IGC 15-20 Glasgow, 2004
Industrial ecology in a geography-theoretic context
Dr. Pauline Deutz, University of Hull, Dr. Donald Lyons, University of North
Texas, Prof. David Gibbs, University of Hull
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Rationale
Industrial ecology is an endeavour that attempts to bring about a more
environmentally-friendly, or 'sustainable', economic development by forging
links between businesses. Thus the by-products of one company become the raw
material
of another. In theory the networking/systems based approach implied by
industrial ecology should provide greater opportunities for reducing both
overall resource use
and waste production than the more traditional approach, whereby
environmental audits are carried out within individual companies. Although
industrial ecology activity touches on issues relating to both the
environment, the economy, and, critically, the interrelationship of the two,
it has received relatively little explicit attention from geographers.
Furthermore, some of the industrial ecology literature can be rather
technical and uncritical in its outlook. As our session title implies we
are aiming both to bring the field of industrial ecology to the attention of
geographers and to use geographical approaches to promote a more critical
and theoretical assessment of industrial ecology than has so far appeared.
Furthermore, the discussion is highly policy-relevant as eco-industrial
developments are an emerging policy initiative designed to assist in the
delivery of sustainable development goals at the local and regional scale.
Session format
The session will consist of 4 papers of 15 minutes duration each, followed
by a 10 minute critical review of the papers by a discussant and 10 minutes
for open discussion. If there is sufficient interest, a second session can
be scheduled.
Registration details
See the meeting website
(http://www.meetingmakers.co.uk/igc-uk2004/index.html) for information on
how to register for the meeting, format and submit an abstract. The
deadline for submission is 30 January 2004. Please contact one of the
session organisers by early January 2004 if you are interested in
participating. Unfortunately we cannot subsidise participation in this event.
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