The main purpose of the study was to determine the factors affecting the adoption of
integrated pest management (IPM) as a clean technology in the rice-crop** systems of …

The paper looks for evolutionary policy responses to techno-institutional lock-in, a persistent
state that creates systemic market and policy barriers to technological alternatives. We …

Utility systems play a key role in a broader project of transforming industrial society for
sustainable development. At the same time, these sectors are particularly resistant to …

To successfully shape future policies and new forms of governance for biodiversity
conservation and ecosystem services, careful assessment is needed at an early stage of …

This paper discusses the impact of energy consumption on information systems and
business processes design. The goal is the development of contextaware and sustainable …

Clean production strategies are the continuous application of an integrated, preventive
environmental strategies applied to process, products and services to increase overall …

Die netzgebundene Versorgung befindet sich in einem Transformationsprozess. Dieser
beinhaltet fundamentale Veränderungen, die die technischen, institutionellen und …

T he focus of this green foresight project is the future environmental challenges and possible
environmentally related competitive advantages related to the three generic technologies (or …

Nachhaltige Entwicklung erfordert Transformationen in Produktion, Konsum und Politik, um
wirtschaftliche Aktivitäten mit ökologischen und sozialen Grenzen in Einklang zu bringen …

The foresight approach, as used in business planning and technological innovation, can
also be applied to the design of policy instruments. This chapter presents conceptual ideas …