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Industrial transformation : environmental policy innovation in the United States and Europe / edited by Theo de Bruijn and Vicki Norberg-Bohm.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bruijn, Theo J. N. M. de.
Norberg-Bohm, Vicki.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Industries--Environmental aspects--United States--Congresses.
Industries.
Industries--Environmental aspects--Europe--Congresses.
Environmental policy--United States--Congresses.
Environmental policy.
Sustainable development.
Industries--Environmental aspects.
United States.
Environmental policy--Europe--Congresses.
Europe.
Industrial policy--United States--Congresses.
Industrial policy.
Industrial policy--Europe--Congresses.
Industrial ecology--Technological innovations--United States--Congresses.
Industrial ecology.
Industrial ecology--Technological innovations.
Industrial ecology--Technological innovations--Europe--Congresses.
Sustainable development--United States--Congresses.
Sustainable development--Europe--Congresses.
Genre:
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 408 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2005]
System Details:
text file
Summary:
The United States and European countries are experimenting with a new generation of policy approaches for combating environmental degradation. Industrial Transformation evaluates the effectiveness of twelve innovative voluntary, collaborative, and information-based programs, focusing particularly on the effectiveness of these programs in bringing about industrial transformation--changes in production and consumption structures that will help move their societies toward environmental sustainability. The twelve programs analyzed have the potential to create incentives for industry leadership, stimulate beyond-compliance behavior, address environmental degradation not currently regulated, and encourage innovative solutions by involving a wide range of stakeholders. The programs--six in the United States and six in Europe--include Energy Star product labeling in the United States, R&D collaboration in US Department of Energy programs, the US Toxic Release Inventories, the EU's Eco-Audit Regulation in the UK, the Dutch Target Group Policy, and the German End-of-Life Vehicles Program. The comparative analysis of the twelve programs proves that these new approaches are not a panacea for industrial transformation. Taken together, the cases provide a range of experience from which to draw lessons for future policy design.
Notes:
"The papers included were first presented at a workshop at the Kennedy School of Harvard University in the spring of 2001"-
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
9780262269391
0262269392
1423726588
9781423726586
OCLC:
61725477
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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