Ecological Modernization of Industrial Society — Three Strategic Elements

  • U. E. Simonis
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Part of the Economy & Environment book series (ECEN, volume 1)

Abstract

In both the East and the West, economists, planners and engineers are seeking for a solution to the problem of how to change the traditional patterns of resource use. “Perestroika” and “modernization” are two actual catchwords in this process, and new environmental priorities play a part in the envisaged conversion of the economy.1 Harmonizing ecology and economy in a specific sense relies on the premise that a reduction in the resource input of production (structural change) will lead to an ex ante reduction of emissions and wastes that have a negative impact on the natural environment (ecological structural change).

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Gross Domestic Product Environmental Policy Federal Republic Environmental Damage Input Factor 
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