Sustainable development ensures responsible interface with the environment to minimize the depletion or degradation of natural resources and ensure long term environmental quality. It involves integrated approaches in understanding the importance of environmental management systems and policy inventions leading to improved environmental performance. The present book is proposed to address the environmental concerns associated with economic development and approaches involved to attain sustainable economic development, which include monitoring of the quality of air, deforestation, quality of water resources, soil erosion and degradation of the natural environment.
Narendra Kumar has obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D degree in the subject Environmental Science from the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central ) University, Lucknow, India. Dr. Kumar, has also qualified UGC-NET in the subject Environmental Science. Dr. Kumar is an active researcher and academician having almost 16 years of post graduate teaching and research experience. Dr. Kumar has started his academic career as a project fellow at National Botanical research Institute (NBRI-CSIR), Lucknow, U.P., India. In 2002, he joined as Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur, U.P., India. Dr. Kumar is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow from June, 2005. Dr. Kumar has published more than 30 international and national research papers. He has published 10 book chapters with reputed National and International publishers. One Ph.D. degree has been awarded under the supervision of Dr. Kumar and currently four research scholars are working under his guidance for doctoral degree. In addition Dr. Kumar has guided more than 40 students for their M.Sc. dissertation work.