Development projects and critical theory of environment /

This book proposes an original critical theory of environmental sociology which is verified through actual projects relating to infrastructure development. The author locates each development project in its social, institutional and historical contexts.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bapat, Jyotsna
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2005.
Subjects:
Economic development projects > Environmental aspects > India > Case studies.
Environmental impact analysis > India.
Economic development projects > Social aspects > India > Case studies.
Projets de développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement > Inde > Études de cas.
Environnement > Études d'impact > Inde.
Projets de développement économique > Aspect social > Inde > Études de cas.
Economic development projects > Environmental aspects
Economic development projects > Social aspects
Environmental impact analysis
India
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Critical theory of environment
  • Methodology of research
  • Environmental protest, locality and modernity
  • National parks, land alienation and tribal livelihoods
  • Aierawat (the white elephant) and other stories
  • Cultural imperatives of technology transfer
  • Limits to pollution abatement
  • Do ideologies matter in urban transport projects?
  • Environmental struggles, protest and survival.

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