S Nazrul Islam

Rivers and Sustainable Development

Alternative Approaches and Their Implications

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rivers and Sustainable Development compares river policies across the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 168mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 970g
• ISBN-13: 9780190079024
• ISBN-10: 0190079029
• Artikelnr.: 58772059

Autorenporträt

S. Nazrul Islam is Senior Economic Affairs Officer of Development Policy and Analysis Division in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Islam is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance in the Tobin School of Business at St. Johns University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Glossary of Terms
* Chapter 1: Rivers, Sustainable Development, and Policies
* Chapter 2: Commercial Approach to Rivers: Origin and Spread
* Chapter 3: Consequences of the Commercial Approach to Rivers
* Chapter 4: Application to the Commercial Approach: A Few Case Studies
* Chapter 5: Commercial Approach and River-Related Conflicts in South
Asia
* Chapter 6: Introduction to the Ecological Approach
* Chapter 7: Ecological Approach as Part of Greater Environmental
Awareness
* Chapter 8: Spread of the Ecological Approach Across the World
* Chapter 9: Cordon Approach to Rivers: The Lateral Version of the
Commerical Approach
* Chapter 10: Open Approach to Rivers: The Lateral Version of the
Ecological Approach
* Chapter 11: Cordon Approach in a Delta
* Chapter 12: Open Approach to Rivers in a Delta
* Chapter 13: Rivers, Policies, and Interest
* References
* Index