Managing a material world : perspectives in industrial ecology, an edited collection of papers based upon the international conference on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Institute for Environmental Studies of the Free University Amsterdam, the

as We Reach The End Of The 20th Century, The Question Of How To Meet Human Needs And Preferences While Safeguarding The Global Environment Is A Major Concern Facing Humanity. This Book Reflects The State Of The Art Of Thinking On The Necessary Concepts, Tools And Instruments That Are Likely To Help Producers, Consumers And Governments To Adjust Their Policies And Practices. It Covers Theories And Concepts, Practical Approaches And Visions Of Industry And Government. The Book Has Been Written By A Team Of Authors That Includes The Most Forward Thinking Researchers And Managers On The Issue. It Is A Handbook For All Those Involved In Decisions About Product Design And Eco-efficiency, About Environment And Resource Use Policies. Moreover It Can Serve As A Handbook For All Those Who Are Studying With The Aim To Become Involved In Such Issues. booknews an Edited Collection Of Papers Based On A Conference Held In Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Dealing With The Management Of Energy And Material Substance Flows Through Environment And Society. Early Chapters Demonstrate The Need For Economic Instruments That Reflect The Role Of The Earth's Natural Capital, And Illustrate Research Issues And Tools. These Are Followed By Chapters Showing The Value Of A Systems Approach In Environmental Analysis, And By Case Studies About Progress In The Development Of Resource Efficiency Policies By The Private Sector And Governments. Concluding Chapters Discuss Policy Developments In National And International Contexts. Annotation C. By Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Front Matter....Pages N3-xi Rationale for a physical account of economic activities....Pages 1-20 Substance flows through environment and society....Pages 21-29 Towards the End of Waste....Pages 31-44 Dematerialisation....Pages 45-54 Analytical Tools for Chain Management....Pages 55-84 Material flow accounts: definitions and data....Pages 85-95 Environmental research and modelling....Pages 97-110 Software for material flow analysis....Pages 111-126 Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Economic Evaluation....Pages 127-146 Dematerialisation and rematerialisation....Pages 147-164 Aggregate resource efficiency....Pages 165-189 The industrial ecology of lead and electric vehicles....Pages 191-215 Dissipative emissions....Pages 217-228 Recycling of materials....Pages 229-238 Philips Sound and Vision....Pages 239-249 Unilever....Pages 251-258 AT&T....Pages 259-266 Dow Europe....Pages 267-274 The control of waste materials in Germany....Pages 275-283 Dematerialisation and innovation policy....Pages 285-296 The substance flow approach....Pages 297-305 The EU Eco-label....Pages 307-320 Towards Industrial Transformation....Pages 321-343 Back Matter....Pages 345-349 As we reach the end of the 20th century, the question of how to meet human needs and preferences while safeguarding the global environment is a major concern facing humanity. This text reflects the thinking on the necessary concepts, tools and instruments that are likely to help producers, consumers and governments to adjust their policies and practices. It covers theories and concepts, practical approaches and visions of industry and government. The book has been written by a team of authors that includes the most forward thinking researchers and managers on the issue. It is a handbook for all those involved in decisions about product design and eco-efficiency, about environment and resource use policies. Moreover it can serve as a handbook for all those who are studying with the aim to become involved in such issues At the end of the 20th century, the question of how to meet human needs and preferences while safeguarding the environment is a concern facing humanity. This text reflects the thinking on the necessary concepts, tools and instruments that are likely to help producers, consumers and governments The logical starting point is a question: Why do we need to measure things?