A prospective superpower, India is still grappling with a host of risks that threaten to hamper its progress. These range from environmental threats caused by GM crops and pollution; dangers to health from HIV/AIDS and maternal mortality; safety concerns about natural hazards, nuclear power, and industrial disasters; and challenges to livelihoods and values.
A prospective superpower, India is still grappling with a host of risks that threaten to hamper its progress. These range from environmental threats caused by GM crops and pollution; dangers to health from HIV/AIDS and maternal mortality; safety concerns about natural hazards, nuclear power, and industrial disasters; and challenges to livelihoods and values.
Raphaelle Moor is a consultant in the area of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation, based in London. She managed the UKIERI's (UK-India Education and Research Initiative) 'India at Risk' project at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore for over two-and-a-half years. M.V. Rajeev Gowda is Professor of Economics and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He serves as a Director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India and is a Carnegie Council Global Ethics Fellow. He is also active in Indian politics.
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* List of Figures and Tables * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Raphaelle Moor and M.V. Rajeev Gowda * 1 Adopting a Multi-dimensional Lens to Approaching Risk in India * Raphaelle Moor * Environment * 2 Article 39 and Environmental Decision-Making in India * Leo. F. Saldanha and Bhargavi S. Rao * 3 Integrating Information Disclosure with Indian Environmental Policy * Rajeev Gowda and Mathew Idiculla * Public Health * 4 The Rise of Institutional Births in India: Are Maternal and Newborn Risks Adequately Addressed? * Asha Kilaru, Shanti Mahendra, Baneen Karachiwala, and Zoe Matthews * 5 Culture in and of HIV/AIDS Risk Management in India * Ajay Bailey * 6 Exploring H1N1 Risk Communication in India * Ranjani Ramaswamy * 7 A Business Management Framework for Addressing Public Health Risk: The Avahan Experience in Scaling Up HIV Prevention in India * Sema Sgaier * Natural Disasters * 8 Linking Post-disaster Reconstruction to Long-Term Risk Reduction: Challenges and Opportunities in India * Rohit Jigyasu * Science and Technology * 9 Science and Politics in Indian GM Crop Regulation: A U-turn Down a Blind Alley * Erik Millstone * 10 Absurd Confidence: Risk and Nuclear Power in India * M.V. Ramana * 11 Before and After Fukushima: The Many Fronts of Managing the Nuclear Power Option * Marc Poumadere * 12 Sustainable Management of Radioactive Waste: What Can India Learn from Stakeholder Engagement in the West? * Claire Mays * 13 Can Health and Safety Regulators Respond to Changing Societal Expectations? * Frederic Bouder * About the Editors and Contributors * Index
* List of Figures and Tables * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Raphaelle Moor and M.V. Rajeev Gowda * 1 Adopting a Multi-dimensional Lens to Approaching Risk in India * Raphaelle Moor * Environment * 2 Article 39 and Environmental Decision-Making in India * Leo. F. Saldanha and Bhargavi S. Rao * 3 Integrating Information Disclosure with Indian Environmental Policy * Rajeev Gowda and Mathew Idiculla * Public Health * 4 The Rise of Institutional Births in India: Are Maternal and Newborn Risks Adequately Addressed? * Asha Kilaru, Shanti Mahendra, Baneen Karachiwala, and Zoe Matthews * 5 Culture in and of HIV/AIDS Risk Management in India * Ajay Bailey * 6 Exploring H1N1 Risk Communication in India * Ranjani Ramaswamy * 7 A Business Management Framework for Addressing Public Health Risk: The Avahan Experience in Scaling Up HIV Prevention in India * Sema Sgaier * Natural Disasters * 8 Linking Post-disaster Reconstruction to Long-Term Risk Reduction: Challenges and Opportunities in India * Rohit Jigyasu * Science and Technology * 9 Science and Politics in Indian GM Crop Regulation: A U-turn Down a Blind Alley * Erik Millstone * 10 Absurd Confidence: Risk and Nuclear Power in India * M.V. Ramana * 11 Before and After Fukushima: The Many Fronts of Managing the Nuclear Power Option * Marc Poumadere * 12 Sustainable Management of Radioactive Waste: What Can India Learn from Stakeholder Engagement in the West? * Claire Mays * 13 Can Health and Safety Regulators Respond to Changing Societal Expectations? * Frederic Bouder * About the Editors and Contributors * Index
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