Quantified Eco-Efficiency

An Introduction with Applications
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-90-481-7360-0
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 332 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science

A central asset of eco-efficiency analysis is that it does not depend on a specific evaluation of environmental impacts against economic effects. Several evaluation methods may be used, including those based on willingness-to-pay, panel procedures, and public statements on policy goals. This volume covers all aspects of eco-efficiency analysis and offers a global perspective on the subject.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ishikawa, Masanobu

Huppes, Gjalt

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

An introduction to quantified eco-efficiency analysis.- An introduction to quantified eco-efficiency analysis.- General Methods.- Maximum abatement costs for calculating cost-effectiveness of green activities with multiple environmental effects.- From thermodynamic efficiency to eco-efficiency.- The price of toxicity. Methodology for the assessment of shadow prices for human toxicity, ecotoxicity and abiotic depletion.- Cases in Agriculture.- Conservation reconsidered: a modified input-output analysis of the economic impact of China’s land conservation policy.- Cases in Industry.- Eco-efficiency in redesigned extended supply chains; furniture as an example.- Practical experiences with reducing industrial use of water and chemicals in the galvanising industry.- Cost-efficient solutions can speed up ecological (and social) development – A proposal.- Cases in Products and Consumption.- Environmental performance of households.- Eco-efficiency analysis of an electrochromic smart window prototype.- Upgrade planning for upgradeable product design.- Cases in Recycling.- A strategic policy model for promoting secondary materials use.- Eco-efficiency analysis of the plastic recovery systems in Hyogo eco-town project.

Über Autor(innen)

Gjalt Huppes is head of the Industrial Ecology Department and associate professor of environmental system sciences at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Masanobu Ishikawa is a professor at the Graduate School of Economics at Kobe University in Kobe, Japan.