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Industrial transformation in the developing world /
'Grow first, clean up later' environmental strategies in the developing economies of East Asia pose a critical regional and global sustainability challenge in this area of continuing rapid urban-based industrial growth which is the most polluted region in the world. Using detailed case stu...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. East Asia's Sustainability Challenge; 2. Late Industrialization and Technological Capabilities Building; 3. Policy Integration: From Technology Upgrading to Industrial Environmental Improvement; 4. The Role of Environmental Regulatory Agencies in Sustainability: Korea and Indonesia; 5. Globalization, Openness to Trade and Investment, Technology Transfer, and the Environment: The Cement Industry in East Asia; 6. Win-Win Environmental Intensity or Technique Effects and Technological Learning: Evidence from Siam City Cement.
- 7. Impact of Multinational Corporations' Firm-Based Environmental Standards on Subsidiaries and their Suppliers: Evidence from Motorola-Penang8. Global Standards and the Environmental Performance of Industry; 9. Implications for Other Industrializing Economies; 10. Prospects for Policy Integration in Low Income Economies; References; Index.