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Technological Change and the Environment

Beschreibung

Much is written in the popular literature about the current pace of technological change. But do we have enough scientific knowledge about the sources and management of innovation to properly inform policymaking in technology dependent domains such as energy and the environment? While it is agreed that technological change does not fall from heaven like autumn leaves,

Autor

Arnulf Grubler is senior research scholar in the Transitions to New Technologies Project at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). His books include Technology and Global Change. Nebojsa Nakicenovic is leader of IIASA's Transitions to New Technologies Project. His previous publications include Diffusion of Technologies and Social Behavior (with Arnulf Grubler). William D. Nordhaus is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Director on the Resources for the Future Board. His books include Invention, Growth and Welfare; Managing the Global Commons: The Economics of Climate Change; and The Swedish Nuclear Dilemma: Energy and the Environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9781891853463
• ISBN-10: 1891853465
• Artikelnr.: 21249162