The Ideology of Ecological Modernization in ‘Double-Risk’ Societies: A Case Study of Lithuanian Environmental Policy

Transnational Buildings in Local Environments

“…And finally, since the mid-1990s onwards, research into ecological modernisation theory has also started to pay attention to geographical areas beyond north-west Europe, most notably in other industrialised and newly industrialised countries, such as the United States, Japan, Lithuania, China, and Vietnam (cf. Rinkevicius, 2000;Frijns et al, 2000). Central to all these studies is the notion that environmental and economic objectives can be met within the existing political and economic spheres of the societal system of the contemporary world.…”

“…Rinkevicius, 2000;Frijns et al, 2000). Although the theory has received rather critical remarks in this regard, also stemming from ecological modernisation scholars themselves, its applicability to other countries is still intriguing adherents as well as sceptics of ecological modernisation theory.…”

A new theory for an age-old problem: ecological modernisation and the production of nuclear energy in South Africa

“…This will be achieved by assigning an economic value to environmental degradation and charging this to industry in the form of 'pollution taxes'. In response to this, it is believed that industry will adopt more efficient means of production so as to avoid paying environmental taxes (Rinkevicius 2000).…”

Sustainable mining development with community using design thinking and multi-criteria decision analysis

“…Second, we combine certain aspects of design thinking, such as iterative solution development with observational research, information diffusion and learning through community interaction, and those aspects of MCDA, such as testing solutions rapidly to find and measure underlying causal relationships quantitatively. Assessing the options rapidly and iteratively with the community can thus offer an approach to sustainable development and avoid environmental costs related to corrective actions (Rinkevicius, 2000) and social risks (Bridge, 2004). Lastly, we contribute to sustainable development literature by suggesting an inclusive governance structure that characterize a systems view of mining operations including pre-operation, in operation, closure and post-closure.…”