This book examines the relationship between natural resource management, sustainable development, and governance with case studies from India and other places covering disaster risk reduction, conflict resolution, capacity building, climate change adaptation and resilience, citizen engagement and ecological conservation. Though the studies focus mostly on cases in India, the volume discusses how governance can be employed to help develop and implement sustainable practices globally through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. Readers will learn how to integrate concepts of resource management, sustainable development, and governance to improve human resilience to global environmental change, and to assess the proper development approaches to assist economically stressed and resource-deprived individuals. The book will be of use to graduate students and academics, policy makers, planners, and nonprofits.
Chapter
1. Resource Management, Sustainable Development and Governance:
Introduction and Overview.
Chapter
2. Bruce Mitchell: Professional Career
and Contributions.
Chapter
3. Early and Modern Paradigms in Natural Resource
Management: Global and Indian Experiences.
Chapter
4. Approaching the
Collaborative Turn in Water Governance: A Critical Re-Appraisal.
Chapter
5. Disaster Risk Governance and Management: An Asian Perspective.
Chapter
6.
Reshaping Natural Resource Management in China.
Chapter
7. Regional
Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Decision-Making in India:
Methods and Implications.
Chapter
8. Rethinking Resettlement as a
Development Opportunity: Need for Good Practices.
Chapter
9. Will the Water
Revolution be Decentralized? Investigating the Downscale and Upscale
Challenges of Urban Rainwater Harvesting.
Chapter
10. Rethinking Capacity
Building in Water Governance: Factors Influencing Risk Interpretation and
Decision-Making in Delhi.
Chapter
11. Regional Environmental Governance: An
Analytical Framework for Conservation of Natural Resource Area.
Chapter
12.
Groundwater Sustainability in Haryana: Challenges to Governance.
Chapter
13.
Wetland Resources in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam: Characteristics, Use and
Sustainable Development.
Chapter
14. Impact of Physical Factors on
Transboundary Water Management and Governance in the Kosi Basin.
Chapter
15.
Governance and Management of Teesta River Water Resources: A Geopolitical
Appraisal.
Chapter
16. Governance Issues for Sustainable Water Management in
Rapti River Basin, Uttar Pradesh.
Chapter
17. Social Transformation,
Ecosystem Services and Resource Sustainability in Nepal Hills.
Chapter
18.
Determinants of Land Use Dynamics and its Ecological Implications in India: A
State Level Analysis.
Chapter
19. Land Use Change and its Impact on
Ecosystem Services: Food, Livelihood, and Health Security in Kumaon
Himalayas.
Chapter
20. Impact of Land Use Change on Livelihood Options:A
Case Study of Upper Pasolgad Watershed, Uttarakhand.
Chapter
21. Rural
Livelihood and Women: Glimpses from An Indian Tribal Village.
Chapter
22.
Land Degradation and Agricultural Sustainability in Kendujhar District,
Odisha.
Chapter
23. Diversification of Agriculture through Medicinal Plants
in Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh.
Chapter
24. Recent Sanitation
Challenges and Policy Options in Developing Countries.
Chapter
25. Solid
Waste Management for Environmental Sustainability in India.
Chapter
26.
Social Impact Assessment of Indian Water and Allied Policies and Programs.-
Chapter
27. Challenges and Opportunities towards Management of Solid Wastes
in Indian Cities: Beyond the Rhetoric of Convenience.
Chapter
28. Natural
Resource Evaluation for Ecotourism and Geotourism Destination in Hong Kong.-
Chapter
29. Climate Change Knowledge: Comparison of People and Scientists
Perception in Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh.
Chapter
30. Climate Change
Modeling for Ecosystem Services: A Method for Sustainable Development in
Western Himalayan District.
Chapter
31. Urban Sustainability and Governance
in Delhi Metropolitan Region.
Chapter
32. Investigating the Variability in
Sanitation and Sustainability Issues: Evidence from Resettlement Colonies of
Delhi.
Chapter
33. Water Governance in Thiruvananthapuram City, Kerala:
Existing Practices and Alternative Paradigms.
Chapter
34. Bhitarkanika
Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha: Peoples Attitude Towards its Conservation.-
Chapter
35. Socio-Economic Development in Highway Corridor Zone of Bihar: A
Case Study of Kuchai Kot-Muzaffarpur Section.
Chapter
36. Sustainable
Resource Governance: Lessons for the Future.
Dr. Baleshwar Thakur (retired) was Professor and Chair, Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi and Vice-Chancellor, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar, India.
Dr. Rajiv R. Thakur is Associate Professor of Geography, Department of Geosciences, Missouri State University, West Plains, Missouri, USA.
Dr. Srikumar Chattopadhyay (retired) was Scientist and Head, Resources Analysis Division, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Dr. Rajesh K. Abhay is Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
