Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology.

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Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2015.
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Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (373 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • References
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Industrial Ecology Paradigm
  • This Book
  • References
  • Part I: State-of-the-Art and Discussions of Research Issues
  • Chapter 1: Industrial Ecology's First Decade
  • 1 Origins of Industrial Ecology
  • 2 Constructing the Field of Industrial Ecology
  • 3 Building the Tools of the Trade, 1990-2000
  • 3.1 Life-Cycle Assessment
  • 3.2 Design for Environment
  • 3.3 Material Flow Analysis
  • 3.4 Socioeconomic Metabolism
  • 3.5 Input-Output Analysis
  • 3.6 UrbanMetabolism
  • 3.7 Industrial Symbiosis
  • 4 Becoming a Scholarly Field
  • 4.1 Conferences
  • 4.2 Scholarly Journals
  • 4.3 The International Society for Industrial Ecology
  • 4.4 Courses and Textbooks
  • 5 Epilogue
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Prospective Models of Society's Future Metabolism: What Industrial Ecology Has to Contribute
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 The Great Transformation Ahead
  • 1.2 Scientific Response: The Interdisciplinary Systems Approach and Prospective Models
  • 1.3 Goal and Scope
  • 2 Principles of Prospective Models of Socioeconomic Metabolism
  • 2.1 Overview and General Principles
  • 2.2 Credible, Possible, and Likely Scenarios
  • 3 Prospective Modeling in Industrial Ecology: State of the Art
  • 3.1 Prospective Modeling with Established IE Methods
  • 3.2 New Approaches to Prospective Modeling in Industrial Ecology
  • 3.2.1 Prospective Modeling Using Extended Dynamic MFA
  • 3.2.2 Prospective Modeling Using the THEMIS Model
  • 3.3 The Relation between Prospective IE Models and MFA, LCA, and I/O Analysis
  • 3.4 The Relation between Prospective IE Models and Consequential LCA
  • 4 Prospective Modeling in Industrial Ecology: Future Development
  • 4.1 Future Applications and Model Development of Prospective Models within Industrial Ecology
  • 4.2 Linking Industrial Ecology and Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs).
  • 4.2.1 Integrated Assessment Models from an Industrial Ecology Perspective
  • 4.2.2 The Link Between the Prospective IE Models and IAMs
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: What Is It and What Are Its Challenges?
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Definitions of LCSA
  • 3 Sustainability
  • 4 LCSA Definitions Adopted in Practice
  • 5 Main Challenges Identified in LCSA Studies So Far
  • 6 Conclusions
  • Annex 1: Challenges Faced in the LCSA References from the Bibliometric Analysis
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Industrial Ecology and Cities
  • 1 A False Dawn
  • 2 Formative Years of IE
  • 3 Into the Twenty-First Century
  • 4 Urban Metabolism
  • 5 Future Directions
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Scholarship and Practice in Industrial Symbiosis: 1989-2014
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Part I: Why People Sometimes Equate Industrial Symbiosis with Industrial Ecology-Frosch and Gallopoulos, Kalundborg, and Beyond
  • 3 Part II: Bounding Industrial Symbiosis in Time and Space-Distinctions and Differences
  • 3.1 Industrial Symbiosis: Old, New, or Hidden
  • 3.2 Single Industry Dominated vs. Multiple Industry Involvement
  • 3.3 Industrial Symbiosis and Eco-industrial Parks (EIPs)
  • 3.4 Diffusion of Industrial Symbiosis
  • 3.5 Understanding Industrial Symbiosis in a Chinese Context
  • 3.6 Organizational Drivers and Barriers
  • 4 Part III: Industrial Symbiosis in Both Scholarship and Practice
  • 4.1 Section A: Industrial Symbiosis in Scholarship
  • 4.2 Results and Analysis of Bibliometric Study
  • 4.3 Discussion of Industrial Symbiosis Research
  • 4.4 Section B: Industrial Symbiosis in Practice
  • 5 Conclusion: Industrial Symbiosis in a World of Difference
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Chapter 6: A Socio-economic Metabolism Approach to Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation
  • 1 Background.
  • 2 A Socio-economic Metabolism Framework
  • 2.1 Energy
  • 2.2 Materials
  • 2.3 The Importance of Representing Stocks
  • 3 Problem Shifting
  • 3.1 Sustainable Development and the Carbon Budget
  • 4 Effective Policymaking: The Case of the Aluminium Sector
  • 4.1 Reducing Resource Use in the Product
  • 4.2 Changing the Demand for Stocks in Providing Services
  • 4.3 Timing
  • 5 The Socio-economic Metabolism Framework and Wealth
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Stocks and Flows in the Performance Economy
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Circular Economy - "Loop", "Lake" and "Performance" Models
  • 3 Remanufacturing, Reprocessing and Product Life
  • 3.1 Material Intensity and Product-Service Intensity
  • 3.2 Remanufacturing and Reprocessing
  • 3.3 Product Life
  • 4 Economic and Social Implications
  • 4.1 Business Models in the Performance Economy
  • 4.2 Employment
  • 4.3 Fiscal Policy
  • 5 Industrial Ecology and the Performance Economy
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Impacts Embodied in Global Trade Flows
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Impacts of Trade: New Insights from Recent Research
  • 2.1 Taking a Consumption-Based Perspective: What Are Impacts Embodied in Trade?
  • 2.2 Recent Research on Environmental, Social and Economic Impacts Embodied in International Trade
  • 2.2.1 Scope and Scale of Embodied Impacts
  • 2.2.2 Trends of Impacts Embodied in Trade
  • 3 Notes on Methodological Developments
  • 3.1 Merging of Disciplines
  • 3.2 Assessing Actual Impacts and Their Unsustainability
  • 3.3 Addressing Uncertainty in MRIO Modelling
  • 4 Is Trade Good or Bad? Some Final Thoughts
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Understanding Households as Drivers of Carbon Emissions
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Consumption Accounting and Carbon Footprinting
  • 3 What Makes a Household Carbon Footprint?
  • 3.1 The Determinants of Household Carbon Footprints
  • 3.2 Composition of Household Carbon Footprints.
  • 3.3 Looking Through the Lens of Time-Use
  • 4 The Rebound Effect
  • 5 Concluding Comments
  • References
  • Chapter 10: The Social and Solidarity Economy: Why Is It Relevant to Industrial Ecology?
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Conceptual Links
  • 2.1 What Is the Social and Solidarity Economy?
  • 2.2 What Are the Conceptual Links between SSE and IE, and the Limits?
  • 3 Linkages Between the SSE and IE in Practice
  • 3.1 The Sharing Economy vs. End of Pipe Giving: Applicability to IE
  • 3.2 Community Currencies: Idea of Démurage and Applicability to IE
  • 3.3 Crowdfunding in the Solidarity Economy: towards IE Principles
  • 4 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 11: Industrial Ecology in Developing Countries
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Benefits of IE for Developing Countries
  • 1.2 GDP Fixation
  • 1.3 Previous Studies on IE in Developing Countries
  • 1.4 IE in the Policy Context
  • 2 What Has Been Achieved by IE in the Global South?
  • 2.1 Hotspots of IE in the Global South
  • 2.2 Cleaner Production
  • 2.3 Eco-Industrial Development
  • 3 Current Issues
  • 3.1 Impact of Technology
  • 3.2 Impact of Population and Affluence
  • 3.3 Policy Development and Funding
  • 4 What Can IE Give to the Global South?
  • 4.1 Challenges, Metrics and Models
  • 5 How Can the Global South Contribute to IE?
  • 6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 12: Material Flow Analysis and Waste Management
  • 1 Introduction - Historical and Institutional Perspectives
  • 2 Review of Empirical Studies from the Viewpoint of Target Wastes and Systems
  • 2.1 Waste in General
  • 2.2 Construction and Demolition Waste
  • 2.3 End-of-Life Vehicles and e-Waste
  • 2.4 Metals in Waste
  • 2.5 Phosphorus in Waste
  • 2.6 Waste Plastics
  • 2.7 Spatial System Boundaries
  • 3 MFA-Based Policies and Concepts for Sustainable Resource and Waste Management.
  • 3.1 Conceptual Progress for Sustainable Resource and Waste Management and Its Relevance to MFA - Cases in China and Japan
  • 3.2 Initiatives in National and Intergovernmental Activities, Focusing on Policy Application of Economy-Wide MFA Indicators
  • 4 Current and Future Developments
  • References
  • Part II: Case Studies and Examples of the Application of Industrial Ecology Approaches
  • Chapter 13: Circular Economy and the Policy Landscape in the UK
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The European Union's Development of Waste Policy and Resource Efficiency Initiatives
  • 3 UK Policy Responses to Circular Economy Objectives
  • 4 The Resource Security Action Plan
  • 5 Waste Prevention Plans
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 14: Industrial Ecology and Portugal's National Waste Plans
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Portuguese Waste Management Policy 1990-2014: The Contribution of Industrial Ecology
  • 3 PERSU 2020
  • 4 Impact Assessment of the Portuguese National Plan for Municipal Solid Waste 2014-2020
  • 4.1 Environmental Impacts
  • 4.2 Economic Impacts
  • References
  • Chapter 15: The Role of Science in Shaping Sustainable Business: Unilever Case Study
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Journey So Far
  • 3 Looking to the Future
  • 3.1 Conceptual Basis for Developing Scientific Approaches
  • 3.2 Applying the Planetary Boundaries Approach for Business Decision-Making
  • 4 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 16: Practical Implications of Product-Based Environmental Legislation
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Dealing with Hazardous Substance Restrictions in Products
  • 3 Ensuring Energy Efficiency
  • 4 Managing Products at End of Life
  • 5 Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 17: Multinational Corporations and the Circular Economy: How Hewlett Packard Scales Innovation and Technology in Its Global Supply Chain
  • 1 Circular Economy Introduction.
  • 2 Why Innovation in Circular Economy Is Important.