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 ; in association with United Nations Industrial Development Organization

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.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Luken, Ralph Andrew
Other Persons:	Van Rompaey, Frank (contributor) ; Yumkella, Kandeh K. (contributor)
Institutions:	United Nations Industrial Development Organization (contributor) ; Edward Elgar Publishing (contributor)
Publisher:	c2007: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub
Subject:	Umweltmanagement \| Environmental management \| Industrie \| Manufacturing industries \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Umweltbezogenes Management \| Internationaler Vergleich

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (xii, 345 p) ill
Series:	Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-84720-548-3 ; 978-1-84542-183-0 ; 1-84542-183-3
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781847205483 [DOI]
Classification:	Entwicklungsökonomie ; Volkswirtschaftliche Ressourcen, Umweltökonomie
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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