Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Development: The Case of India

ISBN-13: 9781138227101 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 428 str.

Tanika Chakraborty; Deep Mukherjee; Sarani Saha

Opis

This book analyses different perspectives around sustainable development, risk management, and managing demand across various industry sectors in India.

Spis treści

List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Introduction. Part 1: Agriculture 1. Risk and Risk Management in Agriculture 2. Assessment of Water Footprint under Wheat Cultivation in Uttar Pradesh 3. Productive Efficiency of Agricultural Sector in Uttar Pradesh 4. Agricultural Productivity in Bihar and its determinants Part 2: Energy & Climate Change 5. Indian Youth’s Willingness to Pay for Climate Change Policies: A Contingent Valuation Study 6. An Advance Methodology for Estimating the Elasticities and Rebound Effect 7. Index Decomposition Analysis of Energy Use in India 8. A Framework for Renewable Energy Policy Modelling: A Multi-State Model Part 3: Environment & Resources 9. Integrating Natural and Human Factors for Sustainable Development in Himachal Pradesh 10. An Input Output Approach to Study Environmental Impact 11. Investigating the Existence of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) Hypothesis for South Asian Region 12. Coping with climate change: The case of water conservation structures in Eastern India Part 4: Health 13. Determinants of child survival at the household level: An insight of the method of Factor Analysis 14. Access to Drinking Water and the Health Outcome 15. Role of Information in Determining the Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance 16. Private and Public Dimensions to Infectious Disease Risks: A Case of Kolkata Part 5: Society & Policy 17. Analyzing the poverty situation in India: Using a multidimensional index approach 18. Values, Perception and the Quality of Life: An analytical Framework and Some Critical Observations from Sundarbans 19. Sustainability of Loan Waiver Programs in Uttar Pradesh 20. Using path analysis to build a sustainable transport service quality model. Index.