Entropy Law, Sustainability, and Third Industrial Revolution

Ramprasad Sengupta, Professor Emeritus, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi

Ramprasad Sengupta is emeritus professor of economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Part I Entropy Law and Revisiting Sustainable Development
1. Entropy Law, Social Sustainability, and Development Policy
2. Indicators of Social Sustainability: Poverty, Inequality, and Social Tension
3. Crime, Inequality, and Poverty
4. Human Development, Environmental Sustainability, and Index of Overall Development
5. Interdependence among Stages of Economic Development, Human Development, and the Natural Environment
Part II Third Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development of India's Power Sector
6. Energy, Sustainability, and Third Industrial Revolution
7. The Electrical Energy Scenario in India
8. Transition from Fossil Fuel-Based Power to Renewable Energy
Epilogue
References
Index
About the Author