Greening India's Growth: Costs, Valuations and Trade-offs by Muthukumara Mani

By Muthukumara Mani

India’s sustained and speedy financial progress bargains a chance to raise thousands out of poverty. yet this may come at a steep expense to its setting and usual assets. This insightful book analyses India’s development from an monetary standpoint and assesses no matter if India can develop in a "green" and sustainable demeanour. 3 key matters are addressed. 


The first is the actual and financial bills and losses of environmental future health and common assets pushed via financial growth. The authors undertake a financial valuation and quantification of environmental harm, utilizing ideas which have been built to raised comprehend and quantify personal tastes and values of people and groups within the context of environmental caliber, conservation of common assets, and environmental well-being hazards. the second one half estimates the price of surroundings providers from the key biomes in India utilizing state-of-the artwork equipment to be able to holding them for the long run. The 3rd part offers a menu of coverage tools to discover trade-offs among monetary development and environmental sustainability utilizing a Computable basic Equilibrium process with specific cognizance to air pollution. 


The conclusions concentrate on the best way ahead by way of guidelines, measures and tools as India has to stability the dual demanding situations of preserving financial prosperity whereas dealing with its environmental resources.

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