Sustainable development : environment, energy and water resources / M.K. Ghosh Roy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ghosh Roy, M. K.

Contributor:

Cornelia Dodderer Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Global warming--Prevention.

Global warming.

Climate change mitigation.

Climatic changes.

Pollution.

Power resources.

Water resources development--India.

Water resources development.

India.

Physical Description:

xxii, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Ane Books ; Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press : Taylor & Francis, 2011.

Summary:

This comprehensive volume on sustainable development provides an overview of challenges facing a world of diminishing natural resources and solutions based on worldwide trends towards developing standards for alternative energy and consumption models to meet future demands. The volume is divided into four sections covering principles of sustainable development, the environment, energy resources and water, and individual chapters address topics such as the economics and politics of sustainable development, and technological solutions, atmospheric pollution and climate change, nuclear energy and alternative fuels and managing water resources for human use and industry. Side bars, checklists, and tables, are provided throughout and many examples, especially those related to water issues, are drawn from Indian data collections. Roy is an environmental scientist and engineer. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

pt. 1. Overview of sustainable development

pt. 2. Challenges of environment

pt. 3. Challenges of energy

pt. 4. Challenges of water resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Cornelia Dodderer Fund.

ISBN:

9781439888254

1439888256

OCLC:

759585262

Publisher Number:

99946656806