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1 online resource (vi, 55 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Funding provided by the W.M. Keck Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. |
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"Report on the U.S.-Japan Workshop on Industrial Ecology, held March 1-3, 1993, in Irvine, California." |
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The U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) convened the three-day U.S.-Japan Workshop on Industrial Ecology in March 1993. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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""Industrial Ecology: U.S.-Japan Perspectives""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Chairmen's Overview""; ""FROM AN INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY PERSPECTIVE""; ""INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS LINKED TO NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS""; ""TECHNOLOGY IS CRITICAL""; ""INDUSTRY AND MATERIAL FLOW""; ""INDUSTRY-GOVERNMENT COLLABORATION""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""2 Background ""; ""PERSPECTIVES""; ""Industrial Ecology Analogues: Field Ecology""; ""Industrial Ecology Analogues: Venous-Arterial Systems""; ""Industrial Ecology Analogues: “Gaia�"" |
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""Industrial Ecology and Japan's Industrial Policy""""Industrial Ecology and U.S. Initiatives""; ""Industrial Ecology Context""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Energy ""; ""PERSPECTIVES""; ""Japan's Approach to Energy Issues""; ""Japanese Electric Utilities""; ""U.S. Energy Research, Development, and Technology Transfer Initiatives""; ""American Utilities and Energy Strategies""; ""Cost and Efficiency Trends""; ""Technical Change Vectors""; ""Emerging R & D Priorities""; ""The Future""; ""NOTE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Materials ""; ""PERSPECTIVES"" |
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""Trends in Materials Technology""""Increasing Variety""; ""Increasing Efficiency""; ""Increasing Complexity""; ""Implications of Materials Trends""; ""Primary-Resource Industries""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""NOTE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Manufactured Products ""; ""PERSPECTIVES""; ""Evaluating Environmental Impacts""; ""Life Cycle Assessment""; ""Current Status of LCA""; ""Integrating Environmental Factors in Design: Use of Computer and Communications Systems""; ""Design for Environment""; ""Western and Oriental Approaches to Understanding Systems""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES"" |
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""6 Recycling """"PERSPECTIVES""; ""Japan's Recycling Law and the “Ecofactory�""; ""Automotive Industry Recycling Programs and Issues""; ""Issues to Consider in Recycling Automobiles""; ""Canon's Recycling Initiation""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""REFERENCE""; ""7 Potential for Cooperation and Collaboration ""; ""PERSPECTIVES""; ""Finding Common Ground""; ""Prospects for Collaboration""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""APPENDIX A ""; ""WORKSHOP AGENDA""; ""APPENDIX B ""; ""U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PROGRAMS""; ""APPENDIX C ""; ""U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROGRAMS""; ""ENERGY CONSERVATION"" |
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""RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM""""COAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS""; ""NUCLEAR PROGRAMS""; ""MAGNETIC FUSION ENERGY PROGRAM""; ""Biographical Data"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Industrial ecology -- United States -- Congresses.
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Industrial ecology. |
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United States. |
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Industrial ecology -- Japan -- Congresses.
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Japan. |
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Industries -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- Congresses.
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Industries -- Environmental aspects. |
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Industries -- Environmental aspects -- Japan -- Congresses.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Richards, Deanna J.
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Fullerton, Ann B.
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National Academy of Engineering.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Industrial ecology. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1994 (OCoLC)30557968 |
| ISBN |
0309585090 (electronic book) |
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9780309585095 (electronic book) |
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