Description
Book SynopsisJohannes Urpelainen provides an expert guide to India’s energy and environmental issues that incorporates both domestic and global perspectives. He details how unequal economic development and rapid population growth have brought the country to its current state.
Trade ReviewUrpelainen provides a social and historical context for the development of India’s environment and energy policy since independence. Not many books do this in an approachable manner, and hence
Energy and Environment in India is a welcome intervention. The book convincingly makes the case that meeting India’s growing energy needs sustainably is central to maintaining the global carbon budget. -- Kaushik Deb, Columbia University
Urpelainen’s analysis addresses two of 21st century India’s most entrenched, interrelated policy and political challenges: expanding energy access while also protecting a fragile environment. The volume, which deftly situates these problems within their complex social, political, and historical settings, will be equally valuable for researchers, students, and policymakers. -- Sunila S. Kale, University of Washington
The book convincingly argues that to produce fair, equitable, and sustainable outcomes for almost two billion Indians, the country must strive for a sustainable future through democratic norms. It’s a great reference book to understand India’s domestic issues and its role in the global energy and environment politics. * The Hindu *
An excellent model through which we might argue for the utility of history in environment and energy policy. * H-Environment *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Foundations and History
2. Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation
3. Governance and Policy
4. Flexing Muscle in Global Environmental Politics
5. The Future of Energy and Environment in India
Notes
Bibliography
Index
