Environmental Concerns Third World Perspectives

This book innovatively brings together analyses of the ancient environmental traditions and thoughts with contemporary issues from multidisciplinary perspectives. It provides desirable insights into environmental concerns; their developmental interfaces, agriculture, climate change, gender, health implications, education and curriculum with reference to environment from the developing world viewpoint. Contents Foreword by Dr. Prithvish Nag Vice-Chancellor: Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi Ex-Surveyor General of India; Ex-Director: NATMO; President: Geographical Society of India. 1. Emergence of Environmental Concerns: Ravi S. Singh 2. Ecospirituality in the Indian Tradition: Rana P. B. Singh 3. An Appraisal of Man-environment-development Relationship: N. C. Jana 4. Human Approaches to Environmental Understanding at Smallest Unit: Sudip Dey and Sushmita Paul 5. Political Ecology of Climate Change: Bikramaditya K. Choudhary 6. Climate Security and Geopolitics of Climate Change: Arun Kumar Tripathi 7. Environmental Pollution and Human Health: J. K. Mishra 8. Ecotourism: Pravin Singh Rana and P.J. Shyju 9. Women and Environment: Swati Sucharita Nanda 10. Environmental Education in Schools: Mousumi Boral 11. Organic Farming and the Environmental Shield: Arti Singh 12. Towards Epilogue: Ravi S. Singh