Economic Conversion
Economic conversion, defence conversion, or arms conversion, is a technical, economic and political process for moving from military to civilian markets. Economic conversion takes place on several levels and can be applied to different organizations. In terms of levels (roughly corresponding to geographic scales), conversion can take place at the level of new innovation projects, divisions within multi-divisional firms, companies, and national economies. In terms of objects, conversion can govern workers (i.e. retraining), firms (in terms of workers, capital, facilities and real estate) and land (in terms of real estate). Some of these scales obviously overlap. Organizations that can be …
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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 12 March 2024 English
This report outlines the importance of monitoring progress in green public procurement (GPP) and highlights various methodologies, challenges, and recommendations to improve monitoring practices. The report focuses specifically on monitoring …
environmental parameters of green product) × economic conversion factors of the environmental parameters …
Wilson Center Canada · 28 April 2015 English
Team exchange and the production of this The chinadialogue team—Alan Wang, Huang Roadmap. [...] to Katie Lebling who with a keen eye did the We are also in debt to …
the basin’s waters, which are vital to the economic conversion to synthetic natural gas and chemicals, more …
CAN-Rac: Climate Action Network Canada · 20 October 2009 English
GreeninG the nWT economy: Prepared for Ecology North by Jamie Bastedo disCUssioN PaPEr hiGhliGhTs September, 2009 ThE CasE for a GrEENEr Quality over quantity ECoNomy The goals of economic development …
key support tool for the process of green economic conversion. revenues can ECoNomiCs come from various …
City of Toronto, Ontario · 13 October 2006 English
The Policy and Finance Committee submits the communication (September 15, 2006) from the Budget Advisory Committee: Recommendation: The Budget Advisory Committee recommended to the Policy and Finance Committee that City …
utilization efficiencies; (xvii) Implement the economic conversion of diesel standby generators to dispatchable …
City of Toronto, Ontario · 12 September 2006 English
5 of the Policy and Finance Committee) and adopted several recommendations, including the recommendation for the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer to report back through the Roundtable on …
utilization efficiencies • Implement the economic conversion of diesel standby generators to dispatchable …
City of Toronto, Ontario · 11 July 2006 English
and Enwave Energy Corporation are the City’s preferred energy services providers and that the City Manager communicate the City’s position to all City of Toronto’s Divisions, Agencies, Boards, Commissions and …
Management (CDM) program to facilitate the economic conversion of diesel stand-by generators to dispatchable …
City of Toronto, Ontario · 15 June 2006 English
and Enwave Energy Corporation are the City’s preferred energy services providers and that the City Manager communicate the City’s position to all City of Toronto’s Divisions, Agencies, Boards, Commissions and …
Management (CDM) program to facilitate the economic conversion of diesel stand-by generators to dispatchable …
CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 6 March 2006 English
Since to extract the deeper reserves of oil from the bi- the Athabasca tar sands development is planned tumen and process it as crude oil, the plan is to to …
must move on fossil fuels. The kinds of economic conversion huge quantities from Kuwait, Turkey, and …
CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 6 March 2006 English
Since to extract the deeper reserves of oil from the bi- the Athabasca tar sands development is planned tumen and process it as crude oil, the plan is to to …
must move on fossil fuels. The kinds of economic conversion huge quantities from Kuwait, Turkey, and …
Wilson Center Canada · 12 April 2004 English
1 one A Report of the Comparative Urban Studies Project As shown by the above data, the sheer rate of urban growth in the next century makes the well-being of …
1987, Renner was Corliss Lamont Fellow in Economic Conversion at Columbia University from 1986–1987 and …
