Industrialization

Industrialisation (or industrialization) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society. This involves an extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing. Historically industrialization is associated with increase of polluting industries heavily dependent on fossil fuels; however, with the increasing focus on sustainable development and green industrial policy practices, industrialization increasingly includes technological leapfrogging, with direct investment in more advanced, cleaner technologies. The reorganization of the economy has many knock-on effects both economically and socially. As industrial workers' incomes rise, markets for consumer goods and …

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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 16 July 2024 English

This policy brief explores the implications of the 15% global minimum tax on special economic zones, offering comprehensive guidance for governments to reform tax incentives and ensure these zones attract …

enhance the country’s competitiveness and industrialization. The MFEZ were intended to foster an attractive


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English

An Accidental History of Canada explores accidents, their causes, consequences, and afterlife, in colonial, Indigenous, and urban contexts, from the 1630s to the 1970s. These investigations make plain that accidents …

demon- strates how settler colonialism and industrialization altered and acceler- ated long-standing fire


DDN: Dundurn Press · 2 July 2024 English

The story of the audacious showman who built the greatest carnival dynasty in North America.Enter the realm of the carnie king, Patty Conklin, the flamboyant founder of what would become …

upheaval attendant on German unification and industrialization contributed to the Renkers’ decision to emigrate


NSP: New Society Publishers · 25 June 2024 English

Deep polarization in our society prevents us from working collaboratively to solve the problems we face. The Solutionary Way offers a practical approach, providing clear and achievable methods to bridge …

cities has become terribly polluted through industrialization and congestion. Moreover, the rise in wildfires


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2024 English

Since the year 2000, millions of hectares of land in the Global South have been acquired by foreign investors for large-scale agricultural projects, displacing and disrupting rural communities. Women are …

land and water – remain under threat due to industrialization and ecological change, often with their own


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 7 June 2024 English

physical and cultural effects of this trade on the Northwest Coast and Hawaiian Islands and on the industrialization of the New England states. Uncovering many Russian-language sources, Gibson also consulted the


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 6 June 2024 English

Nigeria's growing population is in need of wide-ranging solutions to the multidimensional poverty it faces. This IISD report outlines the risks that Nigeria faces in forging ahead with a dash …

June). Harnessing Africa’s natural gas for industrialization and economic diversification: A Nigeria case 21/06/Harnessing-Africas-Natural-Gas-for-Industrialization-and- Economic-Diversification_-Case-of-Nigeria-2


NSP: New Society Publishers · 21 May 2024 English

We must cut carbon emissions to halt climate change. But they aren't just produced by driving a car or heating a home. Upfront carbon – all emissions involved in manufacturing …

crop yields; it has resulted first in rapid industrialization and urbanization, in the expan- sion and acceleration


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 16 May 2024 English

A guide for governments on defining what should be considered as "strategic" or "critical" based on a series of objective criteria.

and priorities, their decarbonization and industrialization pathways, and their importance (and role)


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 15 May 2024 English

International investment treaties and their investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) system are facing growing scrutiny of how they threaten climate action, environmental protection, and social justice. But what would an alternative …

alleviation, creation of decent work, and industrialization. What is more, this group of policy problems requirements but rather facilitate productive industrialization IISD.org vi Rethinking Investment Treaties: requirements but rather facilitate productive industrialization through technology transfers, productive linkages fostering revenue mobilization, national industrialization, creation of production linkages aligned with impacts, for instance, by promoting productive industrialization (African Climate Foundation, 2023). First


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