Quantified Eco-Efficiency An Introduction with Applications

Eco-efficiency has long been a concept: the intention of reducing environmental impact while increasing environmental value. Its origins are with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. However, in a globalized world with sustained economi

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ECOEFFICIENC Y IN INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE 22

Quantified Eco-Efficiency An Introduction with Applications

 

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                       



  

  

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  

 

       

             



      

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Preface Corresponding Authors 1

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An introduction to quantified eco-efficiency analysis Gjalt Huppes and Masanobu Ishikawa

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General Methods 2

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Maximum abatement costs for calculating cost-effectiveness M of green activities with multiple environmental effects Tosihiro Oka, Yoshifumi Fujii, Masanobu Ishikawa, Yu Matsuno and Shu Susami From thermodynamic efficiency to eco-efficiency Reinout Heijungs The price of toxicity. Methodology for the assessment of shadow prices for human toxicity, ecotoxicity and abiotic depletion Toon van Harmelen, René Korenromp, Ceiloi van Deutekom, Tom Ligthart, Saskia van Leeuwen and René van Gijlswijk

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Cases in Agriculture 5

Conservation reconsidered: a modified input - output analysis of the economic impact of China’s land conservation policy 129 Fan Zhang

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Cases in Industry 6

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Eco-efficiency in redesigned extended supply chains; furniture as an example Ottar Michelsen