Keywords:
Environmental policy.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (429 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783031104374
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=7192849
DDC:
338.927
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Rethinking Environmental Governance: Exploring the Sustainability Potential in India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Objectives of the Study -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 4 Major Initiatives to Govern Environment in India -- 4.1 Indian Forest Act, 1878, and Forest Conservation Act, 1980 -- 4.2 Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 -- 4.3 Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 -- 4.4 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 -- 4.5 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 -- 4.6 Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 -- 4.7 Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 -- 4.8 Biological Diversity Act, 2002 -- 4.9 National Environmental Policy, 2006 -- 4.10 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 -- 5 Attributes of Good Environmental Governance -- 6 Dimensions of Environmental Governance -- 7 In Search for Proper Plan of Action -- 8 In Conclusion: The Way Forward -- References -- Chapter 2: The Role of Local Governments in Encouraging Participation in Reforestation Activities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Conditions of the Forest Areas Around the World -- 3 SDG 2030, Climate Change, and Forest Fires -- 4 Local Government Role in Forest Areas and Reforestation -- 5 Public Participation in Protecting Forests and Being a Part in Reforestation Activities -- 6 Examples of Reforestation Activities with the Contributions of Local Governments and Public -- 6.1 China Reforestation Activities -- 6.2 The Great Green Wall of Africa -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Accessing Regional Liveability by Indicators: A Case Study of Mumbai Metropolitan Region -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context -- 3 Discourses on Liveability -- 4 Methodology on Liveability and Sustainability -- 5 Observations from the Study Region -- 5.1 Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
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6 Generation of Local Benchmarks Through Community Participation -- 7 Suggestions and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Operationalizing the Regional Sustainability Assessment by Indicators -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainability: A Multidimensional Concept -- 3 Multidimensionality That Favors Assessment -- 4 Regional Sustainability Assessment: Operational Challenges -- 5 RSA Operational Gaps and Methodological Pathways -- 5.1 Multilevel Interaction in the RSA -- 5.1.1 Interregional Multilevel Interaction -- 5.1.2 Intraregional Multilevel Interaction -- 5.2 Stakeholder Participation in RSA -- 5.3 Geospatial Approach in the RSA -- 5.3.1 Spatialization of Data for RSA -- 5.3.2 Geospatialized RSA -- 6 Final Considerations -- 6.1 Research Limitations -- 6.2 Gaps That Persevere -- References -- Chapter 5: Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Corporate Social Responsibility -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) -- 2.1 Emergence and Purpose of the VSS -- 2.2 VSS: Voluntary Use or Mandatory Trend? -- 3 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) -- 4 The VSS, Global Trade, and CSR for a Sustainability Network -- 5 VSS Contributions to CSR -- 6 Challenges VSS and CSR -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Universities to Educate in Sustainability: From Pedagogy to Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainable Universities -- 3 Pedagogical Transition -- 4 Management Transitions -- 4.1 Environmentalization -- 4.2 Tools for Assessing Sustainability Management at HEIs -- 4.2.1 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) -- 4.2.2 Graphical Assessment of Sustainability in Universities (GASU) -- 4.2.3 Green Report Card -- 4.2.4 STARS -- 4.2.5 GreenMetric -- 4.2.6 AISHE -- 4.2.7 CSAF -- 4.2.8 SAQ -- 4.2.9 KAP -- 4.2.10 Other Initiatives -- 4.2.11 Green Campus -- 4.2.12 Living Labs -- 5 Conclusion -- References.
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Chapter 7: Analysis of the Path of Studies on Financial Education and Sustainability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Methodological Procedures -- 4 Presentation and Interpretation of Results -- 5 Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 8: Unveiling Diversity and the Unwanted Inequality in Organizational Leadership -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Guaranteeing the Golden Ticket Is Not Enough -- 1.2 Consistent Signaling Diversity and Equity Through Leadership -- 2 Method -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Descriptive Data Analysis -- 3.2 Fixed and Random Effects on Panel Analysis -- 3.3 Hypothesis Results -- 4 Conclusions -- 4.1 Implications -- References -- Chapter 9: Critical and Instrumental Perspectives of Interdisciplinarity for Business Education -- 1 Introduction: The Generous Vision -- 2 Interdisciplinarity Genesis -- 2.1 Focus on the Society Issues: The Critical Dimension of Interdisciplinarity -- 3 Upstreaming CSR: The Principles for Responsible Management Education Role -- 4 PRME Harbors Interdisciplinarity in a "Brazilian Way" -- 4.1 Students Organizations Triggering Interdisciplinarity -- 5 Conclusion and Framework Proposal -- References -- Chapter 10: Who Pays for Corporate Social Responsibility?: Proposal for an Externalization Index of CSR Costs -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 The Theoretical Debate of Who Assumes CSR -- 2.2 An Index as an Answer -- 2.2.1 CSR Modality -- 2.2.2 Registry -- 2.2.3 Stakeholders -- 2.3 Proposed Behavioral Categories -- 2.4 The Proposed Externalization Index -- 3 Methods -- 3.1 Measuring Instrument -- 3.2 Data Collection -- 3.3 Proposed Index -- 3.4 Index Validation -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Modality -- 4.2 Registry -- 4.3 CSR Cost Externalization Level -- 4.4 Registry Analysis -- 4.5 Modality Analysis -- 4.6 Overall Analysis -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References.
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Chapter 11: Emerging Civilian UAV Innovations Promoting Sustainability in Indian Agri-Insurance Through Embedding Culture-Specific Values -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Responsible Innovation -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Current Scenario -- 4.1 Agriculture Insurance -- 4.2 Civil UAV -- 5 Implications of Values in Civil UAV Deployment -- 6 Discussion of the Findings -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: COVID-19: The Urgency to Expand Sustainable Nutrition Solutions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 COVID-19 and Nutrition Disruption -- 3 Juxtaposing Nutrition and Sustainability -- 4 Advances in Science to Tackle Nutrition and Issue of Sustainability -- 5 Nutraceuticals and Sustainable Nutrition -- 6 Future Prospective -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: Environmental Consciousness and Sustainable Development Goal with Special Reference to Public Transportation in India: A Review -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 3 Analytical Discussion -- 4 Sustainable Public Transportation in Kolkata -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Pandemic, Resilience and Sustainability: Agroecology and Local Food System as the Way Forward -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Discourse of Agricultural Modernism in India: A Critical Inquiry -- 3 Implications for Sustainability, Food Security and Farmer's Autonomy -- 4 The Way Forward: Agroecology, Resilience and Local Food Systems -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Integrated Water Resources Management and Urban Sustainability -- 1 Urban Sustainability and Water Concerns -- 1.1 Urban Water Management Transitions -- 1.2 Focusing on the Stages of Urban Management Transitions -- 2 IWRM and Sustainability Perspectives -- 2.1 Integrated Water Resources Management: Definitions and Perspectives -- 2.2 Adaptive Strategy to Operationalize IWRM -- 2.3 Principles of IWRM.
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2.4 Principles for Sustainability: From the Principles of Bellagio to the BellagioSTAMP -- 2.5 Interrelationship Between IWRM Principles and BellagioSTAMP Principles -- 3 Food-Energy-Water Nexus for the Global Sustainable Development -- 4 Water Relevance for the 2030 Agenda -- 5 Mitigation and Adaptation to Natural Disasters -- 6 The Concept of Water Security -- References -- Chapter 16: Corporate Social Responsibility and Roles of Developers for Sustainability in Companies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Efforts to Be Made by the Corporate Sector to Promote Sustainable Work Culture and Protecting Environment -- 3 Formal Practices for Corporate Sustainability -- 4 How CSR Leads Sustainable Corporate Sector -- 5 Total Disclosure on Region of Intervention in the CSR Policy -- 6 Employee Volunteering for the Implementation of CSR Projects -- 7 Similarities Between CSR and Corporate Sustainability -- 8 Differences Between CSR and Corporate Sustainability -- 9 Approaches for Sustainable Design -- 10 Eco-Labelling -- 11 Business Practices, Work Culture, and Environment -- 12 Overview -- 13 Principles of Corporate Governance and Work Culture -- 14 Role of Developers -- 15 Accountability of Software Developers -- 16 Futuristic Thoughts About CSR in New Normal -- 17 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 17: Plastic Pollution During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Disaster in the Making -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Diversity of Commonly Used Synthetic Plastics -- 3 Causes and Effects of Plastic Pollution on the Different Ecosystems: A Global Perspective -- 4 Generation of Biomedical and Domestic/Commercial Plastic Wastes During COVID-19 Pandemic -- 5 The Sustainable Road Ahead -- 5.1 Microbial Degradation of Plastics -- 5.2 Biodegradable Plastics or Bioplastics -- 5.2.1 Toxicological Impact of Biodegradable Plastics -- 5.3 Advocating the Principle of 4 Rs -- 5.4 Circular Economy.
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6 Conclusions and Way Forward.
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