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Changes in Arable Land Demand for Food in India and China: A Potential Threat to Food Security
Nath, Reshmita; Luan, Yibo; Yang, Wangming; Yang, Chen; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 5371-5397
India and China are two similar developing countries with huge populations, rapid economic growth and limited natural …% from 1963–2009, for India and China, respectively. Furthermore, our studies reveal that population growth dominates most of … for China. Therefore, sustainable management of agricultural land resource is an urgent need both for India and China as …
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Reducing Energy Subsidies in China, India and Russia: Dilemmas for Decision Makers
Dansie, Grant; Lanteigne, Marc; Overland, Indra - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 2, pp. 475-493
This article examines and compares efforts to reduce energy subsidies in China, India and Russia. Despite …
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Small Cities, Neoliberal Governance and Sustainable Development in the Global South: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda
Véron, René - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 9, pp. 2833-2848
Development and environmental issues of small cities in developing countries have largely been overlooked although these settlements are of global demographic importance and often face a “triple challenge”; that is, they have limited financial and human resources to address growing...
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Optimization of a Groundwater Monitoring Network for a Sustainable Development of the Maheshwaram Catchment, India
Nabi, Aadil; Gallardo, Adrian H.; Ahmed, Shakeel - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 2, pp. 396-409
Groundwater is one of the most valuable resources for drinking water and irrigation in the Maheshwaram Catchment, Central India, where most of the local population depends on it for agricultural activities. An increasing demand for irrigation and the growing concern about potential water...
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Vegetation in Bangalore’s Slums: Boosting Livelihoods, Well-Being and Social Capital
Gopal, Divya; Nagendra, Harini - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 5, pp. 2459-2473
Urban greenery provides ecosystem services that play an important role in the challenging context of urban deprivation and poverty. This study assesses the social importance of vegetation through empirical assessment of 44 urban slums in the rapidly developing southern city of Bangalore, India....
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The Ganges and the GAP: An Assessment of Efforts to Clean a Sacred River
Das, Priyam; Tamminga, Kenneth R. - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 8, pp. 1647-1668
For centuries, the Ganges River in India has been the locus of sacred rites for the Hindus. The religious significance of the Ganges is physically manifested in <em>ghats</em> (stepped landings) that form the land-water interface. Besides serving as a site for religious bathing and cremation, the <em>ghats</em>...
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Climate Change, Trade, and Competitiveness: Climate Trade Performance of India, SAARC and Asia Pacific Region
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
friendly goods and technologies. The Comparative advantage analyses indicate that Hong Kong, China, and Japan have comparative … China, Hong Kong and Japan, and Asia Pacific region are major exporter of CFG during 2002-2008. Competitiveness of India …, China and South Korea has improved in 2008. Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, and India prefer to trade in CFG regionally and have shown …
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Up in smoke : the influence of household behavior on the long-run impact of improved cooking stoves
Hanna, Rema; Duflo, Esther; Greenstone, Michael - 2012
It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved cooking stoves. This is largely supported by observational field...
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From Adoption to Innovation : The Dynamics of Indian Knowledge Firms’ Technology Learning
Banik, Arindam - 2013
It is critical that technology recipients have the prerequisite knowledge and scientific base to best exploit the information. This includes domestic private and public research laboratories and universities, in addition to a sound basis of technical skills and human capital. Each of these may...
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Poverty and the Environment-Exploring the Relationship between Household Incomes, Private Assets and Natural Assets
Narain, Urvashi; Gupta, Shreekant; Veld, Klaas vant - Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics - 2005
Using purpose-collected survey data from 535 households in 60 different villages of the Jhabua district of India, this paper investigates the extent to which rural households depend on common-pool natural resources for their daily livelihood. Previous studies have found that resource...
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