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Ecological limits and economic development : creating space / Ramprasad Sengupta

Author
Sengupta, Ramprasad
Published
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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1 online resource (xxvi, 365 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Life Process, Ecology, and Economics -- Global Development and Limitations of the Spaceship Earth -- Entropy Law and Economic Processes -- Ecological Concern in the History of Economic Thought -- The Classical and the Neoclassical Theory -- Biophysical Approach of Ecological Economics -- 2.Economic Theory and Ecological Limits -- Concept of Welfare and Scale in Economics -- Pre-analytic Vision of Microeconomic Theory and Scale -- Pre-analytic Vision of Macroeconomics and Scale -- Limitations of Conventional Economics: Any Need for Paradigm Change? -- Environmental Economics: Any Limit to Scale of Macroeconomy? -- Ecological Economics: Perspectives of Macroeconomic Growth -- Substitutability versus Complementarity -- Ecological Limits and Equity in Development -- Poverty, Income Distribution, and the Environment -- Intergenerational Equity in Development and the Environment -- Ecological Economic Perspective of Macroeconomic Development: Shift from Scale to Quality-An Approach to Sustainable Development -- Integration of Ecological Factors in Economic Model -- Relevance of Economic Science in Addressing Ecological Issues -- 3.Concept of Sustainable Development: Macroeconomic Resource and Income Accounting -- Resource Limitation and Role of Knowledge Creation -- A Capital Theoretic Model of Sustainable Development -- Intertemporal Welfare Function -- Production Function -- Accumulation of Manmade Capital -- Technological Changes -- Growth of Natural Resources -- Resource Discoveries -- Growth of Stock of Pollution -- Initial Condition -- Resource and Environmental Accounting -- An Environmental Input-Output Framework of Analysis -- Environmental Adjustment of National Income for Sustainability -- Restructuring of the Standard National Accounts (SNA) for the Integration of Environmental and Economic Accounting -- Asset Accounts -- Degradation of Assets in Accounting -- Environmental Adjustments to Flow Accounts -- Implementation of the NRA and SEEA in India -- 4.Biosphere and Ecosystems -- Earth, Life, and Biosphere -- Ecosystems -- Components of Ecosystem: Biotic Environment -- Abiotic Environment -- Inorganic Substances -- Organic Substances -- Climate Conditions and Limiting Factors -- Energy Flow and Economic Process -- Solar Energy Flow -- Energy Flow along Food Chain -- Bio-Geo-Chemical Cycles -- Hydrological, Carbon, and Nitrogen Cycles -- Energetics of Ecosystem and the Human Economy -- 5.Ecological Footprint -- The Concept of Ecological Footprint -- Methodology of Calculation of Ecological Footprint -- Measurement of Ecological Footprint -- Trade and Estimation of Ecological Footprint -- Land Use Types and Ecological Footprint Accounts -- Ecological Deficit, Global Distribution of Footprint, and Sustainable Development -- 6.Human System: Population, Development, and Environment -- Population Size and the Environmental Pressure -- Population and Economic Development -- The Classicals: Influence of Malthus -- The Neoclassical Influence of Solow's Growth Model and the Neglect of Population and the Natural Environment in Development Economics -- Impact of Fertility Behaviour on Economic Growth -- Impact through Age Distribution and Dependency -- Role of Technical Change -- Problem of Irreversibility and Vanishing Resource Base -- Economic Development and Population Growth: Global History, Experience, and Future Projection -- Demographic Transition and Fertility Behaviour -- Neoclassical Model for Choice of Family Size -- Gender Power Relations and Fertility Behaviour -- Structure of Property Rights, Family Institution, Cultural Norms, and Reproductive Behaviour -- Population and the Natural Environment -- Reproductive Externalities and Population Growth: Tragedy of Commons -- The Vicious Circle of High Fertility, Poverty, Low Female Empowerment, and Degradation of Common Resources -- Urbanization, Income Distribution, and Environmental Pressure -- 7.India's Human Settlement and Micro Living Environment -- Population Dynamics and Future Prospect of India's Population Growth -- Regional Pattern of Demographic Transition and Dynamics of Population Preference in India -- Poverty and Fertility Behaviour in India -- New Poverty Line of India and Revised Poverty Scenario -- The Influence of Poverty and Gender Power Relations on Fertility Behaviour: Policy Implications -- Environmental Living Condition of Households in India: Housing Space, Homelessness, and Amenities -- Drinking Water -- Sanitation -- Urbanization and Slums -- Growth of Urbanization -- Problem of Slums -- Slum Improvement Policy -- Population Policy and Programme in India -- 8.Land Use and Land Degradation -- Alternative Land Use and Sustainable Development -- Agrarian Land Use, Soil, and Food -- Food Security and Carrying Capacity of Land -- Biotechnology, GM Crops, and Food Security -- New Technology: Improved Seeds, Water, and Chemical Inputs -- GM Crops -- Development of GM Crops in India -- Land Use in India -- Land Degradation -- Causes and Global Scenario -- Land Degradation in India -- Soil Erosion -- Chemical Degradation -- Physical Degradation -- Poverty, Overpopulation, and Land Degradation -- Impact of Land Degradation -- Resource Dependency and Land Degradation -- Policy Conclusion -- 9.Water Resources -- Water Resource Balance -- Water Resources of India -- Water Balance and Water Resource Development of India -- Watershed Development -- Ground Water Revolution -- Conflicts over Water Use -- Water Rights, Water Allocation, and Water Institutions -- Water Pollution -- Water Quality and Control of Water Pollution -- Government Action for Water Pollution Control in India -- Valuation of Economic Impact of Water Pollution -- 10.Forests -- Forest as a Resource -- Extent of Deforestation and Forest Degradation -- Sources of Degradation of Forest -- Fuel Wood Use of Forests -- Industrial Use of Forests -- Grazing of Cattle -- Industrial Pollution -- Impact of Degradation of Forests -- Forest Management: A Historical Review -- Evolution of Joint Forest Management in India -- National Forest Policy -- 11.Biodiversity -- Concept, Measurement, and Utility of Biodiversity -- Economics of Choice of Biodiversity -- Economic Valuation of Biodiversity -- Extent of Biodiversity: Global Scenario -- Indian Scenario of Biodiversity -- Biodiversity Loss: Causal Factors, Extent, and Impact -- Biodiversity Conservation Policy -- India's Heritage of Biodiversity Conservation and Traditional Knowledge System -- Anthropogenic Stress on Ecosystem, Units of the Earth, and Living Planet Index -- 12.Energy -- Development and Energy Security: Energy Demand -- Energy Resources and Supply -- Fossil Fuels -- Discovery of New Fossil Fuel and Resources -- Oil Crisis -- Nuclear Energy -- Hydroelectricity -- Non-conventional, New Renewable Energy -- Biomass -- Bio-liquids -- Abiotic -- Energy and Environmental Degradation -- Fossil Fuels -- Nuclear Fuel -- Hydro-storage Based Electricity -- Biomass Energy -- New Renewable Energy -- Fuel Composition of Final Enduse and Environmental Degradation -- Economic Effects of Limitation of Energy Resources -- Economic Effects of Environmental Degradation due to Energy Use -- Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development -- Energy Efficiency in India -- Environmental Implications of the Projection of Energy Requirement by the Expert Committee of Integrated Energy Policy of the Planning Commission -- Future Projection of Energy Requirement of the Household Sector -- Conclusions: Macroeconomic Feedback of the Energy Sector Development in India -- 13.Non-energy Materials, Recycling, and Wastes -- Limitation of the Source: Non-energy Materials and Recycling -- Sink and Wastes: Classification and Impact -- Transnational Externalities -- Case of Pesticides -- Case of Acid Rain -- Case of Ozone Depletion -- 14.Global Warming and Climate Change -- What is Global Warming? How Does it Lead to Climate Change? -- Sources of Greenhouse Gas: Gaseous Composition and Sectoral and Region Source-wise Distribution -- Physical and Economic Impacts of Climate Change -- Impact of Melting of Glacier and Ice Cap -- Impact on Agriculture -- Health Impact -- Distribution of Impact -- Growth with Climate Stabilization -- Feasibility of Low Carbon Growth -- Policy Approach for Low Carbon Growth -- Adaptation to Climate Change -- International Cooperation: Collective Action -- CO2 Emission Mitigation in India and India's Policy Approach of Equity in Sharing the Responsibility of GHG Mitigation -- 15.Overcoming Ecological Limits: Roles of Knowledge, Human Capital, Human Values, and Institutions -- Holistic Approach for Sustainable Development: Is Indefinite Sustainable Development Possible? -- Policy Approach of Sustainable Development: Role of Technology and Human Values -- Organic View of Technology and Resource Development -- Delinking of Economic Growth and the Environment -- Role of Human Values -- Management of Sustainable Development and Institutions.
Summary
Analysing the challenges posed by the limited pool of ecological resources in the quest of attaining economic development, and the possible solutions, this text conceptually and theoretically discusses the linkages between biosphere, economic, and human systems.
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ISBN
9780199082407 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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