Linking industry and ecology : a question of design / edited by Ray Côté, James Tansey and Ann Dale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Côté, Raymond P.

Dale, Ann, 1948-

Tansey, James, 1972-

Series:

Sustainability and the environment.

Sustainability and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial ecology--Canada.

Industrial ecology.

Materials management--Canada.

Materials management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It might, at first glance, seem to many that industry and ecology make strange bedfellows. For proponents of sustainable development, however, such a union is crucial. How else are we to make the industries that are so central to modern societies consistent with our visions of a sustainable future? Linking Industry and Ecology explores the origins, promise, and relevance of the emerging field of industrial ecology. It situates industrial ecology within the broader range of environmental management strategies and concepts, from the practices of pollution prevention through life cycle management, to the more fundamental shift toward dematerialization and ecological design. The book makes a compelling argument for the need to think ecologically to develop innovative and competitive industrial policy. The contributors to this volume draw on their experience in a variety of disciplines to chart a clear path for industrial ecology. Their work not only affirms what has been learned to date in this nascent field but also provides new insight for a discourse traditionally dominated by natural scientists and engineers, by demonstrating that technologies are socially and politically embedded.

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Figures and Tables; Part 1: Introduction; Part 2: Design and Ecology; Part 3: Industrial Ecology and Environmental and Business Management; Part 4: Learning from Experience; Part 5: Conclusions; Index; 1 Linking Industry and Ecology in Canada: A Question of Design; 2 Industrial Ecology as Ecological Design: Opportunities for Re(dis)covery; 3 Redesign as Deep Industrial Ecology: Lessons from Ecological Agriculture and Social Ecology; 4 Industry in the City: From Industrial Ghettos to Eco-Parks

5 Reworking Canadian Landscape and Urban Form through Responsive Urban Design: Healthy Housing and Other Lessons6 Cleaner Production and Eco-Efficiency: Charting a Course for Sustainability; 7 From Clusters and Networks to Islands of Sustainability; 8 From Advanced Eco-Efficiency to Systemic Sustainability: What Leading Companies Are Doing and What Assistance and Pressure They Need from Governments and Other Players; 9 Mining, Minerals, and Sustainability; 10 Between Beckett's Trousers and Ecotopia: The Future of Industrial Ecology

11 Applied Industrial Ecology: Blue Box Recycling Lessons Learned and Implications for Canada's Greenhouse Gas Strategy12 Clustering for Sustainability: The Alberta Experience; 13 From Waste Management to Industrial Ecology; 14 Opportunity or Illusion: The Vexed Promise of Industrial Ecology; Contributors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-74141-1

9786612741418

0-7748-5721-8

OCLC:

236350858