Open AccessRekha Krishnan (ed). Growing Numbers and Dwindling Resources. New Delhi: Tata Energy Research Institute, 1994. XVIII+I71 pages. Indian Rupees 440.00. US $44.00. Hardbound.
Author(s) -
Mir Annice Mahmood
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v34i3pp.303-305
Subject(s) - poverty , new delhi , natural resource , population , economic growth , sustainable development , environmental degradation , development economics , energy resources , population growth , political science , geography , economics , natural resource economics , sociology , demography , biology , ecology , archaeology , metropolitan area , law
The issue of sustainable development, which is defined as thebalancing of environmental protection with the generation of increasedopportunities for employment and higher living standards, has assumedgreat importance in recent years. This has been due to the concernexpressed by environmentalists that economic growth in developed anddeveloping countries is having a negative impact on regional andinternational eco-systems. The increasing global environmentaldegradation has even spurred international organisations like the WorldBank to provide capital and other expertise to help halt and, wherepossible, to reverse the process of environmental decay. This volumeconsists of papers presented at a two-day seminar on Population andNatural Resources organised by the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI)in New Delhi in the latter part of 1993. Divided in seven sections, itexamines in detail the relationship of the growth of population,poverty, and economic activity with the environment, and theimplications that this has for sustainable development.