Dhrubajyoti Ghosh

Senior Fellow in Development Studies

Ph.D. (Calcutta University, India)

Research Interests:

Merging the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, The Ecological History of Post-Colonial Development

Courses Taught:
 

Development studies, Sustainable Development
 

SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS/ CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES:

• Ecology and Traditional Wetland Practice: Lessons from wastewater utilisation in the East Calcutta Wetlands (2005), Worldview, Calcutta.

• 'Empowering the Ecologically Handicapped' in Wilderness and Humanity: The Global Issue (eds) Vance G Martin & M A Parthasarathy, Fulcrum Publishing, 2001, pp 40-43.

• Selected Essays on Welfare Ecology (1999), Centre for Sustainable Living, Calcutta.

• Towards Sustainable Development of the Calcutta Wetlands in Towards the Wise Use of Wetlands, (Ed.) T.J. Davis, Ramsar Bureau, 1993, pp.107-112.

• 'Sewage Treatment and Fisheries in Urban Fringes',in Water and Sanitation at Mid-Decade, ed. R. Franceys. pp.108-111. Water and Engineering for Developing Countries Conference. Calcutta. WEDC University of Technology, Loughborough. Jan 1986 (with I. Banerjee and S. Bhattacharya).

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

• 'Calcutta Wetlands: Towards a Sustainable Development' in Internationales Asien Forum, Vol 24 (1993). No.3-4, pp.41-51.

• 'Developing Waterlogged areas for Urban Fishery and Waterfront Recreation Project', Ambio, Journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (with S. Sen). Vol 21 No2, 1992

• 'Ecological History of Calcutta’s Wetland Conservation', Environmental Conservation, Vol 14 No. 3, 1987, (with S. Sen).

• 'Calcutta’s Pollutants: Part 1: Appraisal of Some Heavy Metals in Calcutta City Sewage and Sludge in Use for Fisheries and Agriculture', Intern. J. of Environ. Anal. Chem. 1987: Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers Inc. Great Britain (with D. Chakraborty and S. Niyogi).

• 'Resource-conserving traditions and waste disposal: The garbage firms and sewage fed fisheries of Calcutta', Conservation and Recycling. Vol.7. No. 2-4. pp 159-65. 1984 (with C. Furedy).

WORKING PAPERS AND OTHER ARTICLES:

• Ecosystem Approach to Low-cost Sanitation in India. Where the People Know Better: Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecological Engineering for Wastewater Treatment, Sweden, 1991.