Economic and Environmental Sustainability of the Asian Region (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Gill, Sucha Singh; Marwah, Reena; Singh, Lakhwinder

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume focuses on the core themes and issues related to sustainability of Asian economic development. It enables us to understand the dynamics of this process under the emerging inequitable global economic order and international environmental regime. The articles are based on unique quantitative data.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136197918
• Artikelnr.: 38250136

Autorenporträt

Sucha Singh Gill is Professor, Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala. Lakhwinder Singh is Professor, Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala. Reena Marwah is Associate Professor, Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables List of Figures Preface 1. Introduction Sucha Singh Gill,
Lakhwinder Singh and Reena Marwah Part I. Issues in Sustainability of
Indian Agriculture2. Globalisation and Sustainability Issues in Asian
Agriculture: A Case of India Sukhpal Singh 3. Globalisation and its Impact
on Agriculture, Food Security and Social Welfare in Pakistan Usman Mustafa,
Mirajul-haq and Iftikhar Ahmad 4. Agreement on Agriculture and Food Prices
in Bangladesh Munim Kumar Barai 5. Inclusive Growth and Sustainable
Application of Agriculture: An Examination of Major Indian States Rajeev
Sharma and Inderveer Singh 6. Agricultural Risk, Weather Insurance,
Derivatives and Agricultural Insurance Surjit Singh PartII. Ecological
Concerns in Theory and Practice7. Interrogating Marxian, Neoclassical and
Green Perspectives on the Contradictory: Implications of Third World/Asian
Development and Poverty for Global Sustainability Pritam Singh 8. Research
on India and China National Strategy for Climate Change and their Practice
in CDM Projects Xu Xiangyang 9. Ecological Implications of Agricultural
Development in Punjab Inderjeet Singh and Parmod Kumar Part III. Core
Themes in Economic Development10. Role of Foreign Aid in Achieving
Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka Anoma S. P. Abhayaratne 11. Economic
Development, Foreign Direct Investment and Policy in India Lakhwinder Singh
12. Framework for Planning and Management of Sustainable Inclusive Cities
H. S. Gill and Deepa Krishnan 13. Maintaining High Growth Rate and Future
Energy Demand and Supply Scenario in India A. S. Bhullar Part IV. Resource
Management and Policy Alternatives14. Groundwater Markets, Irrigation
Efficiency and Sustainability: A Study from North India A. Banerji, Gauri
Khanna and J. V. Meenakshi 15. Sustainability of the Existing and
Alternative Cropping Systems in the South-west Punjab Ranjit Singh Ghuman
and G. S. Romana Part V. Discrimination and Socio-economic Equity in
Development16. Wageworkers Exposure to Discrimination and Work-related
Insecurity in Punjab's Urban Unorganised Establishments: A Social Class
Analysis Varinder Jain 17. Who Kill Their Daughters More: Insights from
Census Data of Punjab Inder Jit Singh Part VI. Peasant Distress and
Sustainability of the Cotton Economy18. Does GM Technology Pay Rich
Dividends? Farm Level Responses from BT Cotton Farmers in Maharashtra P. K.
Viswanathan and N. Lalitha 19. Cotton Economy, Cotton Producers and BT
Cotton Cultivation in Indian Punjab: An Assessment of Economic Impact and
Sustainability Issues Sucha Singh Gill, Sukhwinder Singh and Jaswinder
Singh Brar Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index