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Green Industrial Restructuring: International Case Studies and Theoretical Interpretations

By Ulrich Petschow , Klaus Jacob , Professor Dr. Martin Jänicke , Manfred Binder , Martin Jänicke , Jan Nill (auth.) , Ulrich Petschow (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2001
ISBN
978-3-642-08689-2, 978-3-662-04419-3
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-04419-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13978538 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
434\437
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Environmental Economics; Organization/Planning; En

Description

Structural change in basic industries is usually interpreted as an autonomous economic process. Some authors claim that there is a tendency to use the "end of the era of materials", thus resulting in a decline of the basic industries. Such a process would obviously benefit the environment. Classic economic theories, which deal with structural change in a rather holistic way, correspond to this trend, predicting either a shift towards manufacturing and services or a relocation of old basic industries to developing countries. On the basis of this dematerialization hypothesis, comparative case studies analyze in detail the driving forces behind industrial restructuring with regard to different industries and countries in Europe, where such a decline has been observed in recent years.

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