Obsolete and Irreversible
Technology, Local Economic Development, and the Environment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12164459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Gramling (0000-0002-8250-5154, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, corresponding author), William R Freudenburg (University of California, Santa Barbara), Shirley Laska (University of New Orleans), Kai T Erikson, Kai Erikson (Yale University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 521-534 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society & Natural Resources (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08941920903311417 |
| OpenAlex | W2068574035 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 15 |
While “economic development” projects have long been proposed and supported by local growth machine elites, technological change has affected the social desirability of large projects in three ways. First, large development projects—we examine water transportation—have grown in size, meaning that backers often seek public funding. With increased size and the need for external funding, many years or decades can elapse by the time a project can be conceived, politically supported, funded, and built. Second, during that time, the technology of the industrial sector in question may have changed radically—to the point that the project can be obsolete, or rapidly nearing obsolescence, by the time it is actually completed. Third, the massive size of the project may also mean that even if the project is obsolete as well as environmentally harmful, we may find ourselves unable to undo it or the environmental damage that it has caused
Business · Economics · Meaning (existential · Obsolescence · Political science · Public funding · Technological change · Undo · Computer Science · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Public Administration · Public-Private Partnership Projects · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy · Marketing
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |