Sustainable economic development: Strategies for creating jobs while conserving natural resources and protecting the environment. Research report

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:442354

Thomas, M G

Sustainable economic development is a departure from traditional economic development. It requires a change from linear, short-term to cyclical, long-term thinking--whether this thinking is applied to understanding industrial processes, the nature of products and waste, energy, or new business development. This publication provides practical assistance to the economic development community by contributing to a new generation of economic development strategies: (1) Increase profitability and save jobs in business, industry, and government by preventing pollution and reducing waste. (2) Develop new jobs in recycling-based manufacturing, demanufacturing, and remanufacturing industries and ecoindustrial parks. (3) Create jobs and new buinsesses through energy-efficiency investments in the public and private sectors. (4) Expand renewable energy technologies and manufacturing. (5) Capture markets in green businesses and environmental technologies. The publication includes annotated bibliographies and appendices with additional resources or technical discussions for each strategy.

• Research Organization: Midwest Research Inst., Kansas City, MO (United States)
• OSTI ID: 442354
• Report Number(s): PB--97-129928/XAB; CNN: Contract EDA-99-07-13768
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
RECYCLING
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION