Desrochers, Pierre - Geography

Personal Information
First Name: 
Pierre
Nom: 
Desrochers
Autre: 
Geography
Affiliation universitaire: 
University of Toronto
Phone: 
9058285206
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Geography
Objet: 
Technology
Région géographique: 
Canada
Great Britain
Champ d'études: 
Economic development; technological innovation; business-environment interactions; energy policy; food policy
Academics
PHD Program: 
Geography
PHD University: 
University of Montreal
PHD Date: 
2000
Major Publications: 
"The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-mile Diet", PublicAffairs (June 5, 2012) (with Hiroko Shimizu). "Silent Spring at 50: The False Crises of Rachel Carson", Cato Institute (September 2012) (with Roger Meiners and Andrew P. Morriss). "Does the invisible hand have a green thumb? Incentives, linkages, and the creation of wealth out of industrial waste in Victorian England." Geographical Journal, vol. 175, no. 1 (March 2009), pp. 3-16. "Did the Invisible Hand Need a Regulatory Glove to Develop a Green Thumb? Some Historical Perspective on Market Incentives, Win-Win Innovations and the Porter Hypothesis." Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 41, no. 4 (December 2008), pp. 519-539. "Entrepreneurial Policy: The Case of Regional Specialization vs. Spontaneous Industrial Diversity" (with Frédéric Sautet). Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, vol. 32, issue 5 (September 2008), pp. 813-832.
Membre des sociétés académiques: 
Association of American Geographers Canadian Association of Geographers International Society of Industrial Ecology Canadian Regional Science Association Society for the Development of Austrian Economi
Courses Taught: 
Trade and Globalization; Cities, Industry and the Environment; People, Money and Place; Geography and the Roots of Globalization; Energy and Society; Cities, Industry and the Environment