Towards Equitable Progress Essays from a South Asian Perspective /

• Main Author: Gunaratna, K. Locana (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: South Asia Economic and Policy Studies,
• Subjects: Development economics.; Economic development-Environmental aspects.; Urban economics.; Development Economics.; Development and Sustainability.; Urban Economics.

This book gathers a collection of essays presented from the perspective of a spatial planner whose working life has been immersed in South Asia. It concerns some of the serious challenges that need to be confronted in the South Asian context, including the externalities and ethical concerns that ari...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Basic Concerns
• Chapter 1. Development: the Concept
• Chapter 2. Sustainable Development
• Chapter 3. Science, Ethics and Development
• Chapter 4. Climate Change: the Facts
• Part 2: Spatial Concerns
• Chapter 5. Managing Climate Change
• Chapter 6. Managing Urbanization
• Chapter 7. Urban Primacy
• Chapter 8. Conserving Cultural Heritage Sites
• Chapter 9. A National Spatial Policy
• Part 3: Conclusions
• Chapter 10 Summary of Conclusions.-Chapter 11. Sustainable Development.