A Handbook of Industrial Ecology

Robert U. Ayres, Leslie Ayres1840645067, 9781840645064, 9781843765479

Industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb 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
• applications and policy implications.
The authors are all experts at the cutting edge of the field and the bibliography alone will prove useful as a comprehensive guide to the literature. This outstanding handbook will be an indispensable reference for students and scholars working in environmental management, industrial ecology and environmental and ecological studies.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 6
List of tables……Page 9
List of figures……Page 12
List of authors……Page 16
Preface……Page 19
PART I: CONTEXT AND HISTORY……Page 22
1 Industrial ecology: goals and definitions……Page 24
2 Exploring the history of industrial metabolism……Page 37
3 The recent history of industrial ecology……Page 48
4 Industrial ecology and cleaner production……Page 57
5 On industrial ecosystems……Page 65
6 Industrial ecology: governance, laws and regulations……Page 81
7 Industrial ecology and industrial metabolism: use and misuse of metaphors……Page 91
PART II: METHODOLOGY……Page 98
8 Material flow analysis……Page 100
9 Substance flow analysis methodology……Page 112
10 Physical input–output accounting……Page 123
11 Process analysis approach to industrial ecology……Page 135
12 Industrial ecology and life cycle assessment……Page 159
13 Impact evaluation in industrial ecology……Page 170
PART III: ECONOMICS AND INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY……Page 184
14 Environmental accounting and material flow analysis……Page 186
15 Materials flow analysis and economic modeling……Page 198
16 Exergy flows in the economy: efficiency and dematerialization……Page 206
17 Transmaterialization……Page 223
18 Dematerialization and rematerialization as two recurring phenomena of industrial ecology……Page 230
19 Optimal resource extraction……Page 244
20 Industrial ecology and technology policy: the Japanese experience……Page 253
PART IV: INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AT THE NATIONAL/REGIONAL LEVEL……Page 268
21 Global biogeochemical cycles……Page 270
22 Material flow accounts: the USA and the world……Page 281
23 Industrial ecology: analyses for sustainable resource and materials management in Germany and Europe……Page 309
24 Material flow analysis and industrial ecology studies in Japan……Page 322
25 Industrial ecology: an Australian case study……Page 332
26 Industrial ecology: the UK……Page 344
27 Industrial symbiosis: the legacy of Kalundborg……Page 355
PART V: INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AT THE SECTORAL/MATERIALS LEVEL……Page 370
28 Material flows due to mining and urbanization……Page 372
29 Long-term world metal use: application of industrial ecology in a system dynamics model……Page 386
30 Risks of metal flows and accumulation……Page 403
31 Material constraints on technology evolution: the case of scarce metals and emerging energy technologies……Page 412
32 Wastes as raw materials……Page 426
33 Heavy metals in agrosystems……Page 442
34 Industrial ecology and automotive systems……Page 453
35 The information industry……Page 466
PART VI: APPLICATIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS……Page 476
36 Industrial ecology and green design……Page 478
37 Industrial ecology and risk analysis……Page 488
38 Industrial ecology and spatial planning……Page 497
39 Industrial estates as model ecosystems……Page 509
40 Closed-loop supply chains……Page 518
41 Remanufacturing cases and state of the art……Page 531
42 Industrial ecology and extended producer responsibility……Page 542
43 Life cycle assessment as a management tool……Page 551
44 Municipal solid waste management……Page 563
45 Industrial ecology and integrated assessment: an integrated modeling approach for climate change……Page 575
46 Earth systems engineering and management……Page 587
References……Page 593
A……Page 666
B……Page 668
C……Page 669
D……Page 672
E……Page 673
F……Page 676
G……Page 677
H……Page 679
I……Page 680
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W……Page 699
Z……Page 701