The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems

In the 1970s, the first wave of environmental regulation targeted specific sources of pollutants. In the 1990s, concern is focused not on the ends of pipes or the tops of smokestacks but on sweeping regional and global issues. This landmark volume explores the new industrial ecology, an emerging framework for making environmental factors an integral part of economic and business decision making. Experts on this new frontier explore concepts and applications, including:Bringing international law up to par with many national laws to encourage industrial ecology principles. Integrating environmental costs into accounting systems. Understanding design for environment, industrial "metabolism," and sustainable development and how these concepts will affect the behavior of industrial and service firms. The volume looks at negative and positive aspects of technology and addresses treatment of waste as a raw material. This volume will be important to domestic and international policymakers, leaders in business and industry, environmental specialists, and engineers and designers. Table of ContentsFront matterThe Greening of Industrial Ecosystems: Overview and PerspectiveUnderstanding Industrial Ecology and It's ContextIndustrial Metabolism: Theory and PolicyEnergy and Industrial EcologyInput-Output Analysis and Industrial EcologyWastes as Raw MaterialsEconomics and Sustainable DevelopmentFrom Voluntary to Regulatory Pollution PreventionInternational Environmental Law and Industrial EcologyIndustrial Ecology: The Role of GovernmentEmerging Industrial Environmental PracticeIntegrating Environment and Technology: Design for EnvironmentPreventing Pollution and Seeking Environmentally Preferable Alternatives in the U.S. Air ForceDesigning the Modern Automobile for RecyclingGreening the Telephone: A Case StudyThe Utilization-Focused Service Economy: Resource Efficiency and Product-Life ExtensionZero-Loss Environmental Accounting SystemsImplications of Industrial Ecology for FirmsDesign for Environment: An R&D Manager's PerspectiveEducation and Research NeedsThe Two Faces of Technology: Changing PerspectivesIndustrial Ecology and Design for Environment: Role of UniversitiesBiographical DataIndex