Overview
- Examines environmental policy in India from the perspectives of a nation focused on development, including its diverse interpretations
- Identifies influences on environmental policy in several areas, national and international e.g. land, forests, water, climate change
- Analyses the continuing distance between development of knowledge on environmental processes and its application to policy, including the role of activism as a strong voice linking the two
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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About this book
This book examines the nuances of the relationship between development and environmental conservation policy in India over the last three decades. While India is taken as the focal point, the study extends to an analysis of global aspects and other developing countries as and when the situation demands. Understanding that development always has to take environmental issues into consideration, the book undertakes critical reviews of the different ways in which this has been done. The review is based on a grasp of the simultaneous developments in the theoretical understanding of the environment and ecosystems and provides pointers towards directions for possible change. The motivation for the book lies in the continuing distance between theoretical knowledge of the role of the environment, in particular the underlying long-term links between human wellbeing and wise use of nature, and its application in public policy. The book also proposes that whichever theoretical cornerstone is taken as the starting point, it is the ethical undertones that drive the analysis in directions that acquire meaning in terms of the quality and legitimacy of decision-making. It explores the relevance to policy of a variety of radical conceptual development and policy directions, such as dematerialising growth, the social metabolism approach and the degrowth movement. Further, the dilemma facing environmental policy continues to be how to simultaneously borrow from developments in and across disciplines while at the same time, and at a more practical level, dealing with a diversity of stakeholders.
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About the author
Dr. Chopra has recently been awarded the 2016 Kenneth Boulding Award presented by the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Development and Environmental Policy in India
Book Subtitle: The Last Few Decades
Authors: Kanchan Chopra
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3761-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-3760-3Published: 22 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-3761-0Published: 16 February 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-5504
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5512
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 72
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, International Environmental Law, Development Economics