Industrial ecology and planning: assessing and socially embedding green technological systems
The notion that industrial systems can be redesigned to reflect ‘lessons from nature’ has led to the emergence of a new discipline known as ‘industrial ecology’. In this paper I provide a brief overview of the principles that underpin the discipline, and provide a critical evaluation of the extent to which it is guided by ecology or simply uses the label for rhetorical support. I suggest that simply appealing to ecological analogies is not sufficient to ensure that the impacts of industrial activities are reduced. Further, I propose that the technical process of industrial design needs to be embedded in legitimate social processes if social acceptability is to be attained.
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2006
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Authors: | Tansey, James |
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Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. - Pion Ltd, London, ISSN 1472-3417. - Vol. 33.2006, 3, p. 381-392
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Pion Ltd, London |
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