Innovations and the Environment
Yoram Krozer
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Description for Innovations and the Environment
Hardback. The first book to provide a systematic review of the forces driving technologies towards sustainable development, this work discusses the possibilities for fostering renewable energy and innovations from the perspective of policy and business decision makers. Num Pages: 202 pages, 31 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
This book Innovations and the Environment aims to review the state of knowledge and to provide an empirical basis for the development and use of new technologies, products and services to reduce the impact of human activities on environmental quality. This is at the core of the debate on economics and the environment. The message is optimistic. Advances in thinking and actions make it possible to maintain high environmental quality at reasonable costs, sometimes even having a positive effect on corporate results. The progress is by no means automatic. Risk taking by entrepreneurs, managers and policy makers is necessary. The ... Read more
This book Innovations and the Environment aims to review the state of knowledge and to provide an empirical basis for the development and use of new technologies, products and services to reduce the impact of human activities on environmental quality. This is at the core of the debate on economics and the environment. The message is optimistic. Advances in thinking and actions make it possible to maintain high environmental quality at reasonable costs, sometimes even having a positive effect on corporate results. The progress is by no means automatic. Risk taking by entrepreneurs, managers and policy makers is necessary. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848001961
SKU
V9781848001961
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Ref
99-15
About Yoram Krozer
Dr Yoram Krozer is Director of the Cartesius Institute, the Institute for Sustainable Innovations of the Netherlands’ Technical Universities.
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