The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems

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THE GREENING OF
INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
In the 1970s, the first wave of environmental regulation targeted specific sources of pollutants. In the 1990s, concern is focused not on the ends df pipes or the tops of smokestacks but on sweeping regional and global issues such as acid rain and climate change. This landmark volume explores the new industrial ecology, an emerging framework for making environmental factors an integral part of economic and business decision making. Experts on this new frontier explore concepts and applications, including bringing international law up to par with many national laws to encourage better environmental practices; integrating environmental costs into accounting systems for better management decision making; and understanding how concepts such as design for environment, "industrial metabolism," and sustainable development will affect both manufacturing and service companies.
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TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
A "paradox of... Tovább

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THE GREENING OF
INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
In the 1970s, the first wave of environmental regulation targeted specific sources of pollutants. In the 1990s, concern is focused not on the ends df pipes or the tops of smokestacks but on sweeping regional and global issues such as acid rain and climate change. This landmark volume explores the new industrial ecology, an emerging framework for making environmental factors an integral part of economic and business decision making. Experts on this new frontier explore concepts and applications, including bringing international law up to par with many national laws to encourage better environmental practices; integrating environmental costs into accounting systems for better management decision making; and understanding how concepts such as design for environment, "industrial metabolism," and sustainable development will affect both manufacturing and service companies.
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TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
A "paradox of technology" is that it can be both the source of environmental damage and our best hope for repairing such damage today and avoiding it in the future. Technology and Environment addresses this paradox and the blind spot it creates in our understanding of environmental crises. The book considers the proximate causes of environmental damage—machines, factories, and cities—in a larger societal context, from which the will to devise and implement solutions must arise. It helps explain the depth and difficulty of such issues as global warming and hazardous wastes but also demonstrates the potential of technological innovation to have a constructive impact on the planet. With a range of data and examples, the authors cover such topics as the "industrial metabolism" of production and consumption, the environmental consequences of the information era, and design of environmentally compatible technologies. ISBN 0-309-04426-X; 1989, 236 pages, 6x9, index, paperbound
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