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Annex 1

Sources of Additional Information

Publications

Chubin, D., R. Rossini, A. Porter and I. Mitroff, 1979: Experimental technology assessment: Explorations in Process of Interdisciplinary Team Research. Technolgical Forecasting and Social Change, 15, 87-94.

Coates, J., 1995: Anticipating the Environmental Effects of Technology. A Primer and Workbook, Industry and Environment, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Paris, France, 228pp.

Geitner, F., 2000: Using life-cycle costing tools. Chemical Engineering, February, 2000, 80-86.

Goonatilake, S., 1994: Technology assessment: Some questions from a developing country perspective. Technology Forecasting and Social Change 45, 63-77.

Heijungs, R., 1994: A generic method for the identification of options for cleaner products. Ecological Economics, 10, 69-81.

Lough, W. and K. White, 1988: A technology assessment methodology for electric utility planning in the United States. Technology Forecasting and Social Change, 34, 53-67.

OECD Development Assistance Committee, 1992: Good Practices for Environmental Impact Assessment of Development Projects, Guidelines on Aid and Environment No. 1, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, 15pp.

Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environment, 1992: Recyclage des batteries plomb-acide et environment. Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environment (PNUE), Rapport Technique No. 14, Paris, France,169pp

Sharif, M., 1989: Technological leapfrogging: Implications for developing countries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 36, 201-208.

Shrivastava, P., 1995: Democratic control of technological risks in developing countries. Ecological Economics, 14, 195-208.

Strelneck, D. and P. Linquiti, 1999: Environmental Technology Transfer to Developing Countries: Practical Lessons Learnewd During Implementation of the Montreal Protocol. 17th Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, 13pp.

UNEP, 1995: Environmental management tools. Industry and Environment, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Paris, France, 18 (2-3), 131pp.

UNEP, 1996: Survey of Information Systems Related to Environmentally Sound Technologies. Presented at the Fourth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, April, 1996. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nariobi, Kenya, 293pp.

UNEP, 1998: User's Guide, maESTro Version 1.0, manageing Information on Environmentally Sound Technolgies (ESTs). International Environmental Technogy Centre, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Osaka/Shiga, Japan, 35pp.

UNEP, 2000: Technical Workbook on Environmental Management Tools for Decision Analysis. International Environmental Technogy Centre, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Technical Publication Series, 14, Osaka/Shiga, Japan, 238pp.

Van Berkel, R., E. Willems and M. Lafleur, 1997: Development of an industrial ecology toolbox for the introduction of industrial ecology in enterprises - 1. J. Cleaner Production, 5(1-2), 11-25.

Web Sites

UNEP's Global Directory of Environmentally Sound Technologies (maESTro) http://www.unep.or.jp/maestro/
The Global Directory for Environmental Technology http://www.eco-web.com/intro.html
UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics http://www.unepie.org/
Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics Production and Consumption Unit: Environmental Technology Assessment Homepage http://www.unepie.org/pc/pc/tools/enta.htm
The EnTA Newsletter can be ordered from: http://www.unepie.org/enta/newslet.html
United Nations Environment Programme - International Environmental Technology Centre http://www.unep.or.jp/
IETC's Newsletter - INSIGHT http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/index.asp
GREENTIE - Intergovernmental Information Centre on Greenhouse Gas Mitigating Technologies http://www.greentie.org
Center of Technology Assessment in Baden-Wurttemberg (not available in English) http://www.ta-akademie.de/
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies http://www.jrc.es/welcome.html
Science and Technological Options Assessment http://www.europarl.eu.int/stoa/default_en.htm
Institute of Technology Assessment http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/welcome.htm
The International Association for Technology Assessment and Forecasting Institutions http://www.iatafi.org/
Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis http://www.itas.fzk.de/
International Centre for Technology Assessment http://www.icta.org/

 

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