Industrial Ecology

An Introduction
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-59629-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Ecology Essentials

This textbook presents a technical, yet accessible, introduction to the interdisciplinary field of industrial ecology.

The textbook begins with the history of industrial ecology, and progresses through common industrial ecology tools to explore and understand sustainability across the three paradigms of environment, economy, and society. Tools include material flow analysis, life cycle assessment, and economics. Interwoven into this is the role of human behavior, and its influence on technical industrial ecology solutions, in particular why it is critical to consider from an engineering and science context. Project-based and community-based learning are also included as an opportunity to provide experiential learning applying industrial ecology concepts and tools. The book also includes a dedicated chapter on Emerging and Developing Economies, which introduces readers to the idea of different trajectories of development, and the role of industrial ecology in shaping these developments. Using the tools covered earlier in the textbook, the book includes five case study chapters which focus on food, energy, water, climate change, and carbon capture and utilization.

The book contains chapter questions and discussion points to aid student learning. This textbook is essential reading for introducing those studying environmental and sustainable engineering to industrial ecology.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hicks, Andrea L.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Setting the Stage
Chapter 1. Introduction to Industrial Ecology
Chapter 2. How did we get here – disasters and policy as a reaction
Chapter 3. Is sustainability unsustainable?
Chapter 4. Industrial and Ecological Organisms

Part II: Industrial Ecology Tools
Chapter 5. Engineering Economics
Chapter 6. Economics for Sustainability
Chapter 7. Unintended Consequences and the Need for Quantitative Tools
Chapter 8. Material Flow Analysis
Chapter 9. Introduction to LCA
Chapter 10. LCA in Practice

Part III: Planning for the Future
Chapter 11. Human Behavior in Sustainability
Chapter 12. Resource Use and Scarcity
Chapter 13. Green Chemistry and Engineering
Chapter 14. Project and Community Based Learning
Chapter 15: Emerging and Developing Economies

Part IV: Case Studies in Industrial Ecology
Chapter 16. Case Study – Food
Chapter 17. Case Study – Energy
Chapter 18. Case Study – Water
Chapter 19. Case Study – Climate Change
Chapter 20: Case Study- Carbon Capture and Utilization
Chapter 21: Conclusion – Where do we go from here

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea L. Hicks is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the Director of Sustainability Education and Research at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and is an Associate Editor for the journal, Resources, Conservation and Recycling.