Justin Hollander just finished a nice masters thesis on this topic,
downloadable at http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~jhollan1/justin/THESIS.pdf
--Clint Andrews
Ernie Lowe wrote:
> Dear Lynn
>
> the best work on indicators I've seen is a report produced by Donella
> Meadows, based upon a gathering of systems scientists several years ago.
> this is available as a PDF file from
> http://iisd.ca/about/prodcat/perfrep.htm#donella
>
> http://iisd.ca/measure/default.htm see this one for many ideas and links
> to a number of other reports on indicators for sustainable development that
> are much less systems oriented. including many community initiatives
>
> Indicators and Information Systems for Sustainable Development
> by Donella Meadows is the one to begin with.
>
> see also these on eco-indicators
> http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/eco-e.htm
> http://www.hq.nasa.gov/iwgsdi/
>
> In terms of indicators specific to eco-industrial development --
> I did some work for a Puerto Rican company planning to build an
> eco-industrial park. Prepared a report in terms of the development's
> potential contributions to local, island, and global sustainabity in
> environmental, economic, and social dimensions.
>
> regards,
> Ernie Lowe
>
> At 11:32 AM 05/30/2000 -0400, S. Lynn Odom wrote:
> >Does anyone have any information on indicator use in industrial ecology
> >or eco-industrial development? Specifically indicators used to determine
> >if IE or EID projects are truly moving in a 'sustainable' direction.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >--Lynn Odom
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Sonja Lynn Odom
> > Graduate Research Assistant
> > USC - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
> > Laboratory for Sustainable Solutions
> > 300 Main St.
> > Columbia, SC 29208
> > Phone: (803) 777-0731
> > Fax: (803) 777-0106
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> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> >
> "Wilderness holds more answers than we have yet learned to ask."
> - Nancy Newhall
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