Conversion: Opportunities for Development and Environment

Front Matter....Pages I-XLVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Conversion and Environmental Conflict....Pages 2-8
The Conversion of the Military-Industrial Complex in Progress in Argentina....Pages 9-13
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Conversion as Conception Confusion....Pages 21-22
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Between Disarmament and Sovereignty? The Issue of the Conversion of Arms Industries/the French Example....Pages 24-30
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Sustainable Development — A Challenge for the World Economy....Pages 32-43
Armament Conversion....Pages 44-51
Technologies for Contaminated Military Sites....Pages 52-53
Utilization of Hardware — Options and Constraints the NVA Case....Pages 54-64
Dual Use Technologies, Conventional Arms Control and Conversion....Pages 65-68
Strategic Concepts for Remediation of Soil Contamination in Eastern Germany....Pages 69-70
Proposal to Establish a Federal Agency for Baltic Sea Marine Environment Monitoring and Protection....Pages 71-72
The Use of Remote-Sensing Methods for Assessing Military Exercise Areas from the Viewpoint of Environmental Geology....Pages 74-83
The Economic Costs of Peace — An Assessment of the Burden to Overcome the Burden of the Military-Bureaucratic-Industrial Complex....Pages 84-91
Political, Economic and Legal Conditions for the Process of Conversion of International Security Systems — Emerging Perceptions for Global Sustainability....Pages 92-94
Contaminated Sites in the Ownership of the Federal Defense Forces....Pages 95-100
Conversion and Disposal of Explosives and Propellants....Pages 101-106
Disarmament Economy — A New Industrial Activity?....Pages 107-113
Federal Environmental Agency....Pages 114-117
Project-Oriented Environmental Management Constraints and Strategies for Restructuring Large-Scale Industry....Pages 118-121
Environmental Applications of Military Information and Communication Technologies....Pages 122-133
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From Military to Civilian Production: The Present Problems of the Military Industry in Italy....Pages 135-147
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Conversion Opportunities for Development and Environment....Pages 152-155
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Conversion as a Chance for Development and Environment....Pages 157-167
Defense Conversion on the Declining Economy: Chances and Dangers....Pages 168-172
Problems and Possibilities of Technology Transfer....Pages 173-174
Specific Aspects of the Conversion Problem in the Evolving Russia....Pages 175-182
Some Military Production Conversion Aspects....Pages 183-185
Main Directions of Radiochemical Technology Convertice at A.A. Bochvar Ausri of Inorganic Materials....Pages 186-189
Ecologically Sound Construction Technologies for the Russian Military....Pages 190-191
Pulsed Equipment — Problems of Conversion....Pages 192-196
The Foreign Policy Association....Pages 197-198
Thermionic Energy Conversion, Space Technology for Energy Conservation....Pages 199-206
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National Case Studies in Conversion: The United Kingdom....Pages 209-230
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The Macroeconomic and Environmental Effects of Military Conversion....Pages 232-246
Military Resources to the Environment....Pages 247-251
Technical Co-Operation to Support the Conversion of Military to Civilian Industry....Pages 252-257
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Debt Reduction in Exchange for Arms Conversion: The Case for Linking Conversion, Development and Debt Reduction....Pages 259-267
Converting U.S. Science and Technology Resources to Civilian Use: Industrial Exigencies and Political Implementation....Pages 268-281
Military Conversion and Economic Development the China Case....Pages 282-302
Problems and Prospects of Conversion....Pages 303-305
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Defense Industry Conversion: The Case of Czechoslovakia....Pages 306-324
Soviet Resources in the Defense Sector and Their Availability for Economic Recovery....Pages 325-337
Successful Conversion Experiences....Pages 338-344
Environmental Dimensions of Disarmament and Conversion....Pages 345-381
Conversion and the Death of the Soviet Military — Industrial Complex....Pages 382-405
Technology Policy & Economic Conversion in the United States: Beyond “Dual-Use — Targeting National Needs for Economic Development....Pages 406-433
Back Matter....Pages 434-461