Energy is a basic prerequisite for the growth and development of national wealth. Based on primary research, Energy Economics and the Environment integrates a network of diverse disciplines to provide a theoretical and practical understanding of the constantly neglected challenges associated with conservation, preservation and sustainability of environment and energy. It highlights the issues and prospects in safeguarding environmental biodiversity and renewable energy efficiency, ecosystem chains and human living standards. This book studies the vulnerability associated with global climate alterations that limits direct social and economic benefits from ecosystem goods and services, and presents significant methods through illustrative case studies to tackle energy and environmental questions. In its final analysis, the book proposes possible unconventional mitigation strategies to restore sustainable biodiversity of ecosystems. Contents: Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Sulakshana Rao C. and R. Balasubramanian Ecosystem Services: Concepts, Methods and Synthesis of Valuation Techniques Narendra Nath Dalei and Yamini Gupt Indigenous Knowledge for Ecological Resilience from Pre-Mining Period of a Mined-Out Area Jaweriah Hazrana Natural Resources: Classification, Scarcity and Management Mohammad Younus Bhat and Arfat Ahmad Sofi Economics of Bioenergy in India Debasis Poddar Energy Governance in India: A Conundrum of Competing Claims Md Hafiz Iqbal Waste-based Power Generation Supply Chain: A Case Study Karthick Radhakrishnan, Aparna Radhakrishnan and Niti Saxena Rural Household Decision-Making about Water Consumption Afkar Ahmad and Aounkar Anand Coal Mining: Development of Eco Parks Tapaswini Nayak and Indrani Roy Chowdhury Environmental Externality to Human Health Near the Coal Mining Area Bhartendu Kumar Chaturvedi, Atri Nautiyal and Mohammed Yaqoot Global Sustainability Shift and Hydropower Development Shakir ul Hassan Man-Nature Relationship in South Asia Rakhi Dawar, Mohammad Younus Bhat and Aswani R. S. Domino-effect of Climate Change on Biodiversity, Food Security and Oceanic Acidification Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Sulakshana Rao C. and R. Balasubramanian Ecosystem Services: Concepts, Methods and Synthesis of Valuation Techniques Narendra Nath Dalei and Yamini Gupt Indigenous Knowledge for Ecological Resilience from Pre-Mining Period of a Mined-Out Area Jaweriah Hazrana Natural Resources: Classification, Scarcity and Management Mohammad Younus Bhat and Arfat Ahmad Sofi Economics of Bioenergy in India Debasis Poddar Energy Governance in India: A Conundrum of Competing Claims Md Hafiz Iqbal Waste-based Power Generation Supply Chain: A Case Study Karthick Radhakrishnan, Aparna Radhakrishnan and Niti Saxena Rural Household Decision-Making about Water Consumption Afkar Ahmad and Aounkar Anand Coal Mining: Development of Eco Parks Tapaswini Nayak and Indrani Roy Chowdhury Environmental Externality to Human Health Near the Coal Mining Area Bhartendu Kumar Chaturvedi, Atri Nautiyal and Mohammed Yaqoot Global Sustainability Shift and Hydropower Development Shakir ul Hassan Man-Nature Relationship in South Asia Rakhi Dawar, Mohammad Younus Bhat and Aswani R. S. Domino-effect of Climate Change on Biodiversity, Food Security and Oceanic Acidification Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Sulakshana Rao C. and R. Balasubramanian Ecosystem Services: Concepts, Methods and Synthesis of Valuation Techniques Narendra Nath Dalei and Yamini Gupt Indigenous Knowledge for Ecological Resilience from Pre-Mining Period of a Mined-Out Area Jaweriah Hazrana Natural Resources: Classification, Scarcity and Management Mohammad Younus Bhat and Arfat Ahmad Sofi Economics of Bioenergy in India Debasis Poddar Energy Governance in India: A Conundrum of Competing Claims Md Hafiz Iqbal Waste-based Power Generation Supply Chain: A Case Study Karthick Radhakrishnan, Aparna Radhakrishnan and Niti Saxena Rural Household Decision-Making about Water Consumption Afkar Ahmad and Aounkar Anand Coal Mining: Development of Eco Parks Tapaswini Nayak and Indrani Roy Chowdhury Environmental Externality to Human Health Near the Coal Mining Area Bhartendu Kumar Chaturvedi, Atri Nautiyal and Mohammed Yaqoot Global Sustainability Shift and Hydropower Development Shakir ul Hassan Man-Nature Relationship in South Asia Rakhi Dawar, Mohammad Younus Bhat and Aswani R. S. Domino-effect of Climate Change on Biodiversity, Food Security and Oceanic Acidification