Enabling and disabling socioeconomic factors of land restoration: Cases of India and South Africa

Santhakumar, V. and Jain, Ritika and Thummarukudy, Muralee (2026) Enabling and disabling socioeconomic factors of land restoration: Cases of India and South Africa. In: Land Restoration: A Rational, Grounded and Pragmatic Approach. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, pp. 39-46. ISBN 978-3-032-26652-1

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Abstract

Socioeconomic factors of land degradation in India and South Africa are discussed in this chapter. The small size of the average land-holing and higher dependence on land (and a relatively lower human development) are the challenges in India whereas (historical) state ownership of forests is an enabling factor. Though South Africa has relatively higher per-capita incomes, these do not translate adequately into investments and action for better quality environment (including those for restoring land). The fact that the benefits of economic development were mainly derived by a section of society, and others were not equal participants of the process of development, were the main reasons.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Santhakumar, V. and Jain, Ritika and Thummarukudy, Muralee
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Economics > Production > Sustainable development Social sciences > Law > Labor, social, education & cultural law > Miscellaneous social problems and services > Environmental protection
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7912
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-26652-1_4

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