Development of a sustainability policy model for promoting cleaner production: a knowledge integration approach
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This paper is based upon the understanding that fundamental disciplines of human knowledge such as chemistry, ecology, sociology, geology, economics, engineering or politics, cannot, by themselves, provide the sufficient and necessary solutions to complex problems of sustainability. The paper, therefore, presents an integrated knowledge approach to sustainability policy on industry with the understanding that the essence of such an approach is to enable and support stewardship for building a sustainable society by transcending the conflicts between the paradigm of economics and the paradigm of ecology. This is done by testing the complementarities of three functional modes of knowledge (contextual, technological, and reconciliatory) in actuating the policy science of sustainability. This is based upon an analysis of surveys on CP implementation motives, CP technologies and CP policies. The paper colludes with the finding that even when provided with impressive amounts of data, information and supportive opinion on specific sustainability issues, a society that is not sufficiently cognizant of the necessary knowledge synthesis processes will be unlikely to gain momentum in moving forward in the development, implementation and on-going support of industrial sustainability policy. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Topics
Cleaner productionContextualKnowledge integration approachPsycho-social motives for CPReconciliatorySustainability gapsSustainability policyTechnological knowledgeTriangular knowledge cycleChemical engineeringChlorine compoundsComplexationEarth sciencesKnowledge based systemsKnowledge engineeringPaper coatingPublic policyTechnologyCleaner productionComplex problemsContextualHuman knowledgeIndustrial sustainabilityKnowledge integrationKnowledge integration approachPsycho-social motives for CPReconciliatorySustainability gapsSustainability issuesSustainability policySustainable societyTechnological knowledgeTriangular knowledge cycleSustainable development
TNO Identifier
280030
ISSN
09596526
Source
Journal of Cleaner Production, 16(17), pp. 1823-1837.
Pages
1823-1837
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