Development, Governance and Environment in South Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Development-Governance-Environment Nexus: Views, Perspectives and Issues

   • Mohammad Alauddin, Samiul Hasan

   Pages 1-16

3. Socio-Economic Policy and Change in South Asia: A Review Concentrating on Bangladesh

   • Clem Tisdell

   Pages 17-33

4. South Asia in Reform Mode: Experiences, Obstacles and Prospects

   • Richard T. Shand

   Pages 35-67

5. The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Management: The Case of Bangladesh

   • Akhtar Hossain, Anis Chowdhury

   Pages 69-85

6. Economic Liberalisation and Growth in Bangladesh: The Role of Foreign Private Investment

   • M. Yunus Ali

   Pages 87-102

7. South Asia’s Agricultural Commodity Exports: What Prospects?

   • Moazzem Hossain

   Pages 103-115

8. Trade Among South Asian Nations: Experiences and Prospects

   • Mohammad Alauddin

   Pages 117-139

9. Aid and Fiscal Behaviour in Developing Asia

   • Akhter Ahmed

   Pages 141-159

10. Constitutionalism and Governance in Bangladesh

    • M. Rafiqul Islam

    Pages 161-180

11. Consolidating Democratic Governance: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

    • Habib Zafarullah

    Pages 181-193

12. Governance, Politics and Development Management in Bangladesh

    • Samiul Hasan

    Pages 195-210

13. Dilemmas and Strategies for Development in Bangladesh

    • Ahmed Shafiqul Huque

    Pages 211-223

14. Health Centre Status and Accessibility in Rural Bangladesh: A Location-Allocation Model-Based Analysis

    • Shams-ur Rahman, David K. Smith

    Pages 225-241

15. Government and the Fourth Sector Partnership: Local Governance and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh

    • Samiul Hasan

    Pages 243-256

16. New Approaches to Research, Development and Extension for Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment: Implications for South Asia

    • Shankariah Chamala

    Pages 257-278

17. Ecotourism Under Multiple-Use Management of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest in Bangladesh: Issues and Options

    • M. Akhter Hamid, Bruce R. Frank

    Pages 279-287

18. Coastal Aquaculture in South Asia: Experiences and Lessons

    • Mohammad Alauddin, M. Akhter Hamid

    Pages 289-299

19. Women and the Environment with Special Reference to Rural Bangladesh

    • Nilufar Jahan, Mohammad Alauddin

    Pages 301-313

20. South Asia’s Experiences, Challenges and Prospects in Global Context

    • Mohammad Alauddin

    Pages 315-331

The worst chemical disaster ever could be happening right now. In India and Bangladesh between forty and eighty million people are at risk of consuming too much arsenic from well water that might have already caused one hundred thousand cancer cases and thousands of deaths. Many millions elsewhere in South-East Asia and South America may soon suffer a similar fate. Venomous Earth is the story of this tragedy: the geology, the biology, the politics and the history. It starts in Ancient Greece, touches down in today's North America and takes in William Morris, alchemy, farming, medicine, mining and a cosmetic that killed two popes.

• Asia
• development
• East Asia
• environment
• science and technology

• University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

  Mohammad Alauddin, Samiul Hasan

Andrew Meharg is Professor of Biogeochemistry at the University of Aberdeen where he studies and teaches on the impact of pollutants on the environment. His particular interest is how arsenic interacts with plants, animals and humans. In this capacity he has advised national and international government and aid bodies. Andrew has published numerous academic papers, book chapters and popular press articles on his research.

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