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Building an Eco-Innovation Cluster: Water Cluster in the Brazilian Amazon Region

Building an Eco-Innovation Cluster: Water Cluster in the Brazilian Amazon Region

Raul De Gouvea, Sul Kassicieh
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 13
ISSN: 1947-8402|EISSN: 1947-8410|EISBN13: 9781609604554|DOI: 10.4018/jsesd.2010040103
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De Gouvea, Raul, and Sul Kassicieh. "Building an Eco-Innovation Cluster: Water Cluster in the Brazilian Amazon Region." IJSESD vol.1, no.2 2010: pp.27-39. http://doi.org/10.4018/jsesd.2010040103

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De Gouvea, R. & Kassicieh, S. (2010). Building an Eco-Innovation Cluster: Water Cluster in the Brazilian Amazon Region. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD), 1(2), 27-39. http://doi.org/10.4018/jsesd.2010040103

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De Gouvea, Raul, and Sul Kassicieh. "Building an Eco-Innovation Cluster: Water Cluster in the Brazilian Amazon Region," International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD) 1, no.2: 27-39. http://doi.org/10.4018/jsesd.2010040103

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Abstract

This paper discusses the creation of an innovation water cluster in the Brazilian Amazon region, capitalizing in the region’s unique global competitive advantage in the development of a water innovation economy. The existence of academic institutions, research agencies, a manufacturing park, and unique natural resources offer the right environment for the creation of this water eco-innovation cluster in the city of Manaus. The development of an innovation economy in the city of Manaus in the Amazon will promote a new cycle of economic development in the region, and induce a new cycle of attraction of environmental technology companies to the Amazon region of Brazil. In addition, it will also address social objectives of the Amazon region, increasing social-economic welfare and promoting eco-competitiveness as a cornerstone of the nation’s economy. This paper outlines a link between cluster theory and a water diamond model with sustainability as its major goal.

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