The ecology of industry : sectors and linkages / edited by Deanna J. Richards and Greg Pearson.
Contributor(s): Richards, Deanna J
| Pearson, Greg | National Academy of Engineering.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, l998Description: ix, 149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0309063558.Subject(s): Manufacturing industries -- Environmental aspects | Electric utilities -- Environmental aspects | Wood-pulp industry -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 363.731 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 363.731 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00076172 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This volume provides insights into the environmental practices of five industry sectors: materials processing, manufacturing, electric utilities, and pulp and paper. The ecology of industry is presented in terms of systems of production and consumption, taking into account the flows of material, energy, capital, and information. The book examines ways to improve the environmental performance of these industries (and others, such as the service sector) and shows how decisions made by industry managers can leverage systemic environmental improvements elsewhere in the economy.
Includes bibliographical references.
Overview and perspectives / Deanna J. Richards and Robert A. Frosch -- The extractive industries / Preston S. Chiaro and G. Frank Joklik -- Primary materials proceesing / Charles G. Carson III, Patrick R. Atkins, Elizabeth H. Mikols, Kenneth J. Martchek and Ann B. Fullerton -- Manufacturing / Robert A. Laudise and Thomas E. Graedel -- The electric utility industry / Ian M. Torrens and Kurt E. Yeager -- The pulp and paper industry /A. Douglas Armstrong, Keith M. Bently, Sergio F. Galeano, Robert J. Olszewski, Gail A. Smith and Jonathan R. Smith Jr.