Environmental policy in India /
edited by Natalia Ciecierska-Holmes ; Kirsten Jörgensen ; Lana Laura Ollier ; D. Raghunandan.
- Oxon : Routledge, 2020.
- ix, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Routledge studies in environmental policy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART 1: Institutions and Actors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Environmental Policy in India -- Natalia Ciecierska-Holmes, Kirsten Jörgensen, Lana Laura Ollier, D. Raghunandan -- Chapter 2: Environmental Competencies in India's Federal System -- Winfried Swenden, Rekha SaxenaChapter 3: The Role India's States Play in Environmental Policymaking -- Kirsten Jörgensen -- Chapter 4: Civil Society and State Interaction in Environment Policy in India, Sunayana Ganguly -- PART 2: Environmental Policy Subsystems in India -- Chapter 5: Forest Governance in India: Achieving Balance within a Complex Policy Subsystem -- Smriti Das -- Chapter 6: India: Dilemmas of Water Governance/ Joyeeta Gupta, Richa Tyagi -- Chapter 7: Sustainable Energy: Prospects and Challenges/ Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Madhura Joshi, Rainer Quitzow -- Chapter 8: Factors Shaping the Climate Policy Process in India/ Denise Fernandes, Kirsten Jörgensen, N.C. Narayanan -- Chapter 9: Smart Sustainable Cities/ Shaleen Singhal, Sourabh Jain -- PART 3: India within the Context of Global Environmental Governance -- Chapter 10: Factors shaping India's International Climate Policy/ D. Raghunandan -- Chapter 11: India's relations with the European Union on environmental policy /Diarmuid Torney -- Chapter 12: Environmental politics in India: Institutions, Actors and Environmental Governance/ Natalia Ciecierska Holmes, Kirsten Jörgensen -- Index
This book systematically introduces historical trajectories and dynamics of environmental policy and governance in India. Following the features of environmental policy in India as outlined in chapter one, subsequent chapters explore domestic and international factors that shape environmental policy in the country. The chapters examine the interplay between governmental, and non-governmental actors, and the influence of social mobilization and institutions on environmental policy and governance. Analysing various policy trajectories, the chapters identify and explore five central environmental policy subsystems: forests, water, climate, energy, and city development. The authors drill down into the social, economic, political, and ecological dimensions of each system, shedding light on why striking a balance between national economic growth and environmental sustainability is so challenging. Drawing on political science theories of policy processes and related theoretical concepts, this innovative edited volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental policy and politics and South Asian studies more broadly.