Recent progress on innovative eco-industrial development

Due to rapid growth of urban populations and economic development, many countries and regions are facing severe challenges in seeking to respond to environmental pollution at both local and global levels. This Special Volume of the Journal of Cleaner Production reports upon recent progress on regene...

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Published in:Journal of cleaner production 2016-02, Vol.114, p.1-10
Main Authors: Geng, Yong, Fujita, Tsuyoshi, Park, Hung-suck, Chiu, Anthony S.F., Huisingh, Donald
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cleaning
Consumption
Eco-industrial development
Environmental quality
Innovative policies
Integrated framework
Metric and indicators
Pollution abatement
Production methods
Regenerative
Regenerative and preventative approaches
Sustainability
Tools and methods
Tracking
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Summary:Due to rapid growth of urban populations and economic development, many countries and regions are facing severe challenges in seeking to respond to environmental pollution at both local and global levels. This Special Volume of the Journal of Cleaner Production reports upon recent progress on regenerative and preventative eco-industrial development (EID), based upon comprehensive reviews, innovative policies, metrics and indicators, tools and methods and the implementation of sustainable production and consumption. The forty-one articles in this Special Volume show that tangible benefits can be achieved from initiatives performed at both local and national levels. The results and recommendations provide critical insights on how to promote innovative eco-industrial development within different contexts. An integrated framework for promoting regenerative and preventative EID is proposed so that powerful synergies for addressing both local environmental quality and global impacts and ways to track these improvements through the governance framework, can be created. •Emergent global challenges call for innovative eco-industrial development (EID).•Policies on EID should be developed based upon the local realities.•Appropriate indicators can help recognize the key EID issues and guide future development.•New tools and methods facilitate the application of innovative EID.
ISSN:0959-6526
1879-1786
DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.051