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Hardback. Zustand: Good. Sustainable Economic Development: Resources, Environment, and Institutions presents 25 articles that lay the foundations of sustainable development in a way that facilitates effective policy design. The editors mix broad thematic papers with focused micro-papers, balancing theories with policy designs.The book begins with two sections on sustainable development principles and practice and on specific settings where sustainable development is practiced. Two more sections illuminate institutions, governance, and political economy. Additional sections cover sustainable development and agriculture, and risk and economic security, including disaster management. This rich source of information should appeal to any institution involved in development work, and to development practitioners grappling with an array of difficult on-the-ground developmental challenges.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction/Michael A. Toman. I. Economic drivers of greenhouse gas emissions: 2. Future energy trends and greenhouse gas emissions/P.R. Shukla, Debyani Ghosh, and Amit Garg. 3. Developmental sustainability implications of the economic reforms in the energy sector/Ramprasad Sengupta and Manish Gupta. 4. Economic policy reforms: implications for energy consumption/Subir Gokarn. 5. Some issues in greenhouse gas emissions from the informal energy-using sector/Gautam Gupta. 6. Endogenous substitution of energy resources: theory and application to the energy sector/Ujjayant Chakravorty. II. Options for greenhouse gas mitigation: 7. Policies for Carbon abatement in the presence of regulatory distortions: the electricity-generating sector/Madhu Khanna. 8. Carbon sequestration in forests: potential and incremental costs/Haripriya S. Gundimeda. 9. Evaluating greenhouse gas control strategies using multicriteria approaches/R. Ramanathan. 10. Energy economy model applications: long-term greenhouse gas emissions trends and mitigation costs/P.R. Shukla and Ashish Rana. 11. Incentive-based approaches for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions: issues and prospects/Shreekant Gupta. III. International climate policy: 12. A noncooperative theory of emissions-cap determination/Sudhir A. Shah. 13. The Kyoto protocol and developing countries: strategy and equity issues/Parkash Chander. 14. Allocation of greenhouse gas emissions: an example of short-term and long-term criteria/Sujata Gupta and Preety M. Bhandari. 15. The clean development mechanism: issues and options/P.G. Babu, K.S. Kavi Kumar, and Bibhas Saha. IV. Conclusions: 16. India's efforts to minimize greenhouse gas emissions: policies, measures, and institutions/Jyoti Parikh. 17. Global climate change: Indian perspective revisited and restated/R.K. Pachauri. Afterword. Climate change impacts on India/K.S. Kavi Kumar. Index. "With a population of more than one billion and an economy that is undergoing substantial restructuring after years of stagnation, India has a pivotal role to play in the debate on climate change policy. This comprehensive set of essays addresses climate change economics and policy issues from India's perspective.…

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Zustand: New. Analyzes policies that move markets and resource use patterns towards achieving sustainability Articles are kaleidoscopic in scope and creativity Authors embody extraordinary diversity and qualificationsRedaktion.

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