Water, Agriculture, and Sustainable Well-Being - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0198061757 ISBN 13: 9780198061755

Casa editrice: OUP India, 2009

Riassunto

The book is a scholarly presentation on various issues pertaining to water resource management and agriculture practices. These include water contamination and health; trade-off between private benefits and sustainable development; and trade and environment. The volume makes a significant contribution to methodologies for assessing environmental and economic costs and identification of appropriate policy framework for abatement. A special feature of the book is that it seeks to integrate the issues of suitability across water use for human consumption and for agricultural production by exploring a broad conceptual framework. Case studies from a number of countries such as India, Bangladesh, Belgium, and the European Union are covered.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Unai Pascual, is a Lecturer at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge,UK.

Contenuti:

• Foreword; Introduction;
• 1.: Valuing Health Damages from Arsenic Contamination;
• 2.: Trade-offs between Risk and Latency of Health Hazards from Groundwater Contamination;
• 3.: Sustainable Solutions to Arsenic Contamination of Ground Water;
• 4.: Farmers as Producers of Clean Water;
• 5.: The Fundamentals of Physical Hydronomics;
• 6.: Good Ecology is Good Economics;
• 7.: Agriculture and Environment;
• 8.: Assessing Drought Risk and Vulnerability;
• 9.: Exploring Policy Options for Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Land Use Systems in Hills and Mountains;
• 10.: Climbing the Pesticide Treadmill into the Debt Trap;
• 11.: Valuing Benefits of Soil Conservation in Hill Areas of Bangladesh;
• 12.: Adoption of Soil Conservation Measures in Belgium; Index.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP India
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0198061757
• ISBN 13: 9780198061755
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 318
• Redattore: Pascual Unai, Shah Amita, Bandyopadhyay Jayanta