Industrial ecology and design for environment

Author

Allenby, Braden R.

fYear

1999

fDate

1-3 Feb 1999

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Industrial ecology is the objective, multidisciplinary study of industrial and economic systems and their linkages with fundamental natural systems, the “science and engineering of sustainability”. It provides the science and technology base for a sustainable economy, when combined with appropriate evolution of ethical and institutional systems. Design for environment (DFE) is one means by which the principles of industrial ecology can be implemented today, within the overall perspective of a global economy that is increasingly service oriented. Examples of such technologies might include Internet central server, biotechnology, and the modern automobile

Keywords

design for environment; ecology; Internet central server; automobile; biotechnology; design for environment; economic systems; ethical systems; fundamental natural systems; industrial ecology; industrial systems; institutional system; sustainability; sustainable economy; Appropriate technology; Couplings; Environmental economics; Environmental factors; Health and safety; Industrial economics; Manufacturing industries; Sustainable development; Virtual manufacturing; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 1999. Proceedings. EcoDesign '99: First International Symposium On

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0007-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECODIM.1999.747462

Filename

747462