The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems

by National Academy of Engineering and Advisory Committee on Industrial Ecology and Environmentally Preferable Technology

Book Overview

In the 1970s, the first wave of environmental regulation targeted specific sources of pollutants. In the 1990s, concern is focused not on the ends of pipes or the tops of smokestacks but on sweeping regional and global issues.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309049377
• ISBN13: 9780309049375
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"