Manish K. Verma is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.

• Introduction Part I: Perspectives on environment and sustainable development 1. Environmental education for sustainability: Environment literacy and action-oriented teaching 2. The trilemma of energy justice 3. Heteronormative exclusions in environmental concerns: Queer ecology as critique 4. Leisure, happiness and sustainable development: A global perspective 5. Indigenous people reclaiming their mountains: A cross-cultural perspective Part II: Environmental issues 6. Environmental injustice and incarceration: Notes from the United States 7. Energy and sustainable development: Sustainability and the energy strategies and activities of Italy and Croatia with a focus on the Adriatic region 8. Development alternatives: A plea for mining tourism 9. Sustainability and public policies in Brazil 10. Environmental attitudes in a neighbourhood context: Multilevel analysis in the City of Split, Croatia 11. ‘Not in my backyard?’: Challenges in the social impact assessment of the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link Project in South Africa 12. Pollution control mechanisms: Approaches, extent and issues at the global level 13. Technology innovations for mitigating environmental and social impacts of oil and gas production in Kenya Part III: Sustainable development and the people 14. Global environmental concerns of contract farming: Need for sustainable development in agricultural practices in India 15. Mainstreaming gender in climate change: Discourse and actions 16. Working environment and childbirth: An exploration of sexual inactivity in contemporary Japan 17. Droughts and adaptation strategies: Challenges for small and marginal farmers

Manish K. Verma is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.

• Introduction Part I: Perspectives on environment and sustainable development 1. Environmental education for sustainability: Environment literacy and action-oriented teaching 2. The trilemma of energy justice 3. Heteronormative exclusions in environmental concerns: Queer ecology as critique 4. Leisure, happiness and sustainable development: A global perspective 5. Indigenous people reclaiming their mountains: A cross-cultural perspective Part II: Environmental issues 6. Environmental injustice and incarceration: Notes from the United States 7. Energy and sustainable development: Sustainability and the energy strategies and activities of Italy and Croatia with a focus on the Adriatic region 8. Development alternatives: A plea for mining tourism 9. Sustainability and public policies in Brazil 10. Environmental attitudes in a neighbourhood context: Multilevel analysis in the City of Split, Croatia 11. ‘Not in my backyard?’: Challenges in the social impact assessment of the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link Project in South Africa 12. Pollution control mechanisms: Approaches, extent and issues at the global level 13. Technology innovations for mitigating environmental and social impacts of oil and gas production in Kenya Part III: Sustainable development and the people 14. Global environmental concerns of contract farming: Need for sustainable development in agricultural practices in India 15. Mainstreaming gender in climate change: Discourse and actions 16. Working environment and childbirth: An exploration of sexual inactivity in contemporary Japan 17. Droughts and adaptation strategies: Challenges for small and marginal farmers

Manish K. Verma is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.

• Introduction Part I: Perspectives on environment and sustainable development 1. Environmental education for sustainability: Environment literacy and action-oriented teaching 2. The trilemma of energy justice 3. Heteronormative exclusions in environmental concerns: Queer ecology as critique 4. Leisure, happiness and sustainable development: A global perspective 5. Indigenous people reclaiming their mountains: A cross-cultural perspective Part II: Environmental issues 6. Environmental injustice and incarceration: Notes from the United States 7. Energy and sustainable development: Sustainability and the energy strategies and activities of Italy and Croatia with a focus on the Adriatic region 8. Development alternatives: A plea for mining tourism 9. Sustainability and public policies in Brazil 10. Environmental attitudes in a neighbourhood context: Multilevel analysis in the City of Split, Croatia 11. ‘Not in my backyard?’: Challenges in the social impact assessment of the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link Project in South Africa 12. Pollution control mechanisms: Approaches, extent and issues at the global level 13. Technology innovations for mitigating environmental and social impacts of oil and gas production in Kenya Part III: Sustainable development and the people 14. Global environmental concerns of contract farming: Need for sustainable development in agricultural practices in India 15. Mainstreaming gender in climate change: Discourse and actions 16. Working environment and childbirth: An exploration of sexual inactivity in contemporary Japan 17. Droughts and adaptation strategies: Challenges for small and marginal farmers