Approaches to Sustainable Development

by Forrant, Robert; Pyle, Jean L.; Lazonick, William; Levenstein, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781558493117
• ISBN10: 1558493115
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
William T. Hogan
Acknowledgments	xiii
Acronyms	xv
General Introduction: Sustainable Development for a Regional Economy	1	(16)
The Political Economy of Sustainable Development
Introduction	17	(4)
William Lazonick
Revenge of the Federalists: The Lowell Model and Its Persistence	21	(25)
Laurence F. Gross
Organizational Integration and Sustainable Prosperity	46	(45)
William Lazonick
Can the Shift to Services Support Sustainable Prosperity?	91	(28)
Louis Ferleger
William Lazonick
Diversity Dilemmas at Work	119	(30)
Meg A. Bond
Jean L. Pyle
Understanding the Political Geography of the Region: Sustainable Development and the University	149	(16)
Jeffrey Gerson
John Wooding
Rethinking Sustainable Development: Health, Work, and the Environment
Introduction	165	(4)
Charles Levenstein
Economic Costs of Ergonomic Problems: An Obstacle to Sustainable Development	169	(20)
Laura Punnett
Waste Incinerators: Strategies for Community Sustainability and Social Justice	189	(16)
John MacDougall
Sustainable Production: A Proposed Strategy for the Work Environment	205	(14)
Margaret M. Quinn
David Kriebel
Ken Geiser
Rafael Moure-Eraso
Innovation and Adoption of Cleaner Production Technologies	219	(23)
Ken Geiser
Tim Greiner
Indicators of Sustainable Production: Issues in Measuring and Promoting Progress	242	(23)
Vesela Veleva
Cathy Crumbley
Rethinking Sustainable Development: Technology, Business, and the University
Introduction	265	(6)
Jean L. Pyle
Innovation, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and the Sustainable Regional Development Process	271	(24)
Michael Best
Robert Forrant
The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production: Integrating Environment and Health into Regional Economic Development	295	(14)
David Kriebel
Ken Geiser
Cathy Crumbley
Effective University-Industry Partnerships in Photonics	309	(22)
Michael A. Fiddy
Dikshitulu Kalluri
Julian D. Sanchez
University-Community Collaborations
Introduction	331	(4)
Robert Forrant
Random Acts of Assistance or Purposeful Intervention?: The University of Massachusetts Lowell and the Regional Development Process	335	(23)
Robert Forrant
Addressing the Challenge of Community Collaborations: Centers as Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Innovation	358	(25)
Linda Silka
Administrative Support for Innovation: The Case of Applied Community Research	383	(23)
Nancy Kleniewski
Innovation in Engineering Education for Sustainable Regional Social and Economic Development	406	(13)
Krishna Vedula
Michael A. Fiddy
Al Donatelli
Struan Robertson
Robert Nunn
Rafael Moure-Eraso
Notes on Contributors	419	(8)
Index	427