Environmental sustainability from the Himalayas to the oceans : struggles and innovations in China and India /: struggles and innovations in China and India. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shikui Dong, Jayanta Bandyopadhyay, Sanjay Chaturvedi, editors.
• Editors: Dong, Shikui; Bandyopadhyay, J; Chaturvedi, Sanjay
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.951; 333.7; Environment; Sustainable development -- China; Sustainable development -- India; Environmental policy -- China; Environmental policy -- India; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development; Environmental policy; Sustainable development; Environment; Sustainable Development; Environmental Geography; Climate Change; Environmental Management; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Science -- Environmental Science; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Law -- Environmental; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Physical geography & topography; Climate change; Environmental management; Environment law; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Sustainable development; Climatic changes; Environmental management; Environmental law; Ecology; Sustainability; China; India; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319440378; 3319440373; 3319440357; 9783319440354
• Related ISBNs: 9783319440354
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 7, 2017).
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