A handbook of industrial ecology edited by robert u. Polimeni, kozo mayumi, mario giampietro and blake alcott energy efficiency and sustainable consumption edited by horace herring and steve sorrell. Journal of industrial ecology international society for. Industrial ecology can be a fruitful metaphor for facilitating the development of industrial systems toward the principles of system development of ecosystems. It is a concept in which an industrial system is viewed not in isolation from its surrounding systems but in. This is the accepted version of the following article.
Ayres industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb book brings together leading scholars to present a stateoftheart overviews of the subject. It is gaining recognition not only in business communities, but in academic and government circles as well. Industrial processes, from material extraction through to product disposal, have an adverse impact upon the environment. The natural world is a source of models of efficiency and of. As industrial ecology has developed, ideas that were embryonic a decade ago have matured, and new. It moves the interdisciplinary claim of industrial ecology a. Beyond this attractive but fuzzy notion, little has been done to explore the. The journal of industrial ecology is published for yale university on behalf of the school of forestry and environmental studies.
Industry is an interrelated system of extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal. A general data model for socioeconomic metabolism and its implementation in an industrial ecology data commons prototype. Industrial ecology in the strategic sustainable development model. The vigor and lasting nature of industrial ecology is now unmistakable. In a new paper, published in the journal of industrial ecology, we offer a first detailed analysis of the carbon footprint of gross fixed capital formation across countries and sectors. Journal of industrial ecologyvolume 14, number 2 pages. Linkages among resources, climate, and asian growth. Founded in 1997 and edited by reid lifset, the journal publishes cutting edge research and seeks to provide a forum for continuing exchange of information and opinions through contributions. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the users data, such as their chosen settings screen view, interface language, etc. Pie aims to establish channels of communication between academics, practitioners, business stakeholders and the government with an interdisciplinary and international approach to the challenges of corporate social responsibility and inter. For help with other source types, like books, pdfs, or websites, check out our other guides. Yale school of forestry and environmental studies, editor, journal of industrial ecology. Its core concept is the analogy between processes in nature biosphere and processes in society technosphere.
In this paper the industrial ecosystem analogy includes the four ecosystem principles of. Pdf a seminal white paper on industrial ecology originally published by arthur d. Use the following template to cite a ebook or pdf using the journal of industrial ecology citation style. The global industrial economy can be modelled as a network of industrial processes that extract resources from the earth and transform those resources into commodities which can be bought and sold to meet the needs of humanity.
According to the journal citation reports, the journal had an. In an industrial ecosystem, the waste produced by one company would be used as resources by another. The term industrial ecology was conceived to suggest that industrial activity can be thought of and approached in much the same way as a biological ecosystem and that in its ideal form it would strive toward integration of activities and cyclization of resources, as do natural ecosystems. Like natural ecosystems, industrial ecology is in a continual state of flux. Progress in industrial ecology, an international journal. It is the official journal of the international society for industrial. The journal of industrial ecology addresses a series of related topics including, material and energy flows studies industrial metabolism, technological change, dematerialization and decarbonization, life cycle planning, design and assessment, design for the environment, extended producer responsibility product stewardship, ecoindustrial parks industrial. Founded in 1997 and edited by reid lifset, the journal publishes cutting edge research and seeks to provide a forum for continuing exchange of. The mission of the isie is to promote the use of industrial ecology in research, education, policy, community development, and industrial practices. Industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb book brings together leading scholars to present a stateoftheart overviews of the subject. Capital formation constitutes about onequarter of gross. Grand summit hotel at sunday river 97 summit road newry, me, us june 1419, 2020 gordon research conferences. It is the official journal of the international society for.
Industrial ecology ie is based on the relation between the natural ecosystem and economic ecosystem. Industrial production must be subject to lifecycle analysis so as to identify materials pathways industrial metabolism. Adl based on work in the late 1980s, and republished. Journal of industrial ecology wiley online library. During these few years, the field has begun its own archival publication, the journal of industrial ecology, and has formed the international society of industrial ecology. Around the same time, in 1997, the faculty of the dalian university of technology dut began its ie work in china. Industrial ecology is an environmental concept developed by researchers to improve environmental management as discussed before. Industrial ecology involves the study of the flows of materials and energy through socioeconomic systems with a view to optimizing their use. Journal of industrial ecology yale school of forestry. Industrial ecology in developing countries springerlink. Four ecosystem principles for an industrial ecosystem. Elhaggar pe, phd, in sustainable industrial design and waste management, 2007. Graedel setting out the goals and boundaries of an emerging.
This metaphor between industrial and natural ecosystems is fundamental to industrial ecology. Set them too conservatively and the potential of the. Introduction and history industrial ecology is an approach based upon systems engineering and ecological principles that integrates the production and consumption aspects of the. Industrial ecology ie is the study of material and energy flows through industrial systems. The concept refers to the metaphorical relation between the natural and industrial ecosystems as a model for transforming unsustainable industrial systems.
Comparing urban food system characteristics and actions in us and indian cities from a multi. Industrial ecology an overview sciencedirect topics. Comparative environmental life cycle assessment of conventional and electric. International journal of occupational and environmental health, vol. The official journal of the international society for industrial ecology. In 1999, an industrial ecology conference was organized at the indian institute of management, ahmedabad erkman 2015, origins of industrial ecology in developing countries. Pie contributes to international research and practice in industrial ecology for sustainable development. Industrial ecology interacts with natural ecosystems and attempts to move from a linear to cyclical or closed loop system. Several tools and strategies are particularly significant for the ie development. Industrial ecology attempts to induce balance and cooperation between industrial processes and environmental sustainability, such that.
The journal of industrial ecology is published by wiley for yale university on behalf of the school of forestry and environmental studies in collaboration with the industrial ecology programme at the norwegian university of science and technology ntnu and the school of the environment at tsinghua university. Industrial ecology seeks to quantify the material flows. Industrial ecology is a new approach to the industrial design of products and processes and the implementation of sustainable manufacturing strategies. In 1997, the journal of industrial ecology mit press was launched, and in early 2001, the international society for industrial ecology was founded 8. As the first text focused on this subject, economics of industrial ecology fills a big hole in the literature of the field. The journal of industrial ecology addresses a series of related topics including, material and energy flows studies industrial metabolism, technological change, dematerialization and decarbonization, life cycle planning, design and assessment, design for the environment, extended producer responsibility product stewardship, eco industrial parks industrial symbiosis, product. The picture that emerges is interesting because of some small surprises.
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