Nicolas Buclet is Professor at the Institut d�Urbanisme et de Géographie Alpine and the PACTE laboratory in Grenoble, France. He is a specialist in the coordination between social actors, based on the theory of the economics of convention. He contributes to the growth of territorial ecology, linking it with principles and values that promote the sustainability of human societies.

• Acknowledgments ixIntroduction xiChapter 1. Positioning Territorial Ecology in the Scientific and Institutional Context 11.1. Positioning of territorial ecology from a scientific point of view 21.1.1. Urban ecology 31.1.2. Industrial ecology 61.1.3. From industrial ecology to industrial and territorial ecology 91.1.4. The social ecology of Vienna 111.1.5. Toward a territorial ecology 121.2. Positioning in the institutional context 161.2.1. The evolution of concepts around sustainability 171.2.2. From industrial ecology to circular economy 201.2.3. A variation of circularity: the bioeconomy 221.2.4. An effective consideration of the stakes 231.3. Conclusion 25Chapter 2. Main Methodologies Developed Around Urban and Territorial Metabolism: Contributions and Limitations 272.1. The main principles of metabolism 272.1.1. Plurality of objectives and methods 282.1.2. The implementation of the Eurostat method at the territorial level 302.1.3. A tool for analysis and comparison between territories 322.2. The rise of social metabolism and the territorial footprint 352.2.1. The different facets of the place of energy in metabolism 362.2.2. The central place of the foodprint 392.2.3. ... as well as the place of water 432.2.4. The stakes of social metabolism 482.3. Contributing to better knowledge of territorial issues 502.3.1. A more participatory approach 512.3.2. A more territorially focused approach 532.4. Conclusion 54Chapter 3. A Wealth Creation Approach for a Territorial Diagnosis Methodology 573.1. The model of wealth creation subsystems 593.1.1. The starting model 603.1.2. Multiple questions 663.2. Methods of analysis of the relationships between stakeholders within the territorial metabolism 693.2.1. Which stakeholders should be taken into account? 703.2.2. How to take into account the relationships between stakeholders? 743.3. Conclusion 89Chapter 4. Territorial Ecology and the Challenges of the Socio-ecological Transition: Metabolism, Capacity and Resilience 914.1. Capabilities 924.1.1. The rise of individualistic freedom 924.1.2. A certain approach to freedom 944.1.3. Individual capabilities or collective capabilities 954.1.4. Territory and capabilities 1004.2. Better integration of the relationship to the environment within the metabolism 1024.2.1. Socio-ecosystems and nature’s contribution to people 1044.2.2. A socio-ecosystemic approach to wealth 1054.3. Territorial capability and resilience: a means to tackle transition issues 1094.3.1. Vulnerability and resilience 1104.3.2. Capability and resilience of territorial systems 1124.3.3. Beaufort cheese: between vulnerability and resilience 1164.4. Conclusion 124Chapter 5. Principles for Innovative Territorial Projects 1275.1. Conventional regimes and principles 1305.1.1. Conventions 1305.1.2. Conventional values and reference points 1325.1.3. Conventional regimes 1345.2. From the dominant conventional regime to a more sustainable one 1355.2.1. The basis of the dominant conventional regime 1365.2.2. What might the characteristics be of a sustainable conventional regime? 1415.3. Toward innovative regional projects 1505.3.1. What innovation? 1515.3.2. Local initiatives at the heart of the alternative regime 1525.3.3. Is there a rise of an alternative regime? 1545.3.4. The key role of politics 1585.4. Conclusion 159Conclusion 161References 165Index 179