Economic, Environmental and Health Consequences of Conservation Capital - A Global Perspective

This book tackles the oft ignored role of conservation capital in mainstream discussions in maintaining sustainable development of a country in particular, and the world economy in general. A continuous increase in global temperature trends, climate change, and other related factors has compelled academicians from natural as well as social sciences to reorient classical thought from high growth through large resource extraction, to sustainable growth through lower extraction. This leads one to the important role of generation of conservation capital to satisfy long-term growth and development objectives of economies. 

This book covers studies on the related issues of conservation capital, environmental crisis, and health impacts from the perspectives of different countries. The highlight is inclusion of some studies on the impact of environmental degradation in relation to COVID 19 pandemic. The book coaxes policy makers to rethink on the optimum use of environmental resources for economic and social activities. The broad coverage of studies included from different regions across the globe ensures that the book finds a wide readership among students and researchers from economics and other social sciences and natural sciences, along with policy makers intent on forming policies leading to a more sustainable growth model.

Ramesh Chandra Das is Professor of Economics at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Calcutta. Dr. Das has about twenty five years of teaching and research experience in different fields of economics consisting of theoretical and applied macroeconomics, financial economics, environmental economics, and political economics. He has contributed more than 100 research papers to journals and books published by leading international publishers and has completed three research projects (MRPs) sponsored by the University Grants Commission, India. Dr. Das has co-authored text books on microeconomics and macroeconomics and is Editor-in-Chief in Asian Journal of Research in Business Economics and Management, and Editor of International Journal of Research on Social and Natural Sciences. He has edited a number of volumes on globalization, investment and growth, economic and political convergence, infrastructure, microfinance, military expenditure, terrorism, etc., three of which are by leading scholarly book publishers including Springer. He was also Guest Editor of IJSEM Special Issue (two parts).