Environment and industry in developing countries [electronic resource] : 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.
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., c2007Description: 1 online resource (xii, 345 p.) : illISBN: 9781847205483 (e-book)Subject(s): Industrial management -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries | Technology -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries | Environmental management -- Developing countriesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 338.9/27091724 LOC classification: HD30.255 | .L85 2007Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
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