| Green Growth, Smart Growth: A New Approach to Economics, Innovation and the Environment Contributor(s): Fücks, Ralf (Author), Giddens, Anthony (Foreword by), Harland, Rachel (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1783084731 ISBN-13: 9781783084739 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy - Business & Economics | Environmental Economics - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Dewey: 333.7 |
| LCCN: 2015015250 |
| Series: Anthem Environment and Sustainability |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.30 lbs) 390 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is not another warning about the end of the world. It is neither a penitential sermon on environmentalism, nor an appeal to frugality and self-restraint. Far from having exhausted the era of technological, social and democratic progress, we are on the brink of a new stage of industrial modernity: a shift from a fossil-based to a postfossil economy, from the ruthless exploitation of nature toward growth in tandem with it. Decoupling economic growth from environmental consumption is an ambitious goal, but also an achievable one. Drawing on the German policy experience of tackling climate change, 'Green Growth, Smart Growth' outlines a positive way forward in this great transformation and it does so in the conviction that the danger industrial civilization poses to our future can be overcome using the means of modernity: science, technology and democracy. It is by no means certain that we will win the race against climate change and dwindling resources. That will require nothing less than a great leap forward--a green industrial revolution. |