UID:
almafu_9958123400802883
Format:
1 online resource (310 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781464804533
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1464804532
Series Statement:
Directions in Development : Environment and Sustainable Development
Content:
In 2009, more than 40,000 people died prematurely in Sindh, Pakistan because of an illness associated with an environmental health risk. This means that almost one of every five deaths that occurred that year was caused by environmental factors. Loss of natural resources and impacts from natural disasters also represent development challenges. Increased salinity and waterlogging result in loss of agricultural crops. In addition, hydro-meteorological hazards recurrently affect Sindh, as illustrated by the devastating effects of the 2010 and 2011 floods. For Sindh's population, these problems mean pain and suffering, and reduced opportunities for economic advancement. The costs of all these phenomena are equivalent to 10% of Sindh's Gross Domestic Product. Climate change may exacerbate these challenges. Sindh's environmental and climate change problems call for urgent responses. A number of feasible interventions could be carried out to address the categories of environmental degradation that have the highest impacts on Sindh's population. Many of those interventions have positive benefit-cost ratios, meaning that every rupee invested in them would result in health and social benefits worth more than one rupee. Addressing these challenges also calls for targeted institutional strengthening and policy improvements, particularly after the 18th Constitutional Amendment devolved environmental management responsibilities to provincial governments. The underlying goal of this book is to facilitate and stimulate sharing of information on these phenomena, and to provide an interdisciplinary framework for bringing about improved environmental conditions in Sindh. It includes a methodology that enables the identification of environmental and climate change priority problems; the analysis of interventions to address such problems; the establishment of a social learning mechanism to continuously improve Sindh's responses and build resilience in the face of climate variability and change; and opportunities for the potential involvement of different stakeholder groups to decisively tackle climate change and deteriorating environmental conditions.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""Front Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: Responding to Sindh Province�s Environmental and Climate Change Priorities""; ""Abstract""; ""Method""; ""Contents of This Book""; ""Chapter 2 Sindh Province�s Priority Environmental Problems""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Ranking of Environmental Problems in Sindh Province""; ""Inadequate Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene""; ""Outdoor Air Pollution in Urban Areas""; ""Lead Exposure""; ""Road Traffic Accidents""
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""Road Traffic Noise in Urban Areas""""Household Air Pollution""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 3 Benefits and Costs of Environmental Health Interventions""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Improving Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene""; ""Improving Outdoor Air Quality""; ""Controlling Household Air Pollution""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 4 Natural Resource Degradation in Sindh Province""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Main Natural Resource Degradation and Natural Disaster Challenges in Sindh Province""
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""Loss of Productive Land Resulting from Seawater Intrusion""""Agricultural Losses Resulting from Salinity and Waterlogging""; ""Loss of Mangroves""; ""Loss of Fisheries""; ""Losses from Natural Disasters (Floods)""; ""Benefits and Costs of Interventions to Reduce Losses of Natural Resources in Sindh Province""; ""Sea-Level Rise in the Indus Watershed""; ""Prediction of Floods and Droughts in Pakistan""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 5 Institutional Analysis of Sindh Province�s Environmental Sector""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""
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""Institutional Framework for Environmental Regulation""""Analysis of Environmental Management Framework""; ""Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 6 Policy Options to Strengthen Sindh Province�s Environmental Management Framework""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Pakistan�s Environmental Policy Framework""; ""Sindh Province: Environmental Policy Issues and Opportunities""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 7 Conclusions and Outlook""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Sindh Province�s Priority Environmental Problems""
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""Alternative Interventions to Address Priority Environmental Problems""""Policy Options for Strengthening Environmental Sustainability in Sindh Province""; ""Outlook""; ""Note""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 8 Environmental Health Priorities for Sindh Province""; ""Abstract""; ""Health Valuation Methods""; ""Household Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene""; ""Household Water Supply""; ""Household Treatment of Drinking Water""; ""Household Sanitation""; ""Hand Washing with Soap""; ""Outdoor Air Pollution""; ""Household Air Pollution""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""
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""Appendix A Baseline Health and Child Nutritional Status""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781464804526
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1464804524
Language:
English
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