Theory and Practices on Innovating for Sustainable Development
This book explains how income growth and better environmental qualities go hand in hand, and reviews the drivers and barriers to sustainable innovation on the basis of real-life cases. It discusses why innovation-based income growth reduces environmental
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Theory and Practices on Innovating for Sustainable Development
Theory and Practices on Innovating for Sustainable Development
Yoram Krozer
Theory and Practices on Innovating for Sustainable Development
Yoram Krozer Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability (CSTM) University of Twente Enschede, The Netherlands The Sustainable Innovations Academy Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ISBN 978-3-319-18635-1 ISBN 978-3-319-18636-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18636-8
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This book is dedicated to my father, Simon Krozer.
Preface
This book Theory and Practices on Innovating for Sustainable Development is about various ways in pursuing income along with better environmental qualities. It presents the state of knowledge and shows possibilities and impediments of innovating in energy, water, tourism, consumption, transport, and culture with the aim of sustainable development. It also delivers proposals about how to go forward. The diversity of people and their capabilities enable innovations for sustainable development. There are many ways to develop and use products and services with large social benefits and to resolve impediments for such activities. The idea to write a book about innovations for sustainable development was born at the Cartesius Institute, Institute for Sustainable Innovations of the Netherlands Technical Universities. During 15 years after the start in 1989, it has created education on energy and environment management; made studies on product development for renewable energy, water, and land uses; and supported firms pursuing sustainable innovations. Hundreds of students and scholars of the technical universities
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