Services and the Green Economy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jones, Andrew (Editor), Ström, Patrik (Editor), Hermelin, Brita (Editor), Rusten, Grete (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Industrial management > Environmental aspects.; Science.; Business and Management.; Business and Management, general.; Science, general.; Sustainability Management.
• Physical Description: XVI, 326 p. 26 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137527103

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.