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In a special new issue,*Advances in Complex Adaptive Systems and
Industrial Ecology*, Yale’s/Journal of Industrial Ecology/illustrates
how the field is increasingly turning to complexity science for tools
and insights in its pursuit of reduced environmental impacts.
Complexity science is the multidisciplinary study of complex systems
with many interacting components that produce behaviors that are
difficult to explain simply in terms of interactions between the
individual components.
In the issue, contributors apply complexity science to topics as diverse
as urban systems, public water withdrawal in the U.S., and energy
efficiency and rebound effects from the use of LEDs and compact
fluorescent bulbs. Authors also present new modeling architectures and
data, review the use of complexity modeling tools in the field, and
advance the understanding of resilience in sustainability.
Highlights include:
* An analysis of how thermodynamics can improve our understanding of
the growth of cities.
* A presentation of multi-model ecologies — an interacting group of
models and data sets that coevolve with one another — as a
productive approach to integrated modeling.
* An analysis of interdependency, vulnerability, and resilience of
material exchange and infrastructure systemsin an eco-industrial
park in Jiangsu, China.
* The integration of considerations of resilience into life cycle
assessment.
* An analysis of the potential for increased use of lighting from
adoption of LEDs and compact fluorescent lamps using agent-based
modeling.
The/Journal of Industrial Ecology/
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a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal, owned by Yale University,
published by Wiley-Blackwell and headquartered at the Yale University
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
Articles in the special issue are freely downloadable for a limited time
athttp://bit.ly/JIE-Comp2
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Clinton J. Andrews
Professor of Urban Planning and Policy Development
Associate Dean for Planning and New Initiatives
Director, Rutgers Center for Green Building
E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Ave #367, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
tel +1-848-932-2808 fax +1-732-932-0934
Skype: clinton_andrews
http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/andrews
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