Publisher's Synopsis
Industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb book brings together leading scholars to present a state-of-the-art overviews 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 leve
- 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.
