W Medd
Ecology of intermediation
Medd, W; Marvin, S
Authors
S Marvin
Contributors
K Green
Editor
S Randles
Editor
Abstract
This book explores the disciplinary interfaces and practical implications of working across the two disciplines of industrial ecology (IE) and innovation studies (IS). Both disciplines have something to say about instigating environmental improvement and more sustainable futures. IE is predicated on the idea that social and economic systems mirror, or should be made to mirror, natural ecological systems. Proponents of IE devise models and techniques to trace material and energy resource flows as they move through social and economic systems. They propose policy and management improvements to increase the resource efficiency of such systems. By contrast, IS researchers work with the idea that innovation is a dynamic activity, vital to social and economic change and is shaped by a range of actors in industry, in government and in households.
Citation
Medd, W., & Marvin, S. (2006). Ecology of intermediation. In K. Green, & S. Randles (Eds.), Industrial Ecology and Spaces of Innovation. Edward Elgar
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2006 |
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Deposit Date | Aug 3, 2011 |
Book Title | Industrial Ecology and Spaces of Innovation |
ISBN | 9781-84542097-0 |
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