Framework for applying a complex adaptive system approach to model the operation of eco-industrial parks

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 731-741

  Romero, Elena ^a   Ruiz, M Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complexity; Industrial ecology; Influential factors; Nested systems; Planned eco industrial parks (PEIPs); Self organizing symbiosis (SOS)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COMPLEXITY; ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; SELF-ORGANIZING SYMBIOSIS (SOS);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885484004     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12032     Document Type: Article

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