Environmental, socio‐cultural and developmental linkages in a South Asian set‐up

Abstract

Examines the agro‐ecological and socio‐political systems of the Bengal basin of the Ganges floodplain (now mostly in Bangladesh region) from the precolonial period (before 1757), through the colonial period (1757 to 1947), the development projects of the 1960s (the Green Revolution), up to the present day. Concludes by looking at the possibility of future economic growth employing sustainable development and environmental economics.

Citation

Zuberi, M.I. (1998), "Environmental, socio‐cultural and developmental linkages in a South Asian set‐up", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 25 No. 6/7/8, pp. 1112-1127. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299810212621