Environment, Development and Human Security Perspectives from South Asia

by Najam, Adil; Banerjee, Dipankar; Asthana, Vandana; Shukla, Ashok C.; Khan, Shaheen Rafi; Rahman, A Atiq; Chowdhury, Zahid H.; Ahmed, Ashan U.; Kotagama, Sarath W.; Dixit, Ajaya; Gyawali, Dipak; Gunaseker, Kumudu; Saeed, Khalid; Iyer, Ramaswamy R.

• ISBN13: 9780761825715
• ISBN10: 0761825711
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-05
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This collected volume of essays provides a set of fresh and pertinent perspectives on environment and security coming from the leading South Asian scholars on the subject.

Author Biography

Ahsan U. Ahmed heads the water and environment division of the Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, a multi-disciplinary research center in Dhaka Vandana Asthana teaches political science at Christ Church College, Kanpur University, India Zahid H. Chowdhury teaches political science at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Ajaya Dixit taught hydraulics at the Institute of Engineering in Nepal for twelve years and has been an independent researcher since 1989 Kumudu Gunasekera is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Geography at Boston University Dipak Gyawali has been working with the water sector since 1979, initially as a government engineer and since 1987 as an independent analyst Ramaswamy R. Iyer is a former Secretary for Water Resources, Government of India Shaheen Rafi Khan is a visiting research fellow at the Sustainable Policy Development Institute, a policy think tank based in Islamabad, Pakistan Sarath W. Kotagama was trained as an Ornithologist and Wildlife Ecologist and is now a professor of zoology and environmental studies at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Adil Najam teaches international relations and environmental policy at Boston University and is a visiting fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad, Pakistan A. Atiq Rahman is the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies Khalid Saeed, originally from Pakistan, heads the Social Science and Policy Studies department at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in USA Ashok C. Shukla teaches political science at Christ Church College, Kanpur University, India

Table of Contents

Boxes, Tables & Figures
Foreword
Environment & Security: Exploring the Links	p. 1
Sustainable Development as a New Security Paradigm for India	p. 25
Environmental Security in Pakistan: Are their Grounds for Optimism?	p. 67
Environment & Security in Bangladesh	p. 103
Exploring the Environment & Security Nexus in Sri Lanka	p. 129
A Cultural Theory Perspective on Environment & Security in Nepal	p. 155
Energy and Security in South Asia: A Multiple Frameworks Analysis	p. 171
Land-use & Food Security: The Green Revolution & Beyond	p. 201
Water & Security: A Reexamination	p. 225
Environment & Security in South Asia: Lessons & Conclusions	p. 245
Acronyms & Abbreviations	p. 259
Bibliography	p. 261
Index	p. 277
Contributors	p. 283
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