?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4849%2F&rft.title=Technology+and+the+Environment%3A+An+Overview&rft.creator=Foray%2C+D.&rft.creator=Grubler%2C+A.&rft.description=The+article+starts+with+a+brief+debate+on+the+interactions+between+technology+and+the+environment.+A+short+overview+of+each+article+of+this+special+issue+is+then+presented.+Three+cross-cutting+%22metathemes%22+emerge+from+the+articles.+The+first+deals+with+the+characteristics+of+uncertainty%2C+ignorance%2C+and+dispersed+knowledge+that+have+historically+characterized+the+generation+and+distribution+of+environmental+and+technological+knowledge.+The+second+addresses+the+issue++of+possible+tensions+that+exist+between+the+forces+of+technological+inertia+and+the+forces+of+environmentally+induced+technological+change.+Finally%2C+some+policy+dilemmas+between+short-+and+long-term+environmental+preservation+and+technological+change+objectives+are+discussed.&rft.publisher=RR-97-005.+Reprinted+from+Technological+Forecasting+and+Social+Change%2C+53(1)%3A3-13+%5BSeptember+1996%5D.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4849%2F1%2FRR-97-05.pdf&rft.identifier=++Foray%2C+D.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1258.html%3E+%26+Grubler%2C+A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F112.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-7814-4990+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-7814-4990%3E++(1996).++Technology+and+the+Environment%3A+An+Overview.+++IIASA+Research+Report+(Reprint).+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+RR-97-005.+Reprinted+from+Technological+Forecasting+and+Social+Change%2C+53(1)%3A3-13+%5BSeptember+1996%5D.+++++