Nicolas Befort

The Bioeconomy

Institutions, Innovation and Sustainability

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The bioeconomy is steadily becoming more important in public policies. Therefore the bioeconomy should become a major new industry, outlining the possibility of a post-fossil future. This book is the first attempt to depict the origins, formation and challenges of this new industry.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780367610401
• ISBN-10: 036761040X
• Artikelnr.: 66742595

Autorenporträt

Nicolas Befort is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Chair in Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development, NEOMA Business School, France. He is also Associated Research Fellow to LISIS (INRAE, CNRS, University Gustave Eiffel).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. A political economy of the ecological transition towards
a post-fossil economy 3. From the development of industrial chemistry to
the emergence of the bioeconomy 4. The institutional architecture of the
bioeconomy 5. Alliance-driven governance and the relationship of firms to
territories in the bioeconomy 6. Product development in the bioeconomy, the
case of lactic acid and PLA 7. The case of the two other "small molecules":
succinic acid and levulinic acid Conclusion: post-fossil economy and
transition: making the future happen today