Services and the Green Economy

Services and the Green Economy addresses a significant gap in theknowledge and understanding of sustainable economic development. Bringingtogether a range of expert contributions the book analyses the role of servicesand service industries in the transition to a greener economy. Framed by anapproach within environmental economic geography, chapters written by leadingresearchers from a range of disciplines explore how service industries, servicefirms and service activities are at heart of green economic processes. Adoptinga global perspective, it includes research from the US, Europe, South Americaand Japan, providing a detailed insight into how the crucial role of serviceindustry activity has often been ignored in current understandings of a greeneconomic transition.