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Global change, ecosystems, sustainability : theory, methods, practice / Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Nandan Nawn, Kalyan Das.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mukhopadhyay, Pranab, author.
- Nawn, Nandan, author.
- Das, Kalyan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--Environmental aspects.
- Economic development.
- Global environmental change--Economic aspects.
- Global environmental change.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2017.
- Summary:
- It is impossible to ignore the connection between economic development and ecological sustainability- overwhelming scientific evidence points to anthropogenic pressures slowly destroying life on Earth. The need for corrective action is, therefore, critical.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- SECTION 1 Making Sense of Global Change: Macro Dimensions
- 2 Ecological Economics: Sustainability, Markets, and Global Change
- 3 Accounting Prices for Measuring Environmental Changes
- 4 Green National Accounting Framework for India
- 5 Towards Green National Accounting
- 6 Linking Science and Policy
- 7 Traversing Diverse Paths in Ecological Economics with Enigmatic Models
- 8 A Socio-metabolic Reading of the Long-term Development Trajectories of China and India
- 9 The Central Role of Surplus Energy in Human Development and a Class-divided Unsustainable Society
- SECTION 2 Sustainability, Ecosystems, and Institutions: From the Practice
- 10 Changing Weather Pattern in Sub-Himalayan Northeast Indiaand Interrelations Among the Weather Variables
- 11 Coping with a Natural Disaster
- 12 Fire Environment and Community-based Forest Fire Management in the Central Siwalik Region of Nepal
- 13 Can Educational Campaigns Promote Successful Adaptationto Climate Change?
- 14 Agricultural Vulnerability toClimate Change
- 15 Estimating the Economic Benefits of an Improved Aquatic Ecosystem and Watershed Management in the Tanguar Haor Wetland
- 16 Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Physical Spacefor Fishers in Kanyakumari Coast, India
- 17 Adoption and Diffusion of Microirrigation Technologies in Gujarat, Western India
- 18 Gender Differences in Social Capital and Collective Action
- 19 Economy-environment Impact Intensity Assessment in anIntegrated Framework Analysisto the Rat-hole Coal Mining in Jaintia Hills District, India
- 20 Measuring Welfare of Forest Dependent Communities in a Mine-spoiled Degraded Ecosystem
- About the Editors and Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789353280284
- 9353280281
- 9789386446473
- 9386446472
- 9789386446480
- 9386446480
- OCLC:
- 1005608239
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