Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Development
The Case of India
- 410 pages
- English
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Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Development
The Case of India
About This Book
This book analyzes different perspectives around sustainable development, risk management and managing demand across various sectors in India. Diverse theories and analytical methods from various disciplines, as well as case studies, are brought together to present an in-depth study.
The book discusses the challenges of achieving sustainability, the role of quantitative research to assess current scenarios, and the role of policy making to bring improvements in the Indian context. It examines the socioeconomic ways of pursuing sustainable development in the areas of agriculture, climate change and energy; the environment and natural resources; health and society. It also analyzes important quantitative models for sustainability policy analysis and provides case studies to understand the practical implementations of the models.
This book will be a great reference manual that covers a whole gamut of analytical techniques that are useful for students, research scholars and practitioners of economics, environmental studies, development studies, sociology, South Asian studies and public policy, among others.
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Part I
Agriculture
1 Risk and risk management in agriculture
Risk is like love: we all know what it is, but we donāt know how to define it.ā Joseph Stiglitz 1
1.1Introduction
1.2Nature and source of risks in agriculture
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Agriculture
- Part II Energy and climate change
- Part III Environment and resources
- Part IV Health
- Part V Society and policy