Research on the Comparison between Traditional Industry and Ecological Industry

Prof. Dr. Jingfu Guo () and Li Cai ()
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Prof. Dr. Jingfu Guo: School of Economy & Management, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian 116600, China
Li Cai: School of Economy & Management, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian 116600, China

Far East Journal of Psychology and Business, 2011, vol. 2 No 3 Paper 3 March, issue 3, 36-42

Abstract: Traditional linear industry is a short-sighted unsustainable development mode of the economy. It brings pressure to ecology environment, depletion of resources and pollution. Ecological industry is to realize the harmonious development between economy and environment by planning industrial systems according to material cycle in the natural ecological system. The Eco-industry coordinates discrete enterprises and industries and integrates them into optimized industrial ecology chains which establish the “resources-products-renewable resources” of the circular economy mode. This paper conducts comprehensive comparison between traditional industry and eco-industry in 10 areas, such as guiding ideology, resource utilizing, environment preservation etc. Industrial ecology is operating and managing traditional industries based on the principles of ecological economics, the core essence of the eco-industrial system is the layer of material circulation and delivery of energy use, it is a new, sustainable economic developing model.

Keywords: Ecological industry; Environment pollution; Sustainable development; Circular economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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