Changing Stocks, Flows and Behaviors in Industrial Ecosystems

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Industrial ecology provides a consistent material and energetic description of human production and consumption processes in the larger context of environmental and socioeconomic change. The contributors to this book offer methodologies for such descriptions, focusing on the dynamics associated with stocks of materials and capital, flows of raw materials, intermediate products, desired outputs and wastes, as well as the associated changes in behaviors of producers, consumers and institutions. The book begins by presenting analogies and analytical concepts pertinent to understanding the dynamics of industrial ecosystems, and offers a reflection on the use of those analogies and concepts, their limitations and potential extensions. Part II focuses on stocks and flows dynamics at the firm and industry level. Part III turns to the use of agent-based modeling and organization behavior theory to better understand and represent the dynamics within firms and the larger institutional environment within which they choose to use materials, energy and technology. Connections are made throughout between those dynamics and the associated changes in environmental quality. The concluding chapter addresses how to change a firm's environmental performance from within. Researchers and students in the fields of industrial ecology; resource and environmental economics; ecological economics; environmental, energy, and climate change policy; environmental engineering; and energy economics will find this comprehensive volume highly informative.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-11-28
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781847207401

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Contents:ForewordJohn R. EhrenfeldPART I: BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTS1. Background and Concepts: An IntroductionMatthias Ruth and Brynhildur Davidsdottir2. Beyond a Sack of Resources: Nature as a Model – the Core Features of Industrial EcologyRalf Isenmann, Christoph Bey and Martina KeitschPART II: STOCKS AND FLOWS DYNAMICS3. Stocks and Flows Dynamics: An Introduction Thomas E. Graedel4. Dynamic Modeling of Material Stocks: A Case Study of In-Use Cement Stocks in the United StatesAmit Kapur and Gregory A. Keoleian5. The Economic Dynamics of Stocks and FlowsBrynhildur Davidsdottir and Matthias Ruth PART III: AGENT-BASED ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS6. Agent-Based Analysis of Dynamic Industrial Ecosystems: AnIntroductionMarco A. Janssen7. Changing a Firm’s Environmental Performance from Within Clinton J. Andrews8. Managing Energy Futures and Greenhouse Gas Emissions with the Help of Agent-Based Simulation David F. Batten and George V. Grozev9. Organizational Dynamics in Industrial Ecosystems: Insights fromOrganizational TheoryJennifer Howard-Grenville and Raymond Paquin10. Changing Stocks, Flows and Behaviors in Industrial Ecosystems: Retrospect and ProspectBrynhildur Davidsdottir and Matthias Ruth Index