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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: © 2012 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466615861|ISBN10: 1466615869|EISBN13: 9781466615878
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1586-1.ch007
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De Gouvea, Raul, and Sul Kassicieh. "Building an Eco-Innovation Cluster: Water Cluster in the Brazilian Amazon Region." Sustainable Policy Applications for Social Ecology and Development, edited by Elias G. Carayannis, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 87-100. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1586-1.ch007

APA

De Gouvea, R. & Kassicieh, S. (2012). Building an Eco-Innovation Cluster: Water Cluster in the Brazilian Amazon Region. In E. Carayannis (Ed.), Sustainable Policy Applications for Social Ecology and Development (pp. 87-100). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1586-1.ch007

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De Gouvea, Raul, and Sul Kassicieh. "Building an Eco-Innovation Cluster: Water Cluster in the Brazilian Amazon Region." In Sustainable Policy Applications for Social Ecology and Development, edited by Elias G. Carayannis, 87-100. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1586-1.ch007

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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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