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Synopsis The book provides an insight into environmental concerns which are the only meeting ground between the north which owes 'ecological debt' and the south which owes 'economic debt'. This will play a crucial role in reuniting world as peace and stability rely more on ecopolitics than geopolitics. Other topics include a lively discussion of environmental issues politicised and environmental controversies which opens up a fascinating approach to understand mega projects : what good is such development or destruction? Since the total insensitivity at the bureaucratic/administrative level, which persist still has given the nation a very heavy backlog of about 50 years of negative environmental impacts of development, the author insists on creating public awareness and fastering an intelligent debate which are of the essence of enlightened environmentalism. Finally, the planners have to come up with developmental strategies which ensure sustainability of resource base and on the basis of the traditional and cultural ethos of the indigenous people living in and around their areas they should be involved in the planning and environmental management as well.