Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering (IE-Paperback)

PART I.     INTRODUCING THE FIELD

1. Humanity and Technology

2. The Concept of Sustainability

3. Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering Concepts

PART II　FRAMEWORK TOPICS

1. The Relevance of Biological Ecology to Industrial Ecology

2. Metabolic Analysis

3. Technology and Risk

4. The Social Dimensions of Industrial Ecology

PART III　IMPLEMENTATION

1. Sustainable Engineering

2. Technological Product Development

3. Design for Environment and Sustainability: Customer Products

4. Design for Environment and Sustainability: Buildings and Infrastructure

5. An Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment

6. The LCA Impact and Interpretation Stages

7. Streamlining the LCA Process

PART IV ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

1. Systems Analysis

2. Industrial Ecosystems

3. Material Flow Analysis

4. National Material Accounts

5. Energy and Industrial Ecology

6. Water and Industrial Ecology

7. Urban Industrial Ecology

8. Modeling in Industrial Ecology

PART V　THINKING AHEAD

1. Industrial Ecology Scenarios

2. The Status of Resources

3. Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering in Developing Economies

4. Industrial Ecology and Sustainability in the Corporation

5. Sustainable Engineering in Government and Society

6. Looking to the Future