Construction of environmental knowledge: Experiences from India

Gopinath, Deepak; Gopinath, Manik

Abstract

This paper explored key issues in how knowledge of the environment is constructed in the Third World. Drawing on which, it showed that there are both explicit and implicit ways in which this knowledge is contested. Particularly, it discussed how implicit forms of contestation are problematic in Third World economies because they are exclusionary and also where such issues become ‘headlines’ only after environmental damage and accompanying social injustices have resulted. It concludes by raising crucial questions for environmental research in the Third World where there is limited role of governments and communities in protecting their environment.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 1, 2008
• Publication Date: Feb 1, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 8, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Sustainable Development
• Print ISSN: 1913-9063
• Publisher: Canadian Center of Science and Education
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 2-8
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v1n1p2
• Keywords: construction, environmental knowledge, experiences, India
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/998808
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.5539%2Fjsd.v1n1p2