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Title:
The international handbook on environmental technology management
Series:
Elgar original reference
Publication Information:
UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006
Physical Description:
xviii, 575 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9781840646870

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Summary

Summary

This important Handbook is the first comprehensive account that brings together recent developments in the three related fields of environmental technology, environmental management and technology management. With contributions from more than 55 outstanding authors representing ten countries and five continents, the reader is provided with a vast range of insightful perspectives on the latest industry and policy issues. With the aid of numerous case studies, leading experts reflect on significant changes in the use of technology and management practices witnessed in the last decade.

Within this Handbook , the authors discuss, in detail:

eco-modernization and technology transformation environmental technology management in business practices measuring environmental technology management case studies in new technologies for the environment environmental technology management and the future.

The International Handbook on Environmental Technology Management has a broad audience including researchers, practitioners, policymakers and students in the fields of sustainability and environmental science.


Author Notes

Edited by Dora Marinova, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, Curtin University, Australia, David Annandale, Environmental and Social Consulting, Canada and John Phillimore, Professor and Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University of Technology, Australia


Table of Contents

Preface
Part I Introduction
Part II Ecomodernization and Technology Transformation
Part III Environmental Technology Management in Business Practices
Part IV Measuring Environmental Technology Management
Part V Case Studies in New Technologies for the Environment
Part VI Environmental Technology Management and the Future
Part VII Conclusion
Index
Contributors: M. AndaD. Annandale, Diana Arbelaez-Ruiz and A. Arundel and S. Benn and C. Bizzarri and S. Borsky and M. Braungart and R. Burritt and F. Chan and C. Cocklin and J. Connolly and N. Cook and D. Dunphy and D. Evans and T. Foxon and G. Gillespie and P.J. Gollan and A. Griffiths and S. Halls and S. Harding and K. Hargroves and J. Herbertson and A. Higham and M. Hill and R. Hillary and G. Ho and D. Holmes and R. Hughes and S. Jones and R. Kemp and L.H. Lovins and I. Lowe and D. Maor and J. Marceau and D. Marinova and K. Mathew and M. McAleer and P. McDonagh and W. McDonough and W. Nell and A. Nelson and P. Newman and C. Page and S. Parto and J. Phillimore and C. Plunkett and M. Polonsky and A. Prothero and G. Querini and R. Repetto and H. Rohracher and S. Ross and S. Schaltegger and S. Schilizzi and M.H. Smith and H. Tibbs and C. Tipler and T. Turpin and R. van Berkel and P. Verstegen and S. Yokwe