By Atle Midttun,Nina Witoszek
ISBN-10: 113874378X
ISBN-13: 9781138743786
ISBN-10: 1138793434
ISBN-13: 9781138793439
This ebook breaks new floor within the experiences of eco-friendly transition. It frames the continuing transformation by way of a "battle of modernities" with the rising imaginative and prescient of ecomodernity because the ultimate vacation spot. It additionally bargains a scientific exploration of the opportunity of vast transformation of carbon-intensive sectors – with a spotlight on strength and delivery – in the direction of a low or post-carbon financial system. The ebook does so in a comparative point of view, via pointing to a variety of techno-economic and institutional strategies within the mature Western economies, and within the speedily transforming into East and constructing South. The members spotlight a huge spectrum of accessible possible choices in addition to light up conflicting pursuits concerned. in addition they reveal how suggestions to the weather problem require parallel technological and governance innovation. The publication advocates a brand new, overarching imaginative and prescient and time table of ecomodernity – in response to a synergistic paradigm-shift in undefined, politics and tradition – to set off and maintain the ecological innovation essential to tip improvement in a eco-friendly course. This imaginative and prescient can't be monolithic; really, it may replicate the varied pursuits and prerequisites of the worldwide population.
This publication is aimed toward researchers and postgraduate scholars of power, delivery, environmental and weather rules, in addition to improvement, atmosphere, innovation and sustainability.
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