Socio-Economic Analysis of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in West Bengal
| Author/creator | Roy, Joyashree Author |
| Other author | Chakrabarti, Sayantan Author |
| Other author | Das, Abhijit Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Springer |
| Description | 136 p. ill |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | India Studies in Business and Economics Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation This volume presents a socio-economic analysis of the issues linking technological innovation in providing arsenic-safe drinking water in rural areas. It presents concrete field based experiences of experiments and case studies depicting the plight and sufferings of people due to failed technological deployment strategies over the past two decades in West Bengal, the most arsenic-exposed state in India and also the first to act for remediation of the crisis. This book is the outcome of the authors' intensive fieldwork, guided by the conceptual framework of the latest literature on environmental economics and consumer behaviour. It presents a framework and estimates based on field level primary data. Secondary official source-based data are also collated from various scattered sources into a valuable, comprehensive collection. Lastly, the book includes a revealing analysis of factors affecting households' participation. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9789811006807 |
| ISBN | 9811006806 (Trade Cloth) Forthcoming |
| Standard identifier# | 9789811006807 |
| Stock number | 00024965 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |