Alang Shipbreaking Industry—An Ecological Distribution Conflict
Jul 2017 · FIRST EDITION Book 95 · Allied Publishers
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The Alang-Sosiya Shipbreaking industry is an important source of employment generation and has the potential of producing economic benefits in terms of mild steel and other reusable equipment, furniture, cutlery, etc. However there is a significant human and labour cost associated with this industry which has emerged as a more sinister form of garbage imperialism for the third world. Most of the heavy shipbreaking in the world takes place on the yards of developing nations such as India, Bangladesh and Pakistan as the economic values dominate the market in these countries. This volume offers valuable insights into the occupational and environmental health hazards faced by marginalized migrant labour working on the yards of Alang-Sosiya. It also paints a picture of the administrative and legislative loopholes regarding transboundary trade of wastes which has led to transition economies being treated as pollution heavens by the industrialised countries of the world. The study endeavours to draw the attention of national and international organisations as well as civil societies towards the perilous nature of the shipbreaking industry in India and hence emphasises the need for policy reforms to pave way for a sustainable ship recycling process especially in the third world.
About the author
Stuti Haldar is a research scholar at the Centre for Studies in Economics and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat. She has presented papers in a couple of international and national conferences and published book chapters as well as research papers in reputed journals. She has also worked as Research Associate for the District Human Development Report, Mahisagar prepared by Central University of Gujarat for Gujarat Social Infrastructure Development Society, Government of Gujarat. Her areas of interest are environmental economics, sustainable development, green innovations and ecopreneurship.
Professor Indira Dutta is the Chairperson of the Centre for Studies in Economics and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat. She has published 5 books and a number of research papers in refereed national and international journals. Her areas of specialisation are environmental economics, regional economics and labour economics. She has also worked in major research projects funded by UNDP Regional Centre, Colombo, Indian Council of Social Science and Research and Institut d’études politiques et internationals, Géopolis, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Professor Indira Dutta is the Chairperson of the Centre for Studies in Economics and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat. She has published 5 books and a number of research papers in refereed national and international journals. Her areas of specialisation are environmental economics, regional economics and labour economics. She has also worked in major research projects funded by UNDP Regional Centre, Colombo, Indian Council of Social Science and Research and Institut d’études politiques et internationals, Géopolis, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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