Contents List oj Tables and Figures vii List oj Contributors xi Preface xiii I OVERVIEW AND EVOLVING THEORETICAL APPROACHES 1. Overview 3 Environmental and Resource Economics in India Kanchan Chopra and Vikram Dayal 2. Environmental and Resource Economics 17 Some Recent Developments Partha Dasgupta and Karl-Goran Mdler II ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS: LAND AND WATER 3. Rights to Land and Water, and Watershed Development 69 Amita Shah 4. India's Groundwater Irrigation Economy 98 The Challenge of Balancing Livelihoods and Environment Tushaar Shah III ACCOUNTING AND VALUATION 5. Recent Developments in Natural Resource Accounting in India 121 Vikram Dayal 6. Valuation of Ecosystem Services Methodologies, Illustrations, and Use 137 Purnamita Dasgupta IV ENERGY AND INDUSTRY 7. High Economic Growth, Equity, and Sustainable Energy Development 151 Ramprasad Sengupta 8. Water and Air Pollution Abatement An Assessment of Strategies 190 M.N. Murty V INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS 9. Trade, Environment, and Natural Resources A Developing Country Perspective 227 Meeta Keswani Mehra 10. Climate Change International Negotiations and Mitigation Policy 258 Joyashree Roy 11. Climate Change Negotiations and Adaptation Policy 284 K.S. Kavikumar VI INTERDISCIPLINARY ISSUES 12. Reflections on Interdisciplinarity in Environmental Economics in India 305 Sharachchandra Lele Some Useful Websites 326