Water Pollution and Abatement Policy in India A Study from an Economic Perspective /

• Main Authors: Chakraborty, Debesh (Author), Mukhopadhyay, Kakali (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Global Issues in Water Policy, 10
• Subjects: Sustainable development.; Pollution prevention.; Water pollution.; Development economics.; Environmental economics.; Social sciences.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Development Economics.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.; Sustainable Development.

India has been traditionally well-endowed with large freshwater reserves, but increasing population, urbanization and agricultural growth in recent decades are causing overexploitation of surface and groundwater. As consumption of water grows, wastewater increases significantly and in the absence of...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Status of Water Pollution in India and Other Countries of Asia
• 3 The Methodology
• 4 Data Sources and Processing
• 5 Experiment with Models-Results and Discussion
• 6 Estimation of Water Pollution Content in India’s Foreign Trade
• 7. Simulation Exercises on Pollution Abatement Policies
• 8 Estimates of Green GDP
• 9 Review of the Case Studies
• 10 Summary and Conclusion. Appendix.