Ancient Indian Wisdom for Ensuring Sustainable Development

A Primer
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-32438-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

Despite enormous research, issues of untreated waste and eco-degradation are persistent and increasing. This book illuminates another path: by following ancient wisdom that supports holistic, regenerative growth and strengthening it with contemporary science and technology, a different paradigm could help shift the decline of Earth’s ecosystems.

The authors provide a grounding in the ecosystem concepts enshrined in ancient Indian texts that facilitate the kind of wholesome, balanced, and sustainable existence that the present day world deeply desires... but doesn't know how to achieve . This volume examines the traditions and practices that helped maintain India’s rich environmental diversity and technological leadership until the mid-18th century. It demonstrates that a nuanced understanding of ecology and environmental engineering was reflected in ancient Indian texts thousands of years before Ernst Haeckel’s conception of the science of ecology. The book shows that relying on science and technology as a panacea–rather than treating it as a tool–dooms our present-day development paradigm to failure in its mission of halting climate change and environmental decline

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abbasi, S. A.

Abbasi, Tasneem

-, Tabassum-Abbasi

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the project and the ecosystem concepts identified from the ancient indian texts.- Environmental science and engineering as documented in the ancient indian treatisethe arthashastra.- Relevance of sushruta samhita in environmental management.- Vrikshayurveda the ecofriendly discipline of organic farming.- Environmental awareness in other regions texts and religions.- Pointers from ancient wisdom towards solving the present day environmental problems.- Conclusion imperatives.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. S. A. Abbasi, presently a distinguished professor, School of Advanced Engineering, UPES, Dehradun, has been a full university professor and director (1987–2015) and emeritus professor (2015-2024) at the Centre for Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Pondicherry University. Prior to it, he was the founder head of the Water Quality & Environment Division at the Centre for Water Resources, Kozhikode (1979–87), and a visiting-cum-adjunct professor at California State University (1984–1987). He has also been a visiting professor at the universities of Minnesota, Florida, Nevada, California-Berkeley, Malaya and Al-Ahsa. With 53 books, over 400 papers in indexed journals, 13 patents, 27,000 citations and a Hirsch Index currently at 86, Prof. Abbasi is among the world’s foremost experts in the fields of bioprocess engineering, process safety, and environmental engineering. He is a “Highly Ranked Scholar” as per Scholar GPS.Details of his  can be found in his irins file of the UPES faculty.

Dr. Tabassum-Abbasi has received her B.Tech., M.Tech., and Ph.D. degrees in instrumentation and control engineering, environmental engineering, and environmental technology, respectively—all from Pondicherry University. She has been a class topper throughout, receiving gold medals. She has been working as an assistant professor at the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, since January 2019, attaining senior grade (Level 2) in 2022, selection grade (Level 3) in 2025, and becoming Associate Professor in 2026. She has spent an year (2023–24) in post-doctoral research at the University of Edinburgh as a British Council Women in Science Fellow. Besides 85 research papers on bioprocess engineering and sustainability in highly cited journals, she has received three patents and has registered another two. She has authored a book each for Academic Press and CRC Press. Her irins profile shows her among the top performing lady faculty of UPES.

Dr. Tasneem Abbasi holds B.Tech., M.Tech., and M.Sc. (Engineering) degrees—all in first class with distinction—and Ph.D. from Anna University. In a professional career spanning 21 years so far, she has authored 150 indexed papers, 11 books, and 10 patents. The impact created by her work is reflected in 14000+ citations received by her so far with a H-Index of 55+. Dr. Tasneem Abbasi was a visiting associate professor at the Worcester Polytechnical University, USA, during 2013–2016 and has also visited numerous countries in Asia and Europe on special invitations. She has won the Young engineer Award of the IEI and the Suman Sharma Award for Best Woman Engineer given by National Research Design Forum. She has also won the best speaker award at the World Resource Forum at Davos, Switzerland, besides multiple best teacher’s and best paper awards.