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Indigenous People and Nature
Indigenous People and Nature: Insights for Social, Ecological, and Technological Sustainability examines today's environmental challenges in light of traditional knowledge, linking insights from geography, population, and environment from a wide range of regions around the globe. Organized in four parts, the book describes the foundations of human geography and its current research challenges, the intersections between environment and cultural diversity, addressing various type of ecosystem services and their interaction with the environment, the impacts of sustainability practices used by indigenous culture on the ecosystem, and conservation ecology and environment management. Using theoret...
Blue Infrastructures
This book focuses on Kolkata, formerly the colonial capital of and currently a major megacity in India, in terms of its extensive blue infrastructures, i.e., its rivers, canals and wetlands as an integrated composite whole. It unfolds ways in which this reclaimed urban space could determine, and in turn, could get determined by political fate, economic calculations and social livelihoods across changing political-economic imperatives and with large-scale implications on urban sustainability. Employing historical urban political ecology (HUPE) as the methodological framework by combining urban environmental history and urban political ecology, the book studies the changing urban environmental...
Environmental and Ecological Sustainability Through Indigenous Traditions
This book explores the environmental and ecological wisdom inherent in some of the indigenous traditions of traditional communities from developing societies like, Argentina, Brazil, India, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. It throws light on how these discrete and unrecognized traditions have enabled communities to live in harmony with nature for ages. Despite the best efforts of the modern states through policy-making, intensive R&D for eco-friendly technologies and products, social and environmental impact assessment studies (SEIAS), and cost benefit analysis (CBA) of projects, environmental and ecological degradation continues, mostly in developing societies, which house large number of t...
Sustainable Business Ecosystems and Social Perspectives
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide businesses with a framework to align their operations with global challenges, promoting a shift towards sustainability in all sectors. In an interconnected world, creating sustainable business ecosystems that balance economic, social, and environmental objectives is essential for long-term success. This approach enables businesses to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and differentiate themselves, while also managing risks and seizing growth opportunities. The rise of multi-stakeholder partnerships highlights the importance of collaboration in achieving the SDGs, particularly in emerging markets. Further exploration of the latest...
Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012 - 2017)
This Five Year Plan document focuses on Faster, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth. The document is divided into three volumes. Volume I: Faster, More Inclusive and Sustainable Growth provides details of Macroeconomics Framework; Financing the Plan; Sustainable Development; Water, Land Issues; Environment, Forestry and Wildlife; Science and Technology; Innovation, Governance; Regional Equality; Volume II: Economic Sectors provides plans for Agriculture, Industry, Energy, Transport, Communication, Rural Development, Urban Development and Other Priority Sectors such as Construction, Tourism, Arts and Culture, Handlooms and Handicrafts and Youth Affairs and Sports and Volume III: Social Sectors—Health, Education, Employment and Skill Development, Women’s Agency and Child Rights, Social Inclusion.
Journal of Development Policy Review (JDPR)
Journal of Development Policy Review (JDPR) is a peer-reviewed biannual academic journal published by Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), a New Delhi-based think tank dedicated to pro-active, independent, non-partisan, and policy-based research. Editors: Simi Mehta and Soumyadip Chattopadhyay ISSN 2693-1427
