Technological Change, Development and the Environment (eBook, PDF)

Socio-Economic Perspectives
Redaktion: Tisdell, Clem; Maitra, Priyatosh

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1988, this book considers some of the major social, economic and environmental questions raised by the role of new technology in development. Throughout the discussions of issues like the sustainability of the development effected by new technology is supported by detailed case studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351106085
• Artikelnr.: 54109127

Inhaltsangabe

1. Technology: A Factor in Development and Socio-Economic and Environmental
Change 2. Population Growth, Technological Change and Economic Development
- The Indian Case with a Critique of Marxist Interpretation 3. New
Agricultural Technology and Sustainable Food Production: Bangladesh's
Achievements, Predicament and Prospects 4. Technology and Its Transfer to
Less Developed Economies 5. Partnership in Research: A New Model for
Development Assistance 6. Applicability of Economic Evaluation to China's
Urban Transportation Projects in a Changing Society 7. Structural Change
and Adjustment in the Australian Rural Sector: The Socio-Economic
Consequences of Being a Low-Cost Residual Supplier 8. Relationships Between
Technologcal Change and Social Development: A Comparative Study 9.
Sustainable Resource Use and Development: Uncertainty, Irreversibility and
Rational Choice 10. The Changing Role of the Household Economy in a World
of Expanding Technology 11. Telecommuting, Work from Home and Economic
Change 12. Attitudes of Bank Employees to Technological Change: A Survey of
the South African Banking Industry13. Socio-Economic Implications of New
Technology in Banking: Some Australian and New Zealand Evidence 14. Social
Determinism, Technology and Economic Externalities 15. Technological
Advance: Unravelling the Strands