Governing Technology for Sustainability
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Governing Technology for Sustainability

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Governing Technology for Sustainability

About this book

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 problem.

Contributions from leading environmental social scientists are included, with each chapter reporting on new research and tackling complex, but vital issues. Drawing on examples such as wave and tidal power, wind power, micro-generation, community waste recycling and eco-housing, the book provides powerful new insights into the governance of technology for sustainability. A detailed introduction and conclusion discuss existing research directions and identify the contribution that the book makes in advancing our understanding of the people-technology-governance nexus and its implications for sustainability.

This is essential reading for all those in academia, government and industry working at the critical interface between how we develop, deploy and govern technology in the pursuit of sustainability.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781138001985
eBook ISBN
9781136564482
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Insurance
Index
Business
Index
Note: page numbers in italics refer to figures and tables
adaptive governance 140
adoption, consumer 41–61
alternative technology (AT) movement 8–9, 205, 216
Animal By-Products Regulations 159
Architype 94
Association for Environment Conscious Building 94
Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) 45
autonomy 47, 94–97, 99, 102
B&Q 34
Baywind Energy Co-operative, Cumbria 76, 172
Beddington Zero Emission Development (BedZED) 16, 42, 78, 89, 91, 92, 97, 102, 103, 205, 210
Bioregional Development Group 92
Bosch 34, 37
bounded rationality 138
brokerage 140
budget(s)
enlargement 155
juggling 155
in partnership process 155
Buddhist centres 27
Building for a Future magazine 94
building regulations 42
Building Research Establishment 43
business
decoding 29
and governance 30–34
strategy, partnerships as 162–163
Cabinet Office 188
Carbon Trust 188, 189
cavity wall insulation 42, 43, 47, 51, 53, 59, 101
centralized energy systems
and public as consumer/deficit 68–70
Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies 28
Centre for Marine Renewable Energy 191
China 203
circuit of culture model 28–30
citizenshipsee energy citizenship
civil society groups 30
and governance 34–36
Cleanaway Ltd 162
‘Clear Skies’ renewable energy support programme 43
Climate Change Capital 189
climate change policy 114
Coca-Cola 33
co-evolutionary approach to IS 141–142
combined heat and power (CHP) 66, 7...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Projects
  10. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  11. Section I: Introduction
  12. Section II: People and Sustainability: Appreciating Multiple Identities
  13. Section III: Technology and Sustainability: Contextualized Accounts
  14. Section IV: Governance and Sustainability: Consensus and Conflict
  15. Section V: Conclusion
  16. Index