Promoting Industrial Symbiosis: Using the Concept of Proximity to Explore Social Network Development

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 700-709

  Velenturf, Anne P M ^a   Jensen, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Industrial Symbiosis Programme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geographical proximity; industrial ecology; innovation; resource synergies; social factors; trust

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; INNOVATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; RESOURCE SYNERGIES; SOCIAL FACTOR; TRUST;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INNOVATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNERGISM;

EID: 84936804966     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12315     Document Type: Article

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