Handbook of Input-Output Economics in Industrial Ecology
"Handbook of Input-Output Economics in Industrial Ecology" covers an array of topics including the history of industrial ecology and input-output economics, material flow analysis, LCA, sustainable consumption, policy applications, energy and climate chan
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ECO-EFFICIENCY IN INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE VOLUME 23 Series Editor: Arnold Tukker, TNO, Delft, The Netherlands Editorial Advisory Board: Martin Charter, Centre for Sustainable Design, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, Farnham, United Kingdom John Ehrenfeld, International Society for Industrial Ecology, New Haven, U.S.A. Gjalt Huppes, Centre of Environmental Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands Reid Lifset, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, U.S.A. Theo de Bruijn, Center for Clean Technology and Environmental Policy (CSTM), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Handbook of Input-Output Economics in Industrial Ecology Edited by Sangwon Suh University of Minnesota
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Editor Sangwon Suh University of Minnesota Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering 1390 Eckles Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55108-6005 U.S.A.
ISSN 1389-6970 ISBN 978-1-4020-4083-2 e-ISBN 978-1-4020-5737-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-5737-3 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009926506 c Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover photography by Jae K. Choi and Sangwon Suh Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
From the early 2000s, the members of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)-Europe noticed that they were hearing more often during their annual meetings about something called input-output economics. The SETACEurope had been the cradle of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, and its members were mainly engineers and natural scientists. For many of them, inputoutput economics was an area that was greatly interesting and equally foreign. About the same time, the members of the International Input-Output Association (IIOA) could not miss that a substantial number of the presentations of their biannual meetings were themed around the environment and sustainability. This was the time when new sessions on LCA and Industrial Ecology started to be organized during IIOA meetings. It was also the time that the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) took off, providing a home for many who were working between the interfaces of traditional disciplines. In the course of these meetings, it became clear that LCA researchers, inputoutput economists, and industrial ecologists had a lot to learn and benefit from each other. At the same time, it was also clear that there were disciplinary barriers hampering effective communication among these groups. A comm
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