Industrial Ecology and Industry Symbiosis for Environmental Sustainability Definitions, Frameworks and Applications /

• Main Author: Li, Xiaohong (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Social responsibility of business.; Business logistics.; Industries.; Management information systems.; Industrial management.; Sustainability Management.; Corporate Social Responsibility.; Supply Chain Management.; Business Process Management.

This book opens up a critical dimension to the interdisciplinary field of Industrial Ecology (IE) and one of its four areas - Industrial Symbiosis (IS). Presenting the concept of closed-loop thinking, this timely book explains how industries and societies can achieve environmental sustainability, a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. An Introduction to Sustainability and the Closed-Loop Concept
• 2. Industrial Ecology and Industrial Symbiosis
• 3. Areas in Applied Industrial Ecology
• 4. Applications of Industrial Symbiosis
• 5. Life Cycle Thinking and Analysis Design for the Environment and Industrial Ecology Frameworks
• 6. Barriers and Enablers for Applying Industrial Ecology and Future Development.