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Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment : the Case of India.

This book offers a critique of civilian nuclear power as a green energy strategy for India. The author argues that the existing growth-based, highly technology-centric model of organizing economic activity is unsustainable and urgently needs reform. Categorizing nuclear power in India as an "&q...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Mathai, Manu V.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Collection:Routledge explorations in environmental studies.
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Résumé:This book offers a critique of civilian nuclear power as a green energy strategy for India. The author argues that the existing growth-based, highly technology-centric model of organizing economic activity is unsustainable and urgently needs reform. Categorizing nuclear power in India as an ""authoritarian technology, "" the book proposes an alternative arrangement, a synergy of ideas from the fields of economic development, energy planning, science, technology and society studies
Description matérielle:1 online resource (247 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781136229916
1136229914
9780415629164
0415629160
9780203100141
020310014X
9781283973342
1283973340