A handbook of industrial ecology
By: edited by Robert U. Ayres and Leslie W. Ayres
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub.; Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cheltenham, U.K; Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 680
ISBN-13: 9781843765479
Subjects: Development; Ecology; Business; Industrial ecology; Electronic books; Sustainable Development; Handbooks, manuals; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Description: Industrial ecology is coming of age and this book brings together leading scholars to present a state-of-the-art overview of the subject. Each part of the book comprehensively covers the following issues in a systematic style: the goals and achievements of industrial ecology and the history of the field; methodology, covering the main approaches to analysis and assessment; economics and industrial ecology; industrial ecology at the national/regional level; industrial ecology at the sectoral/materials level; and applications and policy implications.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 572-644) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Context and History; title: Industrial ecology: goals and definitions / Reid Lifset and Thomas E. Graedel; title: Exploring the history of industrial metabolism / Marina Fischer-Kowalski; title: The recent history of industrial ecology / Suren Erkman; title: Industrial ecology and cleaner production / Tim Jackson; title: On industrial ecosystems / Robert U. Ayres; title: Industrial ecology: governance, laws and regulations / Braden R. Allenby; title: Industrial ecology and industrial metabolism: use and misuse of metaphors / Allan Johansson; title: Methodology; title: Material flow analysis / Stefan Bringezu and Yuichi Moriguchi; title: Substance flow analysis methodology / Ester van der Voet; title: Physical input-output accounting / Gunter Strassert; title: Process analysis approach to industrial ecology / Urmila Diwekar and Mitchell J. Small; title: Industrial ecology and life cycle assessment / Helias A. Udo de Haes; title: Impact evaluation in industrial ecology / Bengt Steen; title: Economics and Industrial Ecology; title: Environmental accounting and material flow analysis / Peter Bartelmus; title: materials flow analysis and economic modeling / Karin Ibenholt; title: Exergy flows in the economy: efficiency and dematerialization / Robert U. Ayres; title: Transmaterialization / Walter C. Labys; title: Dematerialization and rematerialization as two recurring phenomena of industrial ecology / Sander De Bruyn; title: Optimal resource extraction / Matthias Ruth; title: Industrial ecology and technology policy: the Japanese experience / Chihiro Watanabe; title: Industrial Ecology at the National/Regional Level; title: Global biogeochemical cycles / Vaclav Smil; title: Material flow accounts: the USA and the world / Donald G. Rogich and Grecia R. Matos; title: Industrial ecology: analyses for sustainable resource and materials management in Germany and Europe / Stefan Bringezu; title: Material flow analysis and industrial ecology studies in Japan / Yuichi Moriguchi; title: Industrial ecology: an Australian case study / Andria Durney; title: Industrial ecology: the UK / Heinz Schandl and Niels Schulz; title: Industrial symbiosis: the legacy of Kalundborg / John R. Ehrenfeld and Marian R. Chertow; title: Industrial Ecology at the Sectoral/Materials Level; title: Material flows due to mining and urbanization / Ian Douglas and Nigel Lawson; title: Long-term world metal use: application of industrial ecology in a system dynamics model / Detlef P. van Vuuren, Bart J. Strengers and Bert J. M. de Vries; title: Risks of metal flows and accumulation / Jeroen B. Guinee and Ester van der Voet; title: Material constraints on technology evolution: the case of scarce metals and emerging energy technologies / Bjorn A. Andersson and Ingrid Rade; title: Wastes as raw materials / David T. Allen; title: Heavy metals in agrosystems / Simon W. Moolenaar; title: Industrial ecology and automotive systems / Thomas E. Graedel, Yusuke Kakizawa and Michael Jensen; title: The information industry / Braden R. Allenby; title: Applications and Policy Implications; title: Industrial ecology and green design / Chris T. Hendrickson, Arpad Horvath, Lester B. Lave and Francis c. McMichael; title: Industrial ecology and risk analysis / Paul R. Kleindorfer; title: Industrial ecology and spatial planning / Clinton J. Andrews; title: Industrial estates as model ecosystems / Fritz Balkau; title: Closed-loop supply chains / V. Daniel R. Guide, Jr. and Luk N. van Wassenhove; title: Remanufacturing cases and state of the art / Geraldo Ferrer and V. Daniel R. Guide, Jr.; title: Industrial ecology and extended producer responsibility / John Gertsakis, Nicola Morelli and Chris Ryan; title: Life cycle assessment as a management tool / Paolo Frankl; title: Municipal solid waste management / Clinton J. Andrews; title: Industrial ecology and integrated assessment: an integrated modeling approach for climate change / Michel G. J. den Elzen and Michiel Schaeffer; title: Earth systems engineering and management / Braden R. Allenby.