Ramprasad Sengupta

Ecological Limits and Economic Development

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book comprehensively analyses the challenges posed by the limited pool of ecological resources in the quest of attaining economic development, and the possible solutions. It conceptually and theoretically discusses the linkages between biosphere, economic, and human systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 193mm x 251mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 886g
• ISBN-13: 9780198081654
• ISBN-10: 0198081650
• Artikelnr.: 35941229

Autorenporträt

Ramprasad Sengupta is Sukhamoy Chakravarty Chair Professor of Planning and Development, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* 1: Introduction
* 2: Economic Theory and Ecological Limits
* 3: Concept of Sustainable Development: Macroeconomic Resource and
Income Accounting
* 4: Biosphere and Ecosystems
* 5: Ecological Footprint
* 6: Human System: Population, Development, and Environment
* 7: India's Human Settlement and Micro Living Environment
* 8: Land Use and Land Degradation
* 9: Water Resources
* 10: Forest
* 11: Biodiversity
* 12: Energy
* 13: Non-energy Materials, Recycling, and Wastes
* 14: Global Warming and Climate Change
* 15: Overcoming Ecological Limits: Roles of Knowledge and Human
Capital, Human Values, and Institutions
* Bibliography
* Index