Services and the Green Economy

Jones, Andrew; Ström, Patrik; Hermelin, Brita; Rusten, Grete

Services and the Green Economy addresses a significant gap in the knowledge and understanding of sustainable economic development. Bringing together a range of expert contributions the book analyses the role of services and service industries in the transition to a greener economy. Framed by an approach within environmental economic geography, chapters written by leading researchers from a range of disciplines explore how service industries, service firms and service activities are at heart of green economic processes. Adopting a global perspective, it includes research from the US, Europe, South America and Japan, providing a detailed insight into how the crucial role of service industry activity has often been ignored in current understandings of a green economic transition.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-05-12

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137527080

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-52710-3

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 326