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Climate Sensitivity of Indian Agriculture Do Spatial Effects Matter?
Kumar, K S Kavi - eSocialSciences - 2010
Climate change impact studies on agriculture can be broadly divided into those that employ agro-economic approaches and those that employ the Ricardian approach. This study uses the Ricardian approach to examine the impact of climate change on Indian agriculture. Using panel data over a twenty...
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Water in India: Situation and Prospects
Prakash, Anjal; Sharma, Medhavi; Chourey, Jayati - eSocialSciences - 2013
This report attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of water resource development and management in India, based on secondary information. It maps the current challenges and suggests feasible alternatives amidst increasing water scarcity and disenfranchisement of resource bases...
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Public Opposition Halts Violation of Environmental Norms: Case of APSEZ, Gujarat
Aggarwal, Yogi - eSocialSciences - 2014
All too often blinded by the dazzle of development people and planners do not see the trail of destruction that accompanies new initiatives. It need not be that way. As the case of Adani Ports and SEZ in Mundra, Gujarat shows it is possible for a vigilant environmental movement backing popular...
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Pollution Across Chinese Provinces
Co, Catherine Yap; Kong, Fanying; Lin, Shuanglin - eSocialSciences - 2008
The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis is revisited using 1987-1995 data for Chinese provinces.
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Fertilizing Nature: A Tragedy of Excess in the Commons
Good, Allen G; Beatty, Perrin H - eSocialSciences - 2011
nitrogen pollution to our ecosphere. The atmosphere is polluted by N2O and NOx gases that directly and indirectly increase …
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Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India
Hanna, Rema; Greenstone, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2011
Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and … air pollution regulations were effective at reducing ambient concentrations of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and … nitrogen dioxide. The most successful air pollution regulation is associated with a modest and statistically insignificant …
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Toxicity and Profitability of Rice Cultivation under Waste- Water Irrigation: The Case of the East Calcutta Wetlands
Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Gupta, Gautam - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta Wetlands region where untreated sewage water from the city of Calcutta, India, is used for the purpose of irrigation during the winter/summer crop. [Working Paper, No 62 - 11]....
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Integrating Urban Datasets: The Path to Effective Socio-Economic Planning in Urban Pakistan
Khan, Sohaib; Aslam, Amal; Zubair, Maria; Rehan, Ali - eSocialSciences - 2012
Effective urban policy making and implementation in Pakistan is impeded by the problem of integrating data containing incompatible spatial references. There is great heterogeneity across spatial units being used by different urban government departments for data collection and reporting in...
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The Yamuna: Need for Inclusive Debate
Iyer, Ramaswamy R. - eSocialSciences - 2009
The prevailing attitude is that ‘development’ is important, and that if people have to be pushed around for this, so be it. This a response to the views expressed by E Sreedharan on the Yamuna, ‘Restrict Yamuna with walls and develop low-lying areas: Metro chief’ (Times...
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Towards an Emissions Trading Scheme for Air Pollutants in India: A Concept Note
Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini; Greenstone, Michael; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper connects experience with emissions trading, from programs like the U.S. Rain program, to lessons for implementation of a Trading Pilot Scheme in India. This experience suggests that four areas are especially important for successful implementation of an emissions trading scheme.
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