth namely non-decreasing welfare This interpretation is quite a strict criterion as any temporary decrease in welfare implies unsustainable development Moreover representatives from civil society organizations got involved in this discussion very early and they also agreed on the concept of sustainable development as a basis for jopint action While Nelson Mandela Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi succeeded in forming powerful national movements sustainable development is the first global attempt to realize the dream of perfect social integrationEquity and justice are important for sustainable development It is multidimensional that includes equity among nations like rich nations poor nations developed and developing nations equity within countries between regions social classes genders sectors of activities equity between generations and equity between economics and ecology and science and spirituality the environmental regeneration must be such as to lead to an increase in biomass that will both foster environmental stability and contribute to the sustainable livelihood security of the rural poor careful industrialization implying considerable technology transfer from north to southSustainable Development is often illustrated as a utopian concept of total integration referring to at least three different dimensions targets territories and time and of adequate management rules to use limited resources on the grass-roots level for environment friendly and economically sound global devel.…