Rivers and Sustainable Development Alternative Approaches and Their Implications

by Islam, S. Nazrul

• ISBN13: 9780190079055
• ISBN10: 0190079053
• Edition: 1st
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2020-09-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

S. Nazrul Islam is Senior Economic Affairs Officer of Development Policy and Analysis Division in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Islam is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance in the Tobin School of Business at St. Johns University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Glossary of Terms

Chapter 1: Rivers, Sustainable Development, and Policies
Chapter 2: Commercial Approach to Rivers: Origin and Spread
Chapter 3: Consequences of the Commercial Approach to Rivers
Chapter 4: Application to the Commercial Approach: A Few Case Studies
Chapter 5: Commercial Approach and River-Related Conflicts in South Asia
Chapter 6: Introduction to the Ecological Approach
Chapter 7: Ecological Approach as Part of Greater Environmental Awareness
Chapter 8: Spread of the Ecological Approach Across the World
Chapter 9: Cordon Approach to Rivers: The Lateral Version of the Commerical Approach
Chapter 10: Open Approach to Rivers: The Lateral Version of the Ecological Approach
Chapter 11: Cordon Approach in a Delta
Chapter 12: Open Approach to Rivers in a Delta
Chapter 13: Rivers, Policies, and Interest

References
Index