Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
List of Tables List of Figures Foreword by Professor John Mellor Preface Changing Views and Perspectives on the Environment-Development Nexus and Issues Considered The Environment, Biodiversity and Development in South Asia Natural Resources: Water and Land-Use in Bangladesh Rural Employment, Technological Employment and the Environment Village Perspectives on Technology, Employment and the Environment Property Rights, Governance and the Environment Impact on the Rural Poor of Changing Rural Environments and Technologies: Evidence from India and Bangladesh Agricultural Sustainability in Marginal Areas: Principles, Policies and Examples Sustainability of Rice-Shrimp Farming Systems Environmental and Distributional Conflicts Energy Resources in Bangladesh: Issues and Options Sectoral Change, Urbanisation and South Asia's Environment in a Global Context Bibliography Index
Synopsis
The major challenges facing South Asia to achieve sustainable development are investigated, using case studies and applying new points of view in economic thought about the connection between development and the environment. After reviewing economic perspectives on development and the environment and South Asia's situation, particular issues such as depletion of natural resources and land degradation, the environmental impacts and consequences of extending markets, of technological change and property rights are examined. Environmental change and employment, income distribution and poverty, population growth and urbanisation are considered.