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Ecological Conflicts and the Environmental Movement in India
Author(s) -
Gadgil Madhav,
Guha Ramachandra
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1994.tb00511.x
Subject(s) - movement (music) , ideology , environmental degradation , democracy , meaning (existential) , environmental movement , civil society , dimension (graph theory) , ecology , political science , sociology , environmental ethics , geography , political economy , law , politics , biology , psychology , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics , psychotherapist , aesthetics
Nature‐based conflicts have increased in frequency and intensity in India. They revolve around competing claims over forests, land, water and fisheries, and have generated a new movement struggling for the rights of victims of ecological degradation. The environmental movement has added a new dimension to Indian democracy and civil society. It also posesan ideological challenge to the dominant notions of the meaning, content and patterns ofdevelopment.