Ecological modernization in selected Malaysian industrial sectors: Political modernization and sector variations

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-75

  Er, A C ^a   Mol, A P J ^b   Van Koppen, C S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecological modernization; Environmental performance indicators; Government industry linkage; Political modernization; Sector variations

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION THEORIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY LINKAGE; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIANS; PALM OIL; POLICY FORMULATION; POLICY MAKING; PRODUCTION CHAIN; QUANTITATIVE TESTING; SECTOR VARIATIONS;

BENCHMARKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES; VEGETABLE OILS;

MODERNIZATION;

EID: 84855259692     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.11.042     Document Type: Article

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