Environmental sustainability from the Himalayas to the oceans : struggles and innovations in China and India

The book is written in the backdrop of the environmental impacts of and future requirements from the natural environment for rapid economic growth that has characterized recent economic history of China and India, especially over the past few decades. The environmental impacts of such rapid economic...

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Other Authors Dong, Shikui (Editor), Bandyopadhyay, J. (Editor), Chaturvedi, Sanjay (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Sustainable development > China.
Sustainable development > India.
Environmental policy > China.
Environmental policy > India.
China.
India.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
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Table of Contents:
  • Dedication; Foreword; Preface; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Defining "Innovation": More Questions than Answers?; 1.3 Defining "Natural Environment": Beyond Wilderness; 1.4 Defining' Innovations for Environmental Sustainability: Diverse Notions, Varying Emphases; 1.4.1 Spaces of/for Innovation for Environmental Sustainability: Persisting Mismatch Between Ecological and Geopolitical; 1.4.2 Scale and Scaling: Ethical and Geopolitical Dimensions.
  • 1.5 Introducing the Chapters in the Volume: Contexts, Texts, and Practices of Environmental Sustainability; 1.5.1 Environmental Flows, Ecosystem Services, and Ecological Restoration; 1.5.2 Social Innovations for Environmental Sustainability: "Markets, Bazaars and Beyond"; References; Chapter 2: Environmental Struggles and Innovations in China: A Historical Perspective; 2.1 Practice and Challenges of Environmental Management in Ancient China; 2.1.1 Use of Ecological Wisdom in Environmental Management; 2.1.2 Implementation of Legislation for Natural Resources and Environment Protection.
  • 2.1.3 Development of Institutions for Natural Resource and Environment Protection; 2.1.4 Environmental Destructions and Problems in Historical China; 2.2 Practice and Challenges of Environmental Management in Contemporary China; 2.2.1 Phase I (1949-1971): No Environment Governance, Severe Environment Damage; 2.2.2 Phase II (1972-1991): Growing Environment Governance, Increasing Environment Damage; 2.2.3 Phase III (1992-2012): Strengthening Environment Governance, Decreasing Environment Destruction.
  • 2.2.4 Phase IV (2012 Onward): Prioritizing Environment Governance, Minimizing Environment Destruction; 2.3 Innovations of Environmental Management in China; 2.3.1 Institutional Innovation: Empowering the Environmental Protection Agency; 2.3.2 Political Innovations: Reforming Natural Resource and Environmental Management Strategies; 2.3.3 Social Innovations: Promoting Public Participation in Environmental Management; 2.3.4 Technological Innovations: Developing new Approaches for Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration; 2.3.5 Economic Innovations: Adjusting Development Modes and Patterns.

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