240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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In a world of growing complexity and dwindling resources, the relationship between technology and sustainability is a pressing issue of concern at the highest levels. This book improves our understanding by examining the ways that people, technology and governance shape each other with implications for sustainability. It is the first book to link technology studies and governance research to this... Read more
Section I: Introduction * Sustainability*? Section II: People and Sustainability: Appreciating Multiple Identities * Decoding Governance * People Centred Eco-Design * Energy Citizenship * Section III: Technology and Sustainability: Contextualized Accounts * Governance Lessons from Green Niches * Micro-Generation * The Rationale for Policy Interventions from an Innovation Systems Perspective * Section IV: Governance and Sustainability: Consensus and Conflict * Local Governance of Public Services * Wind Power, Governance and Networks * Multi-Level Governance and Energy Policy * Section V: Conclusion * Governing Technology for Sustainability
Biography
Joseph Murphy is RCUK Academic Fellow in the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds, UK. His previous co-authored and edited books include Regulatory Realities: The Implementation and Impact of Industrial Environmental Regulation, Exploring Sustainable Consumption and Governing the Transatlantic Conflict over Agricultural Biotechnology.
