Socioeconomic and Environmental Implications of Agricultural Residue Burning A Case Study of Punjab, India /

• Main Authors: Kumar, Parmod (Author), Kumar, Surender (Author), Joshi, Laxmi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Environmental economics.; Economic sociology.; Social Sciences.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Environmental Economics.; Community & Population Ecology.

This book discusses the important issue of the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of agricultural residue burning, common in agricultural practices in many parts of the world. In particular, it focuses on the pollution caused by rice residue burning using primary survey data from Punjab, India....