1. Editorial Michael von Hauff, Amitabh Kundu 2. Impact of Climate Change on Human Development: Perspectives on Measurement Amitabh Kundu, Lopamudra Ray Saraswati 3. Sustainable Development: An Interrogation Balbir Singh Butola 4. On the political Economy of India' Environmental Policy Wolfgang-Peter Zingel 5. Law - Sustainability- Implementation - India seen through a Special Lens Helmut Goerlich 6. Social Sustainability, Inequality and Education in India Elena Brosch-Pahlke, Nicola Seitz 7. The Relevance of Water Resources for the Economic Development of Emerging Nations: The Case of India Michael von Hauff 8. Tribal Development: Environmental and Other Constraints Hans Schenk 9. Evolving Feasible Modal Structures for Cost Efficient Pollution Reduction: The Case of Passenger Transport in an Indian Megacity Madhumati Dutta, Joysankar Bhattacharya 10. Governance Mechanisms in Global Value Creation Chains - the Case of India's Natural Stone Industry Christine Hobelsberger, Michael von Hauff, Klaus Fischer 11. Seeking Co Benefits of Carbon Sequestration: Integrating Ecotourism and REDD Plus Mechanisms in Protected Area Management Madu Verma, Ramesh Kumar Jalan, Swapan Mehra, Priyanka Batra, Chandan Khanna, Geetanjali Shahi