India has been traditionallywell-endowed with large freshwater reserves, but increasing population, urbanization and agricultural growth in recent decades are causing overexploitation of surface and groundwater. As consumption of water grows, wastewater increases significantly and in the absence of proper measures for treatment and management, is polluting existing freshwater reserves. As a result, water pollution has emerged as one of the nation's gravest environmental threats.
This book draws a link between water pollution generated by different industries and the various economic...
India has been traditionallywell-endowed with large freshwater reserves, but increasing population, urbanization and agricultural growth in recent ...
In recent years, the East and South East Asian region has witnessed a rapid expansion of regional economic cooperation through bilateral and plurilateral free trade agreements. The current book attempts to comprehensively analyze the economic and environmental impacts of regional economic integration in East and South East Asia to the year 2020. This region has some of the fastest growing economies of the world. A global economic model was used to undertake the analysis. A rare feature of the book is the detailed environmental implications of the Regional Trade Agreements focusing on air,...
In recent years, the East and South East Asian region has witnessed a rapid expansion of regional economic cooperation through bilateral and pluril...
As a result, water pollution has emerged as one of the nation's gravest environmental threats.This book draws a link between water pollution generated by different industries and the various economic activities of the Indian economy using the Input-output framework.
As a result, water pollution has emerged as one of the nation's gravest environmental threats.This book draws a link between water pollution generated...
