Includes appendices and index.

Section I : Introduction -- 1. Environmental awareness and pollution control strategies around the world / Dhandapani Alagiri and E Naveen Kumar -- 2. The political economy of global warming and its changing strategic role / Dipankar Dey. 3. Environmental threat for developing economies / M Ramanjaneyulu -- 4. Environmental crime in global context : exploring the theoretical and empirical complexities / Rob White -- Section II : Government initiatives -- 5. National Environmental Policy 2006 : some observations / Usha K R -- 6. Environmental governance in India / Geetanjoy Sahu -- 7. A public health approach to environmental protection in India / Krishnayan Sen -- 8. Global warming and clean development mechanism projects : state and trends in India / Jatinder S. Bhatia and Harsh Bhargava -- 9. The socio-technical challenges of safe water supply in rural Bangladesh / Wahidul K. Biswas and John Merson -- 10. US-International climate changebapproach : a clean technology solution / Paula Dobriansky -- Section III : Corporate responsibilities and environmental accounting -- 11. Corporate social responsibility / Paul Watchman and Malcolm Forster -- 12. Extended producer responsibility for environment protection : the concept, relevance and lessons / C S Shylajan and G Radha Krishna -- 13. Measuring sustainability and green reporting : the role of environmental audit / Arup Choudhuri -- 14. Beyond environmental accounting : the triple bottom line approach / Bibhuti B. Pradhan and Sanjb Pattnaik -- 15. Red carpet for one-stop-shop environmental courts in India / Lakshmi Lella.