{"product_id":"9783319829661","title":"Environmental Sustainability from the Himalayas to the Oceans: Struggles and Innovations in China and India","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEnvironmental Sustainability from the Himalayas to the Oceans: Struggles and Innovations in China and India\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDong, Shikui; Bandyopadhyay, Jayanta; Chaturvedi, Sanjay\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is  written in the backdrop of the environmental impacts of and future  requirements from the natural environment for rapid economic growth that  has characterized recent economic history of China  and India, especially over the past few decades. The environmental  impacts of such rapid economic changes have been, more frequently than  otherwise, degrading in character. Environmental impacts of economic  activities create degraded natural ecosystems by  over utilization of nature’s provisioning ecosystem services (from  Himalaya to the Ocean), as well, by the use of the natural environment  as sink for dumping of unmarketable products or unused inputs of  economic activities. Such processes affect wide range  of ecosystem processes on which the natural environment including human  population depend on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eCritical  perspectives cast by various chapters in this book draw attention to the  various ways in which space and power interact to produce diverse  geographiesof sustainability in a globalizing world.  They also address the questions such as who decides what kind of a  spatial arrangement of political power is needed for sustaining the  environment. Who stands to gain (or lose) what, when, where, and why  from certain geographical areas being demarcated  as ecologically unique, fragile and vulnerable environments? Whose  needs and values are being catered to by a given ecosystem service? What  is the scope for critical inquiry into the ways in which the  environment is imagined, represented and resisted in both  geopolitical struggles and everyday life? The book provides insights to  both academics from diverse disciplines and policy makers, civil  society actors interested in mutual exchange of knowledge between China  and India.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-07-13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319829661\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-44037-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 258\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49478981582988,"sku":"9783319829661","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319829661.jpg?v=1778000618","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319829661","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}