Industrial symbiosis in the Australian minerals industry: The cases of Kwinana and Gladstone

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-72

  Van Beers, Dick ^a   Corder, Glen ^b   Bossilkov, Albena ^a   Van Berkel, Rene ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

By product synergy; Eco industrial development; Industrial ecology; Industrial ecosystem; Resource industry; Utility synergy

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

BY PRODUCT SYNERGY; ECO-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS; RESOURCE INDUSTRY; UTILITY SYNERGY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; MINERAL PROCESSING; MINERAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNERGISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GLADSTONE; KWINANA; QUEENSLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846896686     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.2007.1161     Document Type: Review

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