TY - BOOK AU - Socolow,Robert H. ED - OIES Global Change Institute TI - Industrial ecology and global change SN - 0521577837 U1 - 363.731 PY - 1994/// CY - Cambridge, UK PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Industrial ecology N1 - "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 ER -