Green Industrial Restructuring

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Manfred Binder, Martin Jänicke, Ulrich Petschow, Klaus Jacob, Jan Nill

      Pages 1-12

3. Dirty Industries in Decline: An Introduction to the Case Studies

   1. Dirty Industries in Decline: An Introduction to the Case Studies

      • Manfred Binder

      Pages 13-42

4. Theoretical Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43

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   2. Towards an End to the “Era of Materials”? Discussion of a Hypothesis

      • Martin Jänicke

      Pages 45-57

   3. Structural Change in Basic Industries and the Environment — Theoretical Foundations and Classic Economic Theories

      • Stefan Zundel

      Pages 59-72

   4. New Theoretical Perspectives on Industrial Restructuring and their Implications for (Green) Industrial Policy

      • Jan Nill, Ulrich Petschow, Matthias Jahncke

      Pages 73-96

   5. An Evolutionary Perspective on Structural Change and the Role of Technology

      • Frank Jöst

      Pages 97-112

   6. Sectoral Network Structures as Determinants of Structural Change

      • Patrick Kenis

      Pages 113-122

   7. Industrial Complexes as the Centres of Gravity for Green Industrial Restructuring

      • Winfried Ruigrok

      Pages 123-138

   8. Multinational Enterprises and Industrial Restructuring: A Strategic Environmental Management Approach

      • Ans Kolk

      Pages 139-150

   9. Opportunities for a Green Industrial Policy from an Evolutionary Technology Perspective

      • René Kemp

      Pages 151-169

   10. Global Change and the Economic Charm of the Environment

       • Franz Lehner

       Pages 171-183

5. The Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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   2. Chlorine Production in Germany

      • Klaus Jacob

      Pages 187-216

   3. Fertiliser Production in Austria

      • Harald Payer

      Pages 217-241

   4. Coal and Steel in Western Europe

      • Manfred Binder, Simone Schucht

      Pages 243-286

   5. Aluminium Production in Germany

      • Simone Schucht

      Pages 287-300

   6. Cement Production in Austria

      • Walter Hüttler

      Pages 301-322

   7. Cement Production in Denmark

      • Børge Klemmensen

      Pages 323-352

Structural change in basic industries is usually interpreted as an autonomous economic process. Some authors claim that there is a tendency to use the "end of the era of materials", thus resulting in a decline of the basic industries. Such a process would obviously benefit the environment. Classic economic theories, which deal with structural change in a rather holistic way, correspond to this trend, predicting either a shift towards manufacturing and services or a relocation of old basic industries to developing countries. On the basis of this dematerialization hypothesis, comparative case studies analyze in detail the driving forces behind industrial restructuring with regard to different industries and countries in Europe, where such a decline has been observed in recent years.

• Environmental Economics
• Environmental Management
• Industrial Policy
• Industrial Pollution Prevention
• Präventivmaßnahmen gegen Umweltverschmutzung
• Structural Change
• Struktureller Wandel
• Umweltwirtschaft
• Wirtschaftspolitik
• production

• Forschungsstelle für Umweltpolitik, Berlin, Germany

  Manfred Binder, Martin Jänicke

• Environmental Policy Research Unit (FFU), Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  Manfred Binder, Martin Jänicke

• Institut für Ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH, Berlin, Germany

  Ulrich Petschow

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