Industrial ecology and sustainable engineering / T.E. Graedel, B.R. Allenby

Includes index

Humanity and technolgy -- The concept of sustainability -- Industrial ecology and sustainable engineering concepts -- The relevance of biological ecology to industrial ecology -- Metabolic analysis -- Technology and risk -- The social dimensions of industrial ecology -- Sustainable engineering -- Technological product development -- Design for environment and sustainability: customer products -- Design for environment and sustainability: buildings and infrastructure -- An introduction to life cycle assessment -- The LCA impact and interpretation stages -- Streamlining the LCA process -- Systems analysis -- Industrial ecosystems -- Material flow analysis -- National material accounts -- Energy and industrial ecology -- Water and industrial ecology -- Urban industrial ecology -- Modeling in industrial ecology -- Industrial ecology scenarios -- The status of resources -- Industrial ecology and sustainable engineering in developing economies -- Industrial ecology and sustainability in the corporation -- Sustainable engineering in government and society -- Looking to the future