Environment and Sustainable Development

This volume provides a comprehensive account of the linkages between environment and sustainable development in society from an interdisciplinary perspective. With its case studies from across the world including countries such as India Australia South Africa Sri Lanka the United States Croatia Italy Brazil Japan and Kenya it explores critical environmental issues concerning energy justice queer ecology mountain cultures incarceration energy strategies mining tourism pollution control mechanisms social impacts of oil and gas production contract farming gender mainstreaming climate change and droughts and adaptation strategies along with literacy leisure well-being development sexuality sustainability and environmental education. The book examines several dimensions within global environment of the adverse impact of developmental activities discusses sustainable development activities undertaken in contemporary times and underscores the importance of a just people-centric policy framework in promoting sustainable development.Lucid and topical this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of environmental studies development studies sustainable development political studies sociology and political economy. It will also interest policymakers development practitioners NGOs and think tanks working on environment and sustainable development climate issues and SDGs.