Integrating eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness into the design of sustainable industrial systems in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19500591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guiming Wang (0000-0001-5002-0120, Chinese Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Raymond P Cote (Dalhousie University), Raymond Côté (b School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Eco-Efficiency Centre, Dalhousie University , Halifax, Canada) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-77 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4509 • E-ISSN: 1745-2627 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504509.2010.527459 |
| OpenAlex | W2077518846 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 33 |
As an important tool for environment management, eco-efficiency has been widely applied, but eco-effectiveness has only made progress on eco-design and life cycle management in recent years. Few have attempted to integrate eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness into sustainable industrial systems. In a new framework integrating eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness, both concepts can find unique roles and complement each other in industrial ecosystems to dissolve conflicts between industry and the environment. This article provides a case study of China in which eco-efficiency indicators (energy, water and waste utilisation intensity) have demonstrated great progress in China, but eco-efficiency cannot stop the increasing release of pollutants and their accumulating impact on ecological life-support systems. China must integrate eco-effectiveness and eco-efficiency into concrete sustainable development strategies, questioning whether limited resources are being used correctly. Both eco-efficiency and eco-effectiveness are identified as important indicators in the development of sustainable industrial systems. In the framework of sustainable industrial systems, eco-effectiveness must begin to play a more important role
Business · China · Eco-efficiency · Ecological efficiency · Economics · Efficient energy use · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Industrial ecology · Resource Efficiency · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Engineering · Environmental Science · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Sustainable Industrial Ecology · Sustainable Supply Chain Management · Ecology
Cradle-to-cradle design
I Ndustrial S Ymbiosis
Expert views on sustainability and technology implementation
Applying industrial ecology in rapidly industrializing Asian countries
Measurement and Analysis of Eco‐efficiency
Dynamic Eco‐Efficiency Projections for Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Strategies at the City Level
Sustainability Indicators at the Firm Level
Operational Eco‐efficiency
From groundless universalism to grounded generalism
The eco-efficiency of tourism
A time use perspective on the materials intensity of consumption
Sustainable Value Added—measuring corporate contributions to sustainability beyond eco-efficiency
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2017 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |