Technology and innovation for sustainable development / / edited by Rob Vos and Diana Alarcón.
"Continuation along current development pathways is not sustainable. Available technology and production practices and the consumption patterns of modern societies are leading to global warming and ecological destruction. Business as usual is not an option. There is an urgent need to find a new...
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| Superior document: | The United Nations Series on Development |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Bloomsbury,, 2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | United Nations series on development.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- 1.Introduction: the imperative of sustainable development / Diana Alarcón and Rob Vos
- 2.A new philosophical approach to social transformation for a "Green Economy" / Tim Jackson
- 3.Historical characteristics and scenario analysis of technological change in the energy system / Charles Wilson and Arnulf Grubler
- 4.Clean energy for sustainable development / Richard Alexander Roehl
- 5.Investment and macroeconomic challenges of sustainable development / Marco Sánchez-Cantillo and Eduardo Zepeda
- 6.Key determinants of technological capabilities for a "Green Economy" in emerging economies / Xiaolan Fu and Jun Hou
- 7.How to feed the world and save the planet / Diana Alarcón and Christina Bodouroglou
- Index.