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Author Shanmugam, K. R

Title Environment and Development : Essays in Honour of Dr U. Sankar
Published New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (512 pages)
Contents List of Tables ; List of Figures ; Foreword by C. Rangarajan ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction and Overview ; Section I: Environment ; 1. Estimating the Cost of Environmental Degradation in India ; 2. Discount Rate for Environmental Health Risks: A Comparative Study ; 3. Low Carbon Goods and Services: International Cooperation on Technological Innovation, Transfer and Funding Needs ; 4. Carbon Intensity and Labour Intensity in India ; 5. Natural Solutions to Environmental Issues: The Case of the Textile Sector ; 6. Are Fiscal Subsidies Harmful for the Environment?
7. Climate Change Burden Sharing: A Reappraisal of the Equity Debate "8. Economic Value of Water Using Hedonic Price Method ; 9. Assessing On-farm Conservation and Farmer's Willingness to Participate: A Case Study of Minor Millet ; 10. Economic Analysis of Irrigation Institutions: A Case Study ; 11. Improving Tiger Conservation in India ; Section II. Development ; 12. Importance of Excess Female Mortality in Explaining Lowness of the Sex Ratio in India ; 13. Subsidized Credit vs Public Works Programme in Rural India
14. Budgetary Allocation on Education: A Study of Inter-state Imbalances 15. Health Outcome Efficiency of the Indian States ; 16. The Software Sector in Bangalore and Hyderabad ; About the Editors and Contributors ; Index
Summary Insights into different issues and constaints related to Environment and Development in different aspects
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Subject Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- India
Environmental policy -- Economic aspects -- India
Sustainable development -- India
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Economic development -- Environmental aspects
Environmental policy -- Economic aspects
Sustainable development
India
Form Electronic book
Author Kumar, K. S. Kavi
ISBN 9789351506485
9351506487