Ecology and Equity - The Use and Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India

List of contents

Introduction; Part 1 The India that is; Chapter 1 Cornering the Benefits; Chapter 2 Passing on the Costs; Chapter 3 A Cauldron of Conflicts; Chapter 4 Ideologies of Environmentalism; Part 2 The India that might be; Chapter 5 Conservative–Liberal–Socialism; Chapter 6 Knowledge of the People, by the People, for the People; Chapter 7 What are Forests For?; Chapter 8 Is there Safety in Numbers?; Chapter 9 Resources of Hope;

About the author

Madhav Gadgil is a Professor in the Centre for Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science.,
Ramachandra Guha is an independent writer. They previously collaborated on This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India (1992).

Summary

Radical both in its critique of the causes of environmental crisis in India and in its proposal for ecological reform, this book reveals the interconnections of social and environmental conflict and makes for essential reading.

Product details

• Authors: Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.1995
• EAN: 9780415125239
• ISBN: 978-0-415-12523-9
• No. of pages: 226
• Weight: 635 g
• Illustrations: Farb., s/w. Abb.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Internet