Environment, Globalization and Economic Development

With India facing environmental problems associated with industrial growth; poverty-related lack of access to potable water, sewage, and clean fuels; and national and state government policies, protection of the environment has to be a central part of any sustainable inclusive growth strategy, write the editors (professors of economics at Kakatiya U., India), in their preface to this collection of 12 papers examining a diverse set of topics associated with the question of the environment and economic growth in contemporary India. Specific topics include sources and effects of air pollution, land acquisition for special economic zones, environmental stress and gender, environmental education, environmental movements and conflicts over natural resources, judicial activism for the environment, and global environmental issues. Distributed in North America by ISBS. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)