书目名称 | Water Pollution and Abatement Policy in India |
副标题 | A Study from an Econ |
编辑 | Debesh Chakraborty,Kakali Mukhopadhyay |
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概述 | Makes a comprehensive analysis of water pollution from macro and micro economic perspectives of India.Estimates the water pollution content in foreign trade and nation’s Green GDP.Evaluates the impact |
丛书名称 | Global Issues in Water Policy |
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描述 | .India has been traditionally well-endowed with large freshwater reserves, but increasing population, urbanization and agricultural growth in recent decades are causing overexploitation of surface and groundwater. As consumption of water grows, wastewater increases significantly and in the absence of proper measures for treatment and management, is polluting existing freshwater reserves. As a result, water pollution has emerged as one of the nation’s gravest environmental threats..This book draws a link between water pollution generated by different industries and the various economic activities of the Indian economy using the Input-output framework. It constructs a detailed water pollution coefficient matrix involving different types of water pollutants. The book estimates the total amount of water pollution generated directly and indirectly in different sectors and activities, and also calculates the water pollution content in India’s foreign trade sector. It also accounts for defensive expenditure from water pollution and estimates Green GDP for the extent and scope of environmental challenges. Analysis of the result indicates the variation in the pollution content of different |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | Green GDP; India; Input-output analysis; Water pollution; abatement policy; water quality and water pollu |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8929-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-024-0342-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-017-8929-5Series ISSN 2211-0631 Series E-ISSN 2211-0658 |
issn_series | 2211-0631 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 |