Arresting 'Development' as Environmental Governance: An Empirical Assessment

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Irshad, S. Mohammed

Affiliations: Jamshedji Tata Centre for Disaster Management, Tata Institute of Social Science, Malatil and Jal A.D. Nauroji (New) Campus, Mumbai – 400088, India. E-mail: mohammed.irshad@tiss.edu

Abstract: Valuing ecology on the basis of its contributions to environment protection is getting less social acceptance in contemporary development governance. Although, there are multiple models and approaches to tackle the question of ecology, the development governance still prefers to put economic value on ecology. The use value of ecology is becoming an administrative instrument, which often undermines the environment. The impact of this changing perception of ecology is well reflected in natural resource governance. It has become an issue of satisfying individual needs rather than sustainable utilization of resources. This governance is heading towards the project of arresting development; indeed it is becoming an unacceptable solution.

Keywords: Ecology, natural resource governance, individual rights, collective capacity, Kole wetland, development, arresting development

Journal: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 11-18, 2013