ECOSYSTEMS AND RESOURCE CHOICES: Lessons from the Kerala Floods

ABOUT THE BOOK The 2018 Kerala floods imparts an urgency to begin a broader conversation on India's resource choices, its drivers as well as determinants and its likely consequences for the day to day life of millions who are at the receiving end of flood fury. Managing flood rage presupposes linking the different domains of science. It cannot be understood in isolation from the crucial issues of growth and development, quality of politics, land use management, water supply, solid waste management and disaster prevention. This book helps to identify the missing links that are presently outside the mainstream discourse. Incorporating a human rights perspective in understanding and framing disaster response affirms the rights and dignity of vulnerable people and can provide opportunities to transform societies and deepen equality in the aftermath of disasters. The importance of common property and citizens' rights is already engrained in the basic framework of the governance of Kerala. However, the neo liberal practice that is in vogue has seriously eroded its strength in governance. Kerala had to streamline its governance policy framework in tune with the new market rules of globalization. Today it is well understood that the legacy of Kerala Model Development (KMD) has neither fructified into a self sustaining growth by itself, nor appropriated the potential of free market forces to stimulate a balanced multi-sectoral growth. The concept of development itself has transformed globally in the context of the environmental catastrophe the world has witnessed recently. Climate change, resource constraints and destruction, over use and over exploitation, bio-diversity loss, rising social inequalities and poverty questions the existing development models. Apart from raising the pertinent question of how to steer the course of development of the state, the book put forward solutions to secure sustainable development that can address the needs and aspirations of the people along with the responsibility of safeguarding our ecosystem. ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.K. Suresh Kumar, is former Associate Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, University College, Thiruvan-anthapuram. Currently he is Member, Governing and Executive Body of Kerala State Higher Education Council; Chairman of Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Kerala Regional Branch; Member, Executive Council of IIPA, New Delhi and Editor of the academic journal 'Social Science in Perspective'. Apart from the ten books to his credit, he has published several research articles, editorials, book reviews and popular articles in reputed journals. His focus areas are Governance and Development, State and Society in Kerala, Panchayati Raj and Electoral Reforms. P. Suresh Kumar, is at present an activist and a practicing lawyer who retired as an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of the Post Graduate and Research Centre of Government College, Attingal. He has also served in Kerala Public Service Commission as its Member. His ideas, visions and experience as an academician and administrator are well reflected in his writings and publications which include more than 50 research articles and several books. His areas of specialization are Development Economics, Education, Ecology and Governance and Planning. P. Sukumaran Nair, is former Associate Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, NSS College, Pandalam. At present he is Vice-Chairman, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) Kerala Regional Branch; Executive Editor of the Research Journal 'Social Science in Perspective' and Co-ordinator, IGNOU, Poojappura, Thiruvan-anthapuram. He has published seven books and contributed many research articles to well known academic journals and periodicals. India and her Neighbours, Human Rights and Democratic Decentralization constitute his focus areas. CONTENTS Foreword . 11 Acknowledgements . 15 List of Contributors . 17 Introduction . 19 PART - I: RESOURCE BASE AND COMMON PROPERTY RIGHTS: RETAINING THE LEGACY OF KMD . 31 1. On the Threshold of a Grand Opportunity: Salience of an Approach to Rebuilding Kerala . 33 M.A. Oommen 2. The ‘New Kerala’ Should be a Modern Welfare State . 43 B. Vivekanandan 3. Citizenship and Reimagination of Keralam. 50 P. Sanal Mohan 4. Rebuilding Kerala: Lessons from Aceh . 63 John Kurien 5. Social Protection in Post-disaster Situation in Kerala . 68 Udaya S. Mishra 6. Common Property Resources and Environmental Justice in a World at Risk: Lessons from the 2018 Kerala Floods . 78 Janki Andharia and Tania Teresa Mathews 7. Empowering Local Self Governments for Mainstream Biodiversity in Sustainable Development of Kerala . 97 N. Anil Kumar and Suma Vishnudas PART - II: REBUILDING KERALA : POST FLOOD CHALLENGES . 109 8. Post-Flood Vision of a New Kerala . 111 C.P. Rajendran and Kusala Rajendran 9. August 2018 Floods and Landslides in Kerala: From Emergency Response to Reconstruction and Recovery . 121 N. Vinod Chandra Menon 10. Exacerbated Flood Damage in Kuttanad in 2018: Causes, Consequences and Caution for the Future . 132 N.C. Narayanan 11. Understanding Disasters and Resilience: Towards Rebuilding Kerala . 152 S. Janakarajan 12. Recovery and Reconstruction after the Flood: Challenges from the Health Sector . 164 V. Ramankutty 13. Rebuilding of Kerala through Ecological Civilization . 168 V.S. Vijayan 14. Enabling Environment for Climate Smart Agriculture . 183 Saji John 15. A green Energy Future for Kerala . 199 G. Madhusoodanan 16. Sustainable Agriculture : Past Lapses and the Way Ahead . 205 Mary George 17. Rebuilding Kerala: Need to Integrate Animal and Human Health . 220 Gayathri Balagopal 18. Employment and Livelihood in Kerala: Issues and Options . 239 M. Suresh Babu 19. The Implications of Disaster on Dynamics of Migration in Kerala . 247 K. Jafar 20. Role of Animal Husbandry: Dairy and Poultry Sectors in Rebuilding of Kerala . 263 K. Anilkumar 21. Rebuilding the Flood-hit Kerala Economy: Imperatives for the Sustainable Growth of Kerala’s Tourism Sector . 266 P.K. Manoj PART - III:LEARNING LESSONS AND EXPERIENCES . 279 22. Of Flows and Flawed Frames: What Can We Learn (and unlearn) from the International Experience on Floods? . 281 Nimmi Kurian 23. Understanding Kerala (2018) and Himalayan Floods (2013-14) . 295 Shekhar Pathak Index . 311 The Title 'ECOSYSTEMS AND RESOURCE CHOICES: Lessons from the Kerala Floods written/authored/edited by Editors:- R.K. Suresh Kumar, P. Suresh Kumar, P. Sukumaran Nair', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9789353249472 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 328 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Disaster Management. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-