Sustainable Technology Development.
Material type: TextPublisher: Sheffield : Routledge, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (305 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781909493124Subject(s): Sustainable development | Technological innovations -- Economic aspects | Technology and civilizationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sustainable Technology DevelopmentDDC classification: 333.7 LOC classification: HC79.T4 -- S87 2000ebOnline resources: Click to ViewCover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- PART 1 -- 1. Capacity-building for sustainable technology development and innovation -- 2. The scale of the sustainability challenge -- 3. Technology and technological change -- 4. The STD programme design and approach -- PART 2 -- 5. The STD process exemplified: the case of nutrition -- 6. Constructive Technology Assessment: the case of novel protein foods -- 7. LCA as a steering tool: the case of the municipal water system -- 8. Gaining 'virtual hindsight' by backcasting: the case of service products -- 9. Redirecting R&D resources: the case of chemicals and industrial materials -- 10. Elaborating and evaluating opportunities: the case of organic materials -- 11. Strategic niche management: the case of the mobile hydrogen fuel cell -- PART 3 -- 12. Concluding remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.
Based on the evaluation of the results of a five-year inter-ministerial programme of the Dutch Sustainable Technology Development Group, this is an examination of which technologies might be able to become more eco-efficient, and how they may be able to do so.
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