Environment and industry in developing countries : assessing the adoption of environmentally sound technology

Author(s)

• Luken, Ralph Andrew
• Van Rompaey, Frank

Bibliographic Information

Environment and industry in developing countries : assessing the adoption of environmentally sound technology

Ralph A. Luken and Frank Van Rompaey ; with a foreword by Kandeh K. Yumkella

E. Elgar , UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, c2007

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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. Environment and Industry in Developing Countries will be of great interest to development assistance agencies supporting programmes for industrial environmental management in developing countries, and also to graduate school programmes in economic development, technology management, as well as in international business.

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword Preface 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 Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA84218238
• ISBN:
  • 9781845421830
• LCCN: 2006034042
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass., USA,[S.l.]
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 345 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD30.255
  • DC22 : 338.9/27091724
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Industrial management -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Technology -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Environmental management -- Developing countries