Urban Green Space, Health Economics and Air Pollution in Delhi

ISBN-13: 9780367710217 / Miękka / 2023 / 178 str.

India) Mathur Rachna (University of Delhi

Opis

This book looks at the ecological stress on cities and engages with challenges of reducing vulnerabilities and risks of pollution on the health, well-being and livelihoods of people living in developing countries. Cities are the world’s highest energy consumption and the biggest producers of toxic wastes and pollutants.

 

Spis treści

1.Introduction: Urban Green Spaces: concept and significance 2. Green Spaces of Delhi: A Journey from Past to Present 3. Breathing a Breathless Way: Air Pollution in Delhi 4. The Health Challenges in Delhi 5. Healthcare Management: Investment and Expenditure 6. Green Health Insurance: Willingness to Pay 7. Conclusion and Suggestions

O autorze

Swati Rajput is a faculty member in the department of geography, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi. She has 20 years of experience teaching geography in Delhi University. Her subject expertise includes environment, agriculture, urban and tourism geography.She is the editor of the book, Sustainable Smart Cities: Challenges and Future Perspective. She was awarded as the National Resource Person in Social Sciences by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and United Nations FPA. She has contributed to various national and international books and peer reviewed journals. She has also recorded various modules for e-PG Pathshala and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) (National Institute of Open School [NIOS]) under a Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) initiative. She is a Gold medallist (Delhi University) and rank holder throughout academics.

Kavita Arora is the author of a book Indigenous Forest Management in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. She has published her research in many reputed journals. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Geography from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She got Post -Doctoral Fellowship from Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi and Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies (RGICS), Rajeev Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi. She is currently working as an assistant professor of Geography at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, India. A political geographer with interests in development and environmental issues, her research focuses on forests, gender, indigenous knowledge, trans-border conservation and the socio-political dimensions of development.

Rachna Mathur is an assistant professor in the University of Delhi. She has been teaching economics for the last 13 years. She did her Ph.D. in Health Economics. Her areas of interest are health economics, money and financial markets and financial economics. She has published many research papers and presented papers in national and international conferences.