Organizing Self-Organizing Systems: Toward a Theory of Industrial Symbiosis

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-27

  Chertow, Marian ^a   Ehrenfeld, John ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE)   (United States)

Author keywords

By product synergy; Circular economy; Complexity; Industrial ecology; Industrial ecosystem; Self organizing system

Indexed keywords

BY-PRODUCT SYNERGIES; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; COMPLEXITY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

INDUSTRY;

ECONOMIC THEORY; ENERGY RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84858614472     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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