Soft cover. Condition: New. Following a trajectory of high growth China and India face a common challenge of achieving an environmentally benign pattern of development owing to growing global issues like climate change land degradation and biodiversity loss In wake of the above the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development CCICED and the India Council for Sustainable Development ICSD commissioned a joint-study to be conducted by Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning CAEP and The Energy and Resources Institute TERIThis book is the outcome of the study and understands the environment and development paradigms for both India and China identifies key issues and draws commonalities differences and lessons that can be learnt Key Features The first comprehensive study of ecological trends in China and India Authoritative and up-to-date environment and energy related data from China and India Scientific facts and figures graphically represented Offers a synthesized perspective on sustainable development in both the countries 479 pp.