Services and the Green Economy
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Services and the Green Economy addresses a significant gap in theknowledge and understanding of sustainable economic development. Bringingtogether a range of expert contributions the book analyses the role of servicesand service industries in the transition to a greener economy. Framed by anapproach within environmental economic geography, chapters written by leadingresearchers from a range of disciplines explore how service industries, servicefirms and service activities are at heart of green economic processes. Adoptinga global perspective, it includes research from the US, Europe, South…mehr

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Services and the Green Economy addresses a significant gap in theknowledge and understanding of sustainable economic development. Bringingtogether a range of expert contributions the book analyses the role of servicesand service industries in the transition to a greener economy. Framed by anapproach within environmental economic geography, chapters written by leadingresearchers from a range of disciplines explore how service industries, servicefirms and service activities are at heart of green economic processes. Adoptinga global perspective, it includes research from the US, Europe, South Americaand Japan, providing a detailed insight into how the crucial role of serviceindustry activity has often been ignored in current understandings of a greeneconomic transition.
Autorenporträt
Andrew Jones is Professor of Economic Geography and Dean of Arts and Social Sciences at City University London, and was previously Head of Geography, Environment and Development at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of five previous books including Management Consultancy and Banking in an Era of Globalization (2003), The Economic Geography of the UK (edited with Neil Coe) and Globalization: Key Thinkers (2010) Patrik Ström is Associate Professor of Economic Geography at the Centre for International Business Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He was previously the Staffan Helmfrid Pro Futura Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, Sweden. Brita Hermelin is Professor of Human Geography and research lead at the Centre for Municipality studies at Linköping University, Sweden. She has recently been the research lead for a project at Stockholm University on globalization of services and is currently leading a research project at Linköping University on cross sector interactions for regional development. Grete Rusten is Professor of Economic Geography at University of Bergen, Norway. Her research focuses on firm strategies, location, industrial and regional development, the service economy, industrial design, innovations and the green economy.