TY - BOOK AU - Shanmugam,K.R. AU - Kumar,K.S.Kavi TI - Environment and Development: Essays in Honour of Dr U. Sankar SN - 9789351506485 AV - HC440.E5 .E585 2016eb U1 - 338.954 PY - 2016/// CY - New Delhi PB - SAGE Publications KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects KW - India KW - Environmental policy KW - Economic aspects KW - Sustainable development KW - Développement économique KW - Aspect de l'environnement KW - Inde KW - Environnement KW - Politique gouvernementale KW - Aspect économique KW - Développement durable KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Industries KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - List of Tables ; List of Figures ; Foreword by C. Rangarajan ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction and Overview ; Section I: Environment ; 1. Estimating the Cost of Environmental Degradation in India ; 2. Discount Rate for Environmental Health Risks: A Comparative Study ; 3. Low Carbon Goods and Services: International Cooperation on Technological Innovation, Transfer and Funding Needs ; 4. Carbon Intensity and Labour Intensity in India ; 5. Natural Solutions to Environmental Issues: The Case of the Textile Sector ; 6. Are Fiscal Subsidies Harmful for the Environment?; 7. Climate Change Burden Sharing: A Reappraisal of the Equity Debate "8. Economic Value of Water Using Hedonic Price Method ; 9. Assessing On-farm Conservation and Farmer's Willingness to Participate: A Case Study of Minor Millet ; 10. Economic Analysis of Irrigation Institutions: A Case Study ; 11. Improving Tiger Conservation in India ; Section II. Development ; 12. Importance of Excess Female Mortality in Explaining Lowness of the Sex Ratio in India ; 13. Subsidized Credit vs Public Works Programme in Rural India; 14. Budgetary Allocation on Education: A Study of Inter-state Imbalances 15. Health Outcome Efficiency of the Indian States ; 16. The Software Sector in Bangalore and Hyderabad ; About the Editors and Contributors ; Index N2 - Insights into different issues and constaints related to Environment and Development in different aspects UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1214456 ER -