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Environment, Development and Sustainability in India: Perspectives, Issues and Alternatives

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Editors:
  1. Manish K. Verma

    1. Department of Sociology and Controller of Examinations, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University; Accredited ‘A’ Grade by NAAC), Lucknow, India

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  • Offers broader coverage due to inter-disciplinary nature of the book
  • Presents the most contemporary issues related to the environment and sustainability
  • Provides holistic solutions for sustainable development

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Introduction

    • Manish K. Verma, Venkatesh Dutta
    Pages 1-19

  3. Perspectives on Environment, Development and Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Ecology, Culture and Development

      • B. K. Nagla
      Pages 23-40

    3. On Development: Practice and Ethics

      • Vinay Kumar Srivastava
      Pages 41-58

    4. Sustainability: Revisiting Enduring Modern and Identified Tradition

      • Ashok Kaul, Chittaranjan Das Adhikary
      Pages 59-72

    5. Explaining Rural Development in Contemporary India: A Paradoxical Situation

      • K. L. Sharma
      Pages 73-88

    6. Man-Forest Interaction in a Metropolis: Perspectives from Hermeneutics

      • Tapan R. Mohanty
      Pages 89-100

  4. Issues of Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Environmental Consequences of Dams: A Study of Select Hydroelectric Projects in India

      • Namita Gupta
      Pages 103-114

    3. Impact of Efforts on Ganga Restoration and Conservation

      • Ravindra Kumar
      Pages 115-147

    4. Locating Agricultural Distress in India: Realigning for Sustainability and Nutritional Security

      • Purba Chattopadhyay
      Pages 149-164

    5. Environmental Migration: A Challenge for Sustainable Development

      • Clare Lizamit Samling
      Pages 165-177

    6. Interface Between Tribes and Ecotourism: A Study on Sustainability and Development in Purulia, West Bengal

      • Biswajit Paul, Ramanuj Ganguly
      Pages 179-190

    7. People’s Movement Against Ecological Conservation Policies in the Western Ghats: Reflections from Kerala, India

      • S. Gurusamy, P. V. Basil
      Pages 191-210

    8. Balancing Growth with Livelihood Sustainability: Social and Political Action Over Land Acquisition in India

      • Siddhartha Mukerji
      Pages 211-224

  5. Alternatives for Environmental Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
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    2. Constructed Wetland: A Sustainable Approach for Wastewater Treatment

      • R. R. Patil, Karuna N. Pohekar, Neetu Rani
      Pages 227-242

    3. Biofuels for What? Environmental Sustainability and Discursive Flexibility of Jatropha in India

      • Rahul Shukla, Sambit Mallick
      Pages 243-261

    4. Alternative Approaches to Measure Sustainability in a Subsistence Economy: Empirical Insight from Shifting Cultivation in Odisha

      • Amalendu Jyotishi, M. Manjula
      Pages 263-286
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About this book

This book provides a comprehensive account of asymmetric linkage in the trilogy of environment, development and sustainability and its impact on society. It examines varied perspectives and issues of development related to environmental destruction and sustainability challenges. By examining the recent trends of development and recording the dilemmas which are creating ecological imbalances, it explores some alternative ways of development to achieve sustainability. Divided into three parts, it has a broad canvass. The first section examines critically the ‘perspectives’ on ecology, practice and ethics, rural development and man–forest interaction in the metropolis. ‘Issues’ of dams, river, agricultural distress, environmental migration, eco-tourism, ecological conservation and land acquisition are assessed in part second. ‘Alternative’ means of development is explored in part third by incorporating chapters on the constructed wetland, biofuels, subsistence economy, water and traditional knowledge practice. This interdisciplinary book is of immense significance to academicians, researchers, postgraduate and graduate-level students of social sciences and environmental studies; policymakers, development practitioners and NGOs working in the area of environment and development. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology and Controller of Examinations, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University; Accredited ‘A’ Grade by NAAC), Lucknow, India

    Manish K. Verma

About the editor

Manish K. Verma is Professor, Head and Deputy Coordinator of the UGC–Special Assistance Programme in the Department of Sociology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India. Previously, he served in the Department of College Education, Rajasthan, as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer in Selection Grade for 10 years and briefly at NTPC, Corporate Office, New Delhi, as Sociologist. With a doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, he has more than 22 years of teaching and research experience. He has published many books, including Globalisation, Social Justice and Sustainable Development in India (2017), Peri-urban Environment (2017), Globalization and Environment: Discourse, Policies and Practices (2015) and Development, Displacement and Resettlement (2004). Several of his research papers and chapters have been published in journals and edited volumes. He is a member of various professional bodies such as the International Sociological Association, Indian Sociological Society and Rajasthan Sociological Association. At present, he is a member of the Managing Committee of the Indian Sociological Society. His main research interests include environment and development, involuntary displacement, urban ecology, social justice and globalisation.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environment, Development and Sustainability in India: Perspectives, Issues and Alternatives

  • Editors: Manish K. Verma

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6248-2

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6247-5Published: 19 March 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6250-5Published: 19 March 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-6248-2Published: 18 March 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 329

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Sustainable Development, Environmental Health, Human Geography

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