RT Monograph
SR 00
A1 Foray, D.
A1 Grubler, A.
T1 Technology and the Environment: An Overview
YR 1996
FD 1996
VO 53
SP 14
AB 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 "metathemes" emerge from the articles. The first deals with the characteristics of uncertainty, ignorance, 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, some policy dilemmas between short- and long-term environmental preservation and technological change objectives are discussed.
PB RR-97-005. Reprinted from Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 53(1):3-13 [September 1996].
PP IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria
AV Published
LK https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4849/