Social network analysis and network connectedness analysis for industrial symbiotic systems: Model development and case study

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-181

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Zheng, Hongmei ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Yang, Naijin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; degree of connectedness; industrial ecology; industrial ecology parks; industrial symbiosis system; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84877056399     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-012-0349-4     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Ashton W (2008). Understanding the organization of industrial ecosystems. J Ind Ecol, 12(1): 34-51.
2. Baas L W, Boons F (2004). An industrial ecology project in practice: exploring the boundaries of decision-making levels in regional industrial systems. J Clean Prod, 12(8-10): 1073-1085.
3. BADZ (2007). An integrated complex: Shanghai Wujing chemical zone. Beijing Association of Development Zones. Available at: www. bdza. cn/BDZAPortal/Middle. do?act=show&cid=112&mid=116&id=00000414 (in Chinese) (Accessed in June 2012).
4. Berkel R V, Fujita T, Hashimoto S, Fujii M (2009). Quantitative assessment of urban and industrial symbiosis in Kawasaki, Japan. Environ Sci Technol, 43(5): 1271-1281.
5. Chertow M (2000). Industrial symbiosis: literature and taxonomy. Annu Rev Energy Environ, 25(1): 313-337.
6. Chertow M R, Lombardi D R (2005). Quantifying economic and environmental benefits of co-located firms. Environ Sci Technol, 39(17): 6535-6541.
7. Dai T J, Lu Z W (2006). Two indicators for the assessment of ecoindustrial parks. China Environ Sci, 26: 632-636 (in Chinese).
8. Doménech T, Davies M (2009). The social aspects of industrial symbiosis: the application of social network analysis to industrial symbiosis networks. Prog Ind Ecol Internat J, 6(1): 68-99.
9. Doménech T, Davies M (2011a). Structure and morphology of industrial symbiosis networks: the case of Kalundborg. Procedia Soc Behav Sci, 10: 79-89.
10. Doménech T, Davies M (2011b). The role of embeddedness in industrial symbiosis networks: phases in the evolution of industrial symbiosis networks. Bus Strategy Environ, 20(5): 281-296.
11. Ehrenfeld J, Gertler N (1997). Industrial ecology in practice: the evolution of interdependence at Kalundborg. J Ind Ecol, 1(1): 67-79.
12. Graedel T, Allenby B R (1995). Industrial Ecology. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
13. Harper E, Graedel T (2004). Industrial ecology: a teenager's progress. Technol Soc, 26(2-3): 433-445.
14. Heeres R R, Vermeulen W J V, de WalleF B (2004). Eco-industrial park initiatives in the USA and the Netherlands: first lessons. J Clean Prod, 12(8-10): 985-995.
15. Howard-Grenville J A, Paquin R(2006). Facilitated industrial symbiosis: network forms and evolution in NISP. In: Lombardi D R, Laybourn P, eds Industrial Symbiosis in Action (Report on the Third International Industrial Symbiosis Research Symposium). Birmingham, England. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. New Haven.
16. Jacobsen N B (2006). Industrial symbiosis in Kalundborg, Denmark: a quantitative assessment of economic and environmental aspects. J Ind Ecol, 10(1-2): 239-255.
17. Korhonen J (2004). Industrial ecology in the strategic sustainable development model: strategic applications of industrial ecology. J Clean Prod, 12(8-10): 809-823.
18. Liu J (2004). Introductory Theory of Social Network Analysis. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press (in Chinese).
19. Liu J Y, Qiao Q (2009). Calculating methods of connectedness of industries in eco-industrial parks. In: Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, ed. Proceedings 2009 China Environmental Science Society Annual Meeting, Wuhan. Beijing: Beihang University Press.
20. Lowe E (2001). Eco-Industrial Park Handbook for Asian Developing Countries. A Report to the Asian Development Bank, Environment Department. Indigo Development, Oakland, CA.
21. Lowe E A, Evans L (1995). Industrial ecology and industrial ecosystems. J Clean Prod, 3(1-2): 47-53.
22. Martin S A, Weitz A, Cushman R, Sharma A, Lindrooth R C, Moran S R (1996). Eco-Industrial Parks: a Case Study and Analysis of Economic, Environmental, Technical, and Regulatory Issues. Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC. Project Number 6050 FR.
23. Mayhew B H, Levinger R (1976). Size and the density of interaction in human aggregates. Am J Sociol, 82(1): 86-110.
24. Mihelcic J R, Zimmerman J B (2010). Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design. New York: JohnWiley & Sons.
25. Mirata M, Emtairah T (2005). Industrial symbiosis networks and the contribution to environmental innovation: the case of the Landskrona industrial symbiosis programme. J Clean Prod, 13(10-11): 993-1002.
26. Moreno J L, Jennings H H (1938). Statistics of social configurations. Sociometry, 1(3/4): 342-374.
27. Office for International Environmental Cooperation Environmental Bureau (2004). Sustainable Management Activities in Kitakyushu Eco-Town. Available at: http://www. env. go. jp/earth/coop/neac/neac13/session3/295-303. pdf (Accessed in June 2012).
28. Park H S, Rene E R, Choi S M, Chiu A S (2008). Strategies for sustainable development of industrial park in Ulsan, South Korea-from spontaneous evolution to systematic expansion of industrial symbiosis. J Environ Manage, 87(1): 1-13.
29. Potts Carr A J(1998). Choctaw eco-industrial park: an ecological approach to industrial land-use planning and design. Landsc Urban Plan, 42(2-4): 239-257.
30. Qu S, Wang J, Li B (2007). Symbiotic network assessment of ecoindustrial parks based on connectedness analysis. Sci Policy Manage, 10: 36-40 (in Chinese).
31. Schwarz E J, Steininger K W (1997). Implementing nature's lesson: the industrial recycling network enhancing regional development. J Clean Prod, 5(1-2): 47-56.
32. Scott J (2000). Social Network Analysis: a Handbook. London: Sage Publications.
33. Shi H, Chertow M, Song Y Y (2010). Developing country experience with eco-industrial parks: a case study of the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area in China. J Clean Prod, 18(3): 191-199.
34. Sokka L, Melanen M, Nissinen A (2008). How can the sustainability of industrial symbioses be measured? Progr Ind Ecol Internat J, 5(5/6): 518-535.
35. Song Y M(2006). Network complexity study of industrial symbiotic system. Dissertation for Master Degress, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
36. van Beers D, Bossilkov A, Corder G, van Berkel R (2007). Industrial symbiosis in the Australian minerals industries: the cases of Kwinana and Gladstone. J Ind Ecol, 11(1): 55-72.
37. Wang R X (2005). Study on the programming of the national Huangxing eco-industrial park in Changsha City. Dissertation for Ph. D. Degree. Northeast Normal University, Shenyang, China (in Chinese).
38. Wu Y P, Duan N, Qiao Q, Liu J Y (2004). Study on industrial symbiosis chain and net structure of the all new type ecosystem industrial parks. China Pop Res Environ, 14(2): 125-130 (in Chinese).
39. Yang L, Hu S Y, Liang R Z, Chen D J, Fang X, Li Y R, Shen J Z, Feng J T, Kong L Q (2004). The Lubei eco-industrial model of China. Chin J Proc Eng, 4(5): 467-474 (in Chinese).
40. Zheng J, Wang S, Cao J (2009). Evolution study of structural characteristics on Kalundborg Industrial Symbiosis Network. In: Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, ed. Proceedings 2009 China Environmental Science Society Annual Meeting, 27-30 June, Wuhan. Beijing: Beihang University Press.
41. Zhong G, Cao J, Cao L, Wang S (2010). Quantitative analysis of industrial symbiotic network's structure. In: Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, ed. Proceedings 2010 China Environmental Science Society Annual Meeting, 5-7 May, Shanghai. Beijing: China Environmental Science Press.
42. Zhu Q E, Lowe E A, Wei Y, Barnes D (2007). Industrial symbiosis in China: a case study of the Guitang Group. J Ind Ecol, 11(1): 31-42.