This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com. 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 development paradigm that ensures environmental sustainability while managing to provide, now and in the future, a decent livelihood for all of humankind. In Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development, experts in the area provide a variety of insights about the technical transformation needed for sustainable development. It spells out the behavioural and policy changes that would need to accompany the next technological transformation, taking into account the complexity of inducing technological change in the energy and agricultural sectors. The assessment suggests that this will require major, but doable improvements in national innovation systems and major, but affordable shifts in investment patterns and related macroeconomic adjustments.
| ISBN: | 9781472580757 |
| Publication date: | 17th December 2015 |
| Author: | Professor Rob Director ESW Vos |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Series: | The United Nations Series on Development |
| Genres: |
Development studies Development economics and emerging economies Sustainability Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations |
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com. 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 development paradigm that ensures environmental sustainability while managing to provide, now and in the future, a decent livelihood for all of humankind. In Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development, experts in the area provide a variety of insights about the technical transformation needed for sustainable development. It spells out the behavioural and policy changes that would need to accompany the next technological transformation, taking into account the complexity of inducing technological change in the energy and agricultural sectors. The assessment suggests that this will require major, but doable improvements in national innovation systems and major, but affordable shifts in investment patterns and related macroeconomic adjustments.
Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development features in the following genres: Development studies, Development economics and emerging economies, Sustainability, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations
Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development is available in Hardback
Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development was written by Professor Rob Director ESW Vos and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development has 232 pages
Yes it is part of The United Nations Series on Development series