Ecological innovation for sustainable economic development

Author: Yan Lidong
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: This book systematically investigates and explores the fundamental issues of ecological innovation theory for the first time in China, fundamentally establishing a sustainable economic operation model that integrates ecological innovation, institutional innovation, and technological innovation. It reveals the inevitable, inherent, and essential connections between institutional change, technological progress, and ecological improvement in the process of economic sustainability, addressing major theoretical and practical issues caused by ecological destruction and environmental degradation on sustainable economic development. This aims to promote the sustainable development of China's economy and society as a whole. The main contents of the book include: the concept, essential characteristics, role, and supporting systems of ecological innovation; the objectives, content, and endogenous analysis of ecological innovation; the relationships among ecological, institutional, and technological innovations; industrial development through ecological innovation; product selection in ecological innovation; the characteristics, roles, and strategic choices of ecological technological innovation, green institutional innovation, and ecological concept innovation; the law of ecological priority and incentives for ecological innovation; the driving mechanisms and implementation forms of ecological innovation; the relationship between ecological innovation and sustainable economic growth, as well as effective countermeasures to achieve China's sustainable economic development by enhancing ecological innovation capabilities. The book is rich in content, with clear and novel perspectives, making it highly readable. It is suitable for theoretical workers, researchers, administrative personnel in various government departments, and policy researchers. It can also serve as a textbook or teaching reference for relevant majors in colleges and universities.