Technological Change and the Environmental Imperative: Challenges to the Copper Industry - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840646330 ISBN 13: 9781840646337

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

The environmental imperative exerts strong pressure on polluting industries in the industrialised countries. Environmentally-friendly technologies are available but often at prohibitive costs. Using evidence from the copper industry, this book addresses the question of how polluting industries in developing and transition economies have responded to this challenge.

Technological Change and the Environmental Imperative considers the extent of the success of polluting industries in becoming cost-efficient whilst acquiring less polluting technologies, in the face of fierce competition. The authors also discuss what has been the impact of privatisation on this process and what lessons have been learnt. Against this backdrop, and drawing on case material from Chile, China, Peru and Russia, the book goes on to assess the latest technological breakthroughs, and their possible future impact on cost efficiency and the environment.

International organisations, policymakers and industry analysts concerned with environmental issues will find this book of great fascination as will academics and researchers in the fields of development studies, transition economies and environmental studies.

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Edited by Claes Brundenius, Research Policy Group, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840646330
• ISBN 13: 9781840646337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Brundenius Claes