Industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb book brings together
leading scholars to present a state-of-the-art overviews of the subject.
Each part of the book comprehensively covers the following issues
in a systematic style: the goals and achievements of industrial ecology
and the history of the field; methodology, covering the main approaches
to analysis and assessment; economics and industrial ecology; industrial
ecology at the national/regional level; industrial ecology at the
sectoral/materials level; and applications and policy implications.