<p>Achieving the goals and objectives of sustainable development requires better information about the consequences of proposed actions. Partial information accounts for many failed efforts in the past. The financial implications for the proponent of the projects have often been more thoroughly analyzed than the implications for other actors. The impacts on biological diversity, or on the social fabric of local communities, have often been ignored. Decisi- makers may also focus more on the short-term consequences instead of long- term impacts, creating negative unintended consequences. It is clear that better decision-making processes are needed. Making better decisions requires identifying, obtaining, synthesizing and acting on larger and more diverse data sets, including information that has previously been overlooked in development decisions. The good news is that better processes are being developed and are becoming available. If the goal is to reach decisions that are broadly understood and accepted, affected communities need to be consulted. Early public participation in defining problems is a prerequisite to effective decision-making. There is no universal formula or checklist of information applicable to every proposed project. The scope of information required should not be determined from the start by small cadres of experts. It is unlikely that any individual or small group processes all of the expertise to achieve the kind of profound int- disciplinary synthesis that is needed.</p>

The Life Cycle of Copper, Its Co-Products and Byproducts (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, 13)

Business & Money

Ayres, Robert U.

Ayres, Leslie W.

Råde, Ingrid

Economics

Springer

Provides a quantitative assessment of the desirability of "clean technology" and the range of practicable possibilities for reducing materials extraction, consumption, and waste. The authors examine strategic options, analyze thirteen generic cases of material using an industrial ecology perspective, discuss opportunities for creating "industrial ecosystems" by design, evaluate the use of low-value by-products as feed stocks for useful products, and consider a range of issues including the public interest, institutional barriers, and the range of possible alternatives. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Industrial Ecology: Towards Closing the Materials Cycle

Edward Elgar Publishing

<p>Explains how principles and methods developed to track the flow of money in classical accounting can be applied to quantifying and measuring the flow of resources and the dispersion of waste materials, both at the process level and the materials level. After explaining industrial metabolism, focuses on systematically applying the mass- balance principle to estimate material losses at different stages of the production process. Takes as an example a cluster of industries related to chlorine. Also introduces Exergy, a common single measure for evaluating and comparing process or sectorial resource or waste flows between time periods, between sectors, and between regions and nations. Concludes with some policy recommendations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.</p>

accounting for resources, 1: Economy-Wide Applications of Mass-Balance Principles to Materials and Waste

A companion to Accounting for Resources, 1 , tracking the life cycle of specific elements, such as chlorine and heavy metals, in order to estimate the generation and dissipative losses of material wastes. Begins with a succinct overview of life-cycle analysis methodology and evaluates its weaknesses in estimating generation of waste. Proposes a new quantitative measure of the potential for environmental harm of waste materials, and offers four horizontal life-cycle case studies. The authors are affiliated with the Center for the Management of Environmental Resources at the European Business School, INSEAD, France. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Accounting for Resources, 2: The Life Cycle of Materials

Achieving the goals and objectives of sustainable development requires better information about the consequences of proposed actions. Partial information accounts for many failed efforts in the past. The financial implications for the proponent of the projects have often been more thoroughly analyzed than the implications for other actors. The impacts on biological diversity, or on the social fabric of local communities, have often been ignored. Decisi- makers may also focus more on the short-term consequences instead of long- term impacts, creating negative unintended consequences. It is clear that better decision-making processes are needed. Making better decisions requires identifying, obtaining, synthesizing and acting on larger and more diverse data sets, including information that has previously been overlooked in development decisions. The good news is that better processes are being developed and are becoming available. If the goal is to reach decisions that are broadly understood and accepted, affected communities need to be consulted. Early public participation in defining problems is a prerequisite to effective decision-making. There is no universal formula or checklist of information applicable to every proposed project. The scope of information required should not be determined from the start by small cadres of experts. It is unlikely that any individual or small group processes all of the expertise to achieve the kind of profound int- disciplinary synthesis that is needed.

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The Life Cycle of Copper, Its Co-Products and Byproducts (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, 13)

Industrial Ecology: Towards Closing the Materials Cycle

accounting for resources, 1: Economy-Wide Applications of Mass-Balance Principles to Materials and Waste

Accounting for Resources, 2: The Life Cycle of Materials

The Life Cycle of Copper, Its Co-Products and Byproducts (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, 13)