The Ecological Modernization of the Chemical Industry
Author: Hendrik Hermann Eckart Ahrens
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published:
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 3658453893
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The Refinement of Production
Author: Arthur P. J. Mol
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe theory of ecological modernization explains the forces, mechanisms and dynamics of environmental reform in modern society. Its value is illustrated in the ecological restructuring of the chemical industry on a national and global scale. Detailed studies on the paint industry, the plastic and polymer sector and the pesticide industry show how and to what extent the environment is becoming a crucial factor in the redesigning of the institutional order of society.
The Ecological Modernization Capacity of Japan and Germany
Author: Lutz Mez
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-08-10
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 3658274050
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCognitive-strategic capabilities of a country are decisive for overcoming the strong path dependence in climate-related policies and to achieve ecological and economic modernization. This is the result of a unique comparison approach focusing on four highly intertwined policy areas (Automobiles, Nuclear Energy, Renewables and Rare Earth) in Japan and Germany. Both countries have in principle sufficient economic, technological and institutional capacities for an ecological transformation, but they are lacking an integrated policy strategy to mobilize and organize the existing capacities in favor of structural changes. The focused four policy areas are analyzed in depth and compared by experts from political science.
Ecological Modernisation Around the World
Author: Arthur P.J. Mol
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 1317994795
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe idea of ecological modernisation originated in Western Europe in the 1980s, gaining attention around the world by the late 1990s. At the core of this social scientific and policy-oriented approach is the view that contemporary societies have the capability of dealing with their environmental crises. Experiences in some countries demonstrate that modern institutions can incorporate environmental interests into their daily routines. Elsewhere, economic and political interests dominate development trajectories and environmental deterioration continues, challenging the premises of ecological modernisation. This volume brings together research on ecological modernisation practices around the world. Studies on Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, the USA, and Southeast Asia examine the applicability of this approach to advanced industrial countries, transitional economies and developing countries respectively. Authors critically examine the premises of ecological modernisation theory, assess its value for understanding past and present environmental transformations, and outline paths for designing future sustainable development. Taken together, the studies in collected this volume offer significant refinements, extensions and critiques of ecological modernisation theory and suggest important directions for future research on social and policy dimensions of environmental change.
Rationality and the Environment
Author: Bo Elling
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1849772274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnvironmental assessment and management involve the production of scientific knowledge and its use in decision-making processes. The result is that within these essentially rational, political assessment frameworks, experts are creating and applying scientific knowledge for decision and management purposes that actually have strong ethical and aesthetic dimensions. Yet these rational political frameworks lack the tools to provide guidance on ethical and aesthetic issues that affect the wider public.This revolutionary work argues that ethical and aesthetic dimensions can only be brought into environmental politics and policies by citizens actively taking a stand on the specific matters in question. The author draws on Habermas trisection of rationality as cognitive-instrumental, moral-practical and aesthetic-expressive, to suggest that truly effective environmental policy needs to activate all three approaches and not favour only the rational. To achieve this objective, the author argues that public participation in environmental policy and assessment is necessary to counteract the dictatorship of technical and economic instrumentality in environmental policy - the failure to take ethical and aesthetic rationalities into account - and, more importantly, how such policy is applied on the ground to shape our natural and material world.
The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2000/2001
Author: Tom Tietenberg
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2000-05-25
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 1782543422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere has been an explosion in the literature and research on environmental and resource economics in recent years. This major annual publication provides a cutting-edge survey of current research by the leading experts in the field.
The New Carbon Economy
Author: Pete Newell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-02-03
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 1118315944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New Carbon Economy provides a critical understanding of the carbon economy. It offers key insights into the constitution, governance and effects of the carbon economy, across a variety of geographical settings. Examines different dimensions of the carbon economy from a range of disciplinary angles in a diversity of settings Provides ways for researchers to subject claims of newness and uniqueness to critical scrutiny Historicizes claims of the 'newness' of the carbon economy Covers a range of geographical settings including Europe, the US and Central America
Navigating Global Environmental Sustainability
Author: Bret L. Billet
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2023-08-22
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1498579582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe impact of the 2007-2009 Great Recession on the consumption of vital environmental services is evaluated via the testing of two ecological theories, Ecological Modernization and Ecological Unequal Exchange. The incorporation of Aristotelean well-being, a large number of cases, and multiple country subsets, contribute to a rich and robust analysis.
Understanding Industrial Transformation
Author: Xander Olsthoorn
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-02-21
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1402044186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen facing momentous societal change, such as the transformation to a sustainable world, the sciences must impress their importance upon the public and convince scientific and policy institutions in order to obtain the means to carry out their mission. This book represents the first attempt to integrate disciplinary views on the topic of transformation towards sustainability.
Environment, Planning and Land Use
Author: Philip Kivell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-12-17
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 0429855826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished in 1998, this work focuses on the practical issues and policies relating to planning and managing both built and natural environments. It addresses the needs to pursue a greater degree of integration between the subject matter and the international frameworks of environmental planning.
