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Industrial ecology and global change / edited by R. Socolow ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Socolow, Robert H | OIES Global Change Institute (5th : 1992 : Snowmass, Colo.).
Publisher: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1994Description: xxix, 500 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0521577837.Subject(s): Industrial ecologyDDC classification: 363.731
Contents:
Overview. - 1. Six perspectives from industrial ecology. - Part I. Vulnerability and Adaptation: 2. Introduction. 3. Industrial ecology: definition and implementation. 4. Industrialization as a historical phenomenon. 5. Changing perceptions of vulnerability. 6. The human dimension of vulnerability. 7. Global industrialization: a developing country perspective. - Part II. The Grand Cycles: Disruption and Repair: 8. Introduction. 9. Human impacts on the carbon and nitrogen cycles. 10. Charting development paths: a multicountry comparison of carbon dioxide emissions. 11. Reducing urban sources of methane: an experiment in industrial ecology. 12. Reducing carbon dioxide emissions in Russia. 13. Energy efficiency in China: past experience and future prospects. 14. Roles for biomass energy in sustainable development. - Part III. Toxics and The Environment: 15. Introduction. 16. Soil as a vulnerable environmental system. 17. The vulnerability of biotic diversity. 18. Global ecotoxicology: Management and science. 19. Industrial activity and metals emissions. 20. Metals loading of the environment: cadmium in the rhine basin. 21. Emissions and exposure to metals: cadmium and lead. 22. Nuclear power: an industrial ecology that failed? - Part IV. Industrial Ecology In Firms: 23. Introduction. 24. Product life-cycle management to replace waste management. 25. Industrial ecology in the manufacturing of consumer products. 26. Design for environment: a management perspective. 27. Prioritizing impacts in industrial ecology. 28. Finding and implementing projects that reduce waste. 29. Free lunch economics for industrial ecologists. - Part V. Industrial Ecology In Policy-Making: 30. Introduction. 31. Policies to encourage clean technology. 32. Initiatives in Lower Saxony to link ecology to economy. 33. Military-to-civilian conversion and the environment in Russia. 34. The political economy of raw materials extraction and trade. 35.Development, environment, and energy efficiency. 36. The industrial ecology agenda. Index.
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"Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies, Global Change Institute volume 5"--P. [iv].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview. - 1. Six perspectives from industrial ecology. - Part I. Vulnerability and Adaptation: 2. Introduction. 3. Industrial ecology: definition and implementation. 4. Industrialization as a historical phenomenon. 5. Changing perceptions of vulnerability. 6. The human dimension of vulnerability. 7. Global industrialization: a developing country perspective. - Part II. The Grand Cycles: Disruption and Repair: 8. Introduction. 9. Human impacts on the carbon and nitrogen cycles. 10. Charting development paths: a multicountry comparison of carbon dioxide emissions. 11. Reducing urban sources of methane: an experiment in industrial ecology. 12. Reducing carbon dioxide emissions in Russia. 13. Energy efficiency in China: past experience and future prospects. 14. Roles for biomass energy in sustainable development. - Part III. Toxics and The Environment: 15. Introduction. 16. Soil as a vulnerable environmental system. 17. The vulnerability of biotic diversity. 18. Global ecotoxicology: Management and science. 19. Industrial activity and metals emissions. 20. Metals loading of the environment: cadmium in the rhine basin. 21. Emissions and exposure to metals: cadmium and lead. 22. Nuclear power: an industrial ecology that failed? - Part IV. Industrial Ecology In Firms: 23. Introduction. 24. Product life-cycle management to replace waste management. 25. Industrial ecology in the manufacturing of consumer products. 26. Design for environment: a management perspective. 27. Prioritizing impacts in industrial ecology. 28. Finding and implementing projects that reduce waste. 29. Free lunch economics for industrial ecologists. - Part V. Industrial Ecology In Policy-Making: 30. Introduction. 31. Policies to encourage clean technology. 32. Initiatives in Lower Saxony to link ecology to economy. 33. Military-to-civilian conversion and the environment in Russia. 34. The political economy of raw materials extraction and trade. 35.Development, environment, and energy efficiency. 36. The industrial ecology agenda. Index.