ISBN:
9781847205483
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 345 p)
,
ill
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Parallel Title:
Available in another form
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Luken, Ralph Andrew Environment and industry in developing countries
DDC:
338.9/27091724
Keywords:
Umweltmanagement
;
Industrie
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Industrial management Environmental aspects
;
Technology Environmental aspects
;
Environmental management
;
Electronic books
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Umweltbezogenes Management
;
Internationaler Vergleich
Abstract:
1. Introduction -- 2. Decoupling of environmental pressure from industrial growth, 1990-2002 -- 3. Heuristic model of EST adoption -- 4. Brazil -- 5. China -- 6. India -- 7. Kenya -- 8. Thailand -- 9. Tunisia -- 10. Viet Nam -- 11. Zimbabwe -- 13. Eight-country assessment of factors influencing EST adoption -- 14. Findings, policy implications and programme proposals.
Abstract:
Industries located in developing countries have made major improvements in environmental performance since the Rio Earth Summit of 1992. More specifically, their record in reducing energy-use and water-pollutant intensities has been better than developed countries. This significant new book investigates what motivates industries in developing countries to adopt environmentally sound technology (EST)--a subject about which very little is actually known. The authors present the findings of a United Nations study of the factors that determined EST adoption by 105 manufacturing plants in four different sectors within eight developing countries. They explore both factors internal to the plants as well as external factors including governments, markets and civil society
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.4337/9781847205483
URL:
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