Industrial Estates towards Sustainable Development : Potentials for Tugu Wijayakusuma Industrial Estate, Indonesia - A Case Study

ISBN-13: 9783639121896 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 128 str.

Frank Muller

Opis

Particularly industrial agglomerations in newlyindustrialising countries come along with highlyconcentrated, negative impacts on environment andsociety. Industries urgently need torethink their strategies not least to sustain theireconomic performance. Howcan industrial areas in general and industrialestates in particular contribute to a sustainabledevelopment in theory and practice? The authorintroductorily provides information on sustainableand industrial development, how these two relate,existingconcepts and implications for the industrial sectorin general and industrial estates in particular. Onthis basis one industrial estate in central Java,Indonesia is analysed in a participatory approach byapplying one of the instruments introduced. Theresults are discussed in detail,future scenarios and recommendations derived.The paper addresses primarily practitioners workingin the field of industrial area management anddevelopment in newly industrialising countries, bothproactive and supportive.

O autorze

Frank Müller has completed his studies in business economics at
the University of Applied Sciences Brandenburg. He worked for two
years with the German Technical Cooperation within the
Indonesian-German Environmental Program (ProLH) in central Java,
Indonesia. Currently he is studying Sustainability Management at
the Leuphana University Lüneburg.