Environment and Sustainable Development : Perspectives and Issues Paperback / softback
Edited by Manish K. (Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India) Verma
Part of the Towards Sustainable Futures series
Paperback / softback
Description
This volume provides a comprehensive account of the linkages between environment and sustainable development in society from an interdisciplinary perspective.
With its case studies from across the world, including countries such as India, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United States, Croatia, Italy, Brazil, Japan, and Kenya, it explores critical environmental issues concerning energy justice, queer ecology, mountain cultures, incarceration, energy strategies, mining tourism, pollution control mechanisms, social impacts of oil and gas production, contract farming, gender mainstreaming, climate change, and droughts and adaptation strategies along with literacy, leisure, well-being, development, sexuality, sustainability and environmental education.
The book examines several dimensions within global environment of the adverse impact of developmental activities, discusses sustainable development activities undertaken in contemporary times, and underscores the importance of a just, people-centric policy framework in promoting sustainable development. Lucid and topical, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of environmental studies, development studies, sustainable development, political studies, sociology, and political economy.
It will also interest policymakers, development practitioners, NGOs and think tanks working on environment and sustainable development, climate issues and SDGs.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:360 pages, 41 Tables, black and white; 32 Line drawings, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black an
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/09/2023
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- ISBN:9780367554262
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:360 pages, 41 Tables, black and white; 32 Line drawings, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black an
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/09/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367554262
