This volume examines the relationships among social ecology innovation sustainable
development and economic growth. The Quintuple Helix innovation model focuses on the
interactions among five key elements of society: academia industry government culture and
the environment--with particular respect to harnessing knowledge to promote social political
and economic development. The Quintuple Helix is a powerful theoretical and practical lens for
analyzing and understanding such critical and complex ecological and socioeconomic issues as
global warming and climate change and their implications for sustainability. The authors
provide policy approaches and strategies to help create a balance among the often competing
forces of environmental protection innovation entrepreneurship and social and economic
growth that will successfully benefit society and protect democratic values.
