Book ID: 25659
BANDYOPADHYAY, J., N.D.JAYAL, U.SCHOETTLI and CHHATRAPATI SINGH (eds.)
India's Environment. Crises and Responses. 1985. 14 pls. figs. tabs. XVI,309 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
The first part of the book is an attempt by leading professionals toanalyse the processes by which the power of sustained productivity ofnature and natural resources are being eroded. The second part of thebook provides detailed insight into the responses to India's environmental crises. Those responses include cultural shifts in science, technology, values, and lifestyles. They also include theemergence of new expressions of the democratic process in the form ofecology movements, like the Chipko, which are redefining policies andlaws.