Despite the Bali show and tell, carbon targets continue to be futile (journal article)
By Alan Moran
from IPA Review Vol 60 No 1 March 2008, pp.43 - 44
"In the absence of a world dictatorship changing human behaviour, reducing carbon dioxide emissions is not possible."

The World is Getting Better (journal article)
By Louise Staley
from IPA Review Vol 60 No 1 March 2008 , pp. 10 - 14
"Pessimism about the environment is unwarranted - the world is improving at a remarkable pace."

Quality management systems : guidelines for realizing financial and economic benefits [standard]
Standards Australia

"Provides guidelines for realizing financial and economic benefits through the effective application of eight quality management principles derived from ISO 9000-2005." - introduction.
Now available in Library & Research Services' Ref Standards Collection.

Australian intellectual property law [book]

Authors: Mark J. Davison & others.

Provides a detailed analysis of IP law, in light of recent developments in the areas of biotechnology, computer technology and plant breeding.

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Sustainable nation : managing Australia’s future [book]

Edited by: Deborah Singerman

A collection of essays looking at Australian expertise in the areas of sustainability, particularly water management, and organisations that have been working to reduce the effects of climate change.

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Promoting energy efficiency investments : case studies in the residential sector [e-book]

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and others.

Presents the policies and measures used in five OECD countries to overcome the market barriers to improving energy efficiency in residential buildings.

Biofuels : linking support to performance [e-book]

Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) & International Transport Forum

"Analysed the critical issues for governments in determining support for biofuels, particularly the level of greenhouse gas emissions throughout the life-cycle of these fuels and the wider environmental impacts of farming biomass." - abstract.

Global innovation review 2007 annual : the world’s top innovation cities and global innovation rankings [book]
Christopher Hire

Ranks the world’s most innovation-friendly cities, describes the model used to make this assessment, and considers the ’change waves’ which will most affect leading economies.

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Towards urban water reform : a discussion paper [book]

Australia. Productivity Commission

"Reform options considered include changes within the existing institutional arrangements and more fundamental structure reform, including the introduction of great competition in water markets." - page 1.

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Chemicals and plastics regulation [book]

Australia. Productivity Commission

"Finds that the current institutional and regulatory arrangements are broadly effective in managing the risks to health and safety, but are less effective in managing risks to the environment and national security." - overview.

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OECD environmental outlook to 2030 [e-book]
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

"Provides policy-makers with guidance on how to address the more complex and long-term global environmental challenges, in a way that is cost-effective and can also deal with the shorter-term concerns of their local constituencies." - page 3.

The "Science of Science Policy": reflections on the important questions and the challenges they present (journal article)
By Adam B. Jaffe
from Journal of Technology Transfer Volume 33, Number 2 April 2008, p. 131 - 139
"Developing the "Science of Science Policy" will require data collection and analysis related to the processes of innovation and technological change, and the effects of government policy on those processes. There has been much work on these topics in the last three decades, but there remain difficult problems of finding proxies for subtle concepts, endogeneity, distinguishing private and social returns, untangling cumulative effects, measuring the impact of government programs in a true "but for" sense, and sorting out national and global effects. I offer observations on how to think about these issues. "

Assessing the nature of nanotechnology: can we uncover an emerging general purpose technology? (journal article)
By Jan Youtie, Maurizio Iacopetta and Stuart Graham
from Journal of Technology Transfer Volume 33, Number 3 June 2008, p 315 - 329
"Attention has increasingly shifted towards the long-run perspective on technological innovation, which suggests that progress comes in waves, each one originating with a major breakthrough or general purpose technology (GPT). This paper seeks to assess whether nanotechnology is likely to be (or become) a GPT, a characteristic that other researchers have sometimes assumed though not necessarily documented. Based on a survey of existing literature, this paper will explore the extent to which nanotechnology addresses three primary characteristics of a GPT: pervasiveness, innovation spawning, and scope for improvement. The paper draws on patent and patent citation databases to highlight the types of quantitative and qualitative information that would be necessary, and in some instances is still lacking, to characterize fully the nature of nanotechnology. "

Technology parks in a developing country: the case of India (journal article)
By Geetha Vaidyanathan
from Journal of Technology Transfer Volume 33, Number 3 June 2008, p 285 - 299
"Following the economic liberalization of 1991, the government of India established the software technology parks of India (STPI) scheme and opened numerous software parks around the country. These parks have played a critical role in the growth of India’s software sector. In recent years, private software parks have also been established in different parts of India. The government of India is now promoting biotechnology (biotech) parks to encourage growth of this emerging sector. The biotech parks are still in their infancy with a few operating parks. There are several upcoming biotech parks in different Indian states with support from the respective state governments. The government of India continues to play an important role in establishing technology parks. Biotech-Information Technology (Bio-IT) park is the next type of park that the government is planning to promote. This article discusses the institutional history of these technology parks in India. "

Government and Science: A Troubled, Critical Relationship and What Can Be Done about It(journal article)
By W. Henry Lambright
from Public Administration Review Volume 68 Issue 1 , JanuaryFebruary 2008 p. 5-18
"The U.S. government–science relationship, which helped win World War II, put a man on the moon, unravel the human genome, and nurture economic growth, is troubled. Money is one reason. However, far more than funding, the tensions between government and science are about politics and policy management. Many scientists and their allies argue that the Bush administration has crossed the line separating appropriate control of information from political interference. That is, there has been a "politicization of science." This essay examines the current debate about politicization in historical context; discusses the tensions among scientists, politicians, and administrators; and suggests possible ways to strengthen the government–science partnership in the future."

Australian Construction Handbook, 2008 edition

Rawlinsons

Covers: Building Price and Regional Indices, Building Costs Per Square Metre, Unit prices for all trades and services, Refurbishing and Recycling of Buildings, and more.

Now available in Library & Research Services' Reference Collection.

Distributional effects of changes in Australian infrastructure industies during the 1990s [book]

Author: Australia. Productivity Commission

"Estimates how changes in productivity, employment and the prices of services delivered by the nominated infrastructure industries affected the distribution of real household incomes in Australia’s States and Territories." - overview.

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The Hidden web : finding quality information on the net [book]

Maureen Henninger

"How to uncover valuable content, whether it is an html document or a paper buried deep within a public website." - cover.

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Biofuels in Australia : issues and prospects : a report for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

Author: CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems

Considers the following questions: what are the drivers for a biofuel industry, will there be competition for crops with alternative markets, what are the sustainability issues for biofuels, and what infrastructure will be required for biofuel production.

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The Stern Review : an assessment of its methodology [book]

Author: Rick Baker & others (Australia. Productivity Commission)

"Finds that value judgements and ethical perspectives in key parts of the Stern Review’s analysis led to estimates of future economic damages being substantially higher, and abatement costs lower, than most previous studies. The paper notes that the report could usefully have included more sensitivity analysis to highlight to decisionmakers the consequences of alternative assumptions or judgements." - press release.

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