Industrial Ecology and Planning: Assessing and Socially Embedding Green Technological Systems

James Tansey
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James Tansey: James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP, England

Environment and Planning B, 2006, vol. 33, issue 3, 381-392

Abstract: The notion that industrial systems can be redesigned to reflect ‘lessons from nature’ has led to the emergence of a new discipline known as ‘industrial ecology’. In this paper I provide a brief overview of the principles that underpin the discipline, and provide a critical evaluation of the extent to which it is guided by ecology or simply uses the label for rhetorical support. I suggest that simply appealing to ecological analogies is not sufficient to ensure that the impacts of industrial activities are reduced. Further, I propose that the technical process of industrial design needs to be embedded in legitimate social processes if social acceptability is to be attained.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1068/b3062

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