Environment and Sustainable Economic Development

Contents Section I Issues in Sustainable Development Some Reflections 1 Issues in Sustainable Development for Indian EconomyMM Goel and Sanchita 2 Sustainable Development The Gandhian PerspectiveBN Ghosh 3 Sustainable Development Some ReflectionsSudarshan Iyengar 4 A Few New Words on Sustainable Development Santosh Kumar Ghorai II Ecological Limits Environmentally Sound Technologies and Ecosystem Accounts 5 Ecological Limits and Economic DevelopmentRamprasad Sengupta 6 Environmentally Sound Technologies for Sustainable Development of IndiaU Sankar 7 Ecosystem Accounts for Resource Allocation A Framework for Sustainable Development III Natural Resources and Sustainable Development 8 Agricultural Sustainability and the Introduction of Genetically Modified OrganismsGMOSClem Tisdell 9 Managing Forests for Biodiversity Conservation The Case of West BengalDebal Ray 10 Biodiversity and Sustainable Development in an Indian Tribal Village EcosystemNC Sahu CD Panda and LP Panda 11 Degrading the Development or Developing the Degradation A Case of Soil Salinity in Sugarcane Belt of MaharashtraVB Jugale 12 Tradable Water Rights for Sustainable Water Management in India Problems and ProspectsL Venkatachalam 13 Sustainability of Indian Fisheries An AssessmentPradeep K Katiha and Sanchita Sarkar IV Mitigating Impacts for Climate Change 14 Sectoral Approach for Negotiating climate Change What is in it for the Indian EconomyJoyashree Roy Moumita Roy and Shreya Roychwdhury 15 Indo-Bangladesh Co-operation to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts on SunderbansRaj Kumar Sen and Somnath Hazra V Institutions Management Practices and Social Responsibilities for Sustainable Development 16 Institutions for Sustainable Development The role of Prices Norms and Law in Global and National Policy PerspectivesKanchan Chopra 17 Design of Economic Instruments and Participatory Institutions for Environmental Management in IndiaMN Murty 18 Impact of Environmental Management Practices on Profitability and Market Value of Indian Industrial FirmsBishwanath Goldar 19 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable BusinessShrawan Kumar Singh IndexFor Sustainable economic development one cannot deny the role of environmental ecology which is either not considered or not adequately emphasized in the mainstream approach of economic growth for the developing economies It was felt that poverty is the greatest polluter and environmental considerations are nothing but luxury for the poor countries and poor people but gradually it has been agreed that by following the approach of sustainable economic development the interests of both the poor and rich people belonging to both types of countries not only of the present generation but also of the future generation are protected An attempt is made in this book to understand the problems related with environment ecology and sustainable economic development Jacket 388 pp.…