Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development: Issues and Policies - Hardcover

S. Ramaswamy; Sathis G. Kumar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8184840160 ISBN 13: 9788184840162

Publisher: Regal Publications, 2009

Synopsis

This collection of eighteen essays addresses the critical issues concerning energy, environment and sustainable development in India. Analyzing linkages between energy, environment and sustainable development, it examines the challenges and opportunities of renewable energy in the country. Surveying the status of women entrepreneurship in the field of renewable energy technology, it discusses at length the population growth and environmental degradation, effects of industrialization on urban environment, living environment and health, solid waste management, water crisis, sources of drinking water, water resources management, and policy interventions for sustainable environmental management. This collection of eighteen essays addresses the critical issues concerning energy, environment and sustainable development in India. Analyzing linkages between energy, environment and sustainable development, it examines the challenges and opportunities of renewable energy in the country. Surveying the status of women entrepreneurship in the field of renewable energy technology, it discusses at length the population growth and environmental degradation, effects of industrialization on urban environment, living environment and health, solid waste management, water crisis, sources of drinking water, water resources management, and policy interventions for sustainable environmental management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Regal Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8184840160
• ISBN 13: 9788184840162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208