Meet the editor

Surendra N. Kulshreshtha is currently a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, a position he has held for the past 51 years. He received his initial education in India, coming to Canada to get a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Manitoba. He has been a Visiting Scientist at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis at Laxenburg,

Austria; Virginia Polytechnique and State University; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; and McGill University. He has also participated in several overseas projects in Indonesia, Zambia, and India through the Canadian International Development Agency, and has been an invited participant at several FAO and United Nations Environmental Program activities.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Preface III**

Concepts and Methods **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 53**

Case Studies **67**

**Chapter 5 69**

**Chapter 6 85**

A People-Centred Social Totality Approach to Low-Income

Temporal MCDA Methods for Decision-Making in Sustainable

Integrating Water-Food-Energy Nexus with Climate Services:

*by Ana Paola Balderrama-Carmona, Norma Patricia Silva-Beltrán,* 

Modelling and Assessment for a Case Study in Africa

Consequences of Herbicide Use in Rural Environments

*Luis Alberto Zamora Alvarez, Norma Patricia Adan Bante* 

Governance for Sustainable Remediation of Polluted Soil

*by Henrik Haller, Ginnette Flores-Carmenate and Anders Jonsson*

Studies, Efforts and Investigations on Various Aspects of Solid Waste Management with Emphasis on Developing Countries

*by E. Babatunde Jaiyeoba and Abimbola O. Asojo*

*by Anissa Frini, Sarah Benamor and Bruno Urli*

*by Phoebe Koundouri and Lydia Papadaki*

and Their Effect on Agricultural Workers

*and Edgar Felipe Moran Palacio*

in Developing Countries

*by Sunil Jayant Kulkarni*

**Section 2**

Housing in the Developing World

Development Context
