The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems
Published December 9, 2007
This online text from the National Academy of Engineering looks at the new industrial ecology, an emerging framework for making environmental factors an important part of economic and business decisions. Explores the encouragement of industrial ecology principles through equalizing national and international laws; the integration of environmental costs into accounting systems; the negative and positive aspects of technology; and treatment of waste as a raw material.
This volume will be of use to policymakers, those in business and industry, environmental specialists, and engineers and designers. The text, edited by Braden R. Allenby and Deanna J. Richards, can be read online for free; paperback and PDF versions of the book are available here for purchase.
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