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Ecological limits and economic development : creating space /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sengupta, Ramprasad
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Economic theory and ecological limits
  • Concept of sustainable development : macroeconomic resource and income accounting
  • Biosphere and ecosystems
  • Ecological footprint
  • Human system : population, development, and environment
  • India's human settlement and micro living environment
  • Land use and land degradation
  • Water resources
  • Forests
  • Biodiversity
  • Energy
  • Non-energy materials, recycling, and wastes
  • Global warming and climate change
  • Overcoming ecological limits : roles of knowledge, human capital, human values, and institutions.