Exploring the economics of industrial ecology through case studies of industrial symbiosis in the forest industries of British Columbia and Scotland

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Jackson
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Industrial Ecology ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Forest Industries

scholarly journals Longer distance cycling for interspecies mobility justice in Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Scott
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Active Travel ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Social Production ◽  
Central Cities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Specific Number

This article explores how longer distance cycling can advance interspecies mobility justice, a theory of (im)mobilities and justice that includes other-than-human persons and habitats as worthy of our positive moral obligations. I argue that longer distance cycling can advance interspecies mobility justice by promoting socially inclusive and ecologically good cycling practices that redress the active travel poverty of marginalized and colonized populations, while replacing rather than augmenting auto roads with active travel routes that help humans respect other species. The article theorizes longer distance cycling not as some specific number of kilometres, but rather as the social production of cycling space across gentrified central cities, struggling inner suburbs, outer exurbs and rural countrysides. To explore this argument my analysis focuses on Canada, an extreme context for longer distance cycling. I offer a comparison of two case studies, situated on the country’s west and east coasts, Vancouver, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia, drawing on an ongoing ethnographic study of cycling practices and politics in Canada.  

The Status of Forest Technician Training in Canada

1969 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
George A. Garratt
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
The Past ◽  
Forest Industries ◽  
The Status ◽  
Consistent Increase ◽  
Technician Training

Stimulated most recently by the reorganization of the post-secondary education systems in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec, the number of formal forest-technician training programs has now increased to 17, two-thirds of them two-year offerings, with several additional courses in prospect for 1969. Enrollments have shown a rather consistent increase over the past six years, as a consequence both of the initiation of 13 new programs during that period and of enlarged student bodies in the older establishments. The number of forest-technician diploma awards reached an all-time high of 472 in 1968, to give a ratio of 4.4 technicians per professional (B.Sc.F.) degree recipient. About two-thirds of the 1968 graduates who entered forestry work were employed by provincial agencies, approximately a fourth were hired by the forest industries, and the balance entered federal service.

scholarly journals Industrial Symbiosis in Taiwan: Case Study on Linhai Industrial Park

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4564
Author(s):  
Nathaniel John Maynard ◽  
Vaishnav Raj Kanagaraj Subramanian ◽  
Chien-Yu Hua ◽  
Shih-Fang Lo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Industrial Ecology ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Industrial Park ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Industrial Parks

Eco-industrial parks (EIP) are a community of manufacturing businesses which seek better environmental and economic performance by using the principles of Industrial Ecology (IE). In Taiwan, government-designated EIPs have operated since 1995, with 23 industrial parks currently in operation. This study presents a case from Taiwan, the Linhai Industrial park, and analyzes the park’s transition towards industrial symbiosis and resource sharing. Resource sharing modifications resulted in reduced carbon emissions, millions of liters of fuel saved, and thousands of tons of industrial waste recycled. This successful transition was possible because of coordinated government support. Key factors include technological subsidies, policy support, and willing manufacturers. Additional explanations for Linhai’s current success are explored and future areas of research are identified.

scholarly journals Understanding the Evolution of Industrial Symbiosis with a System Dynamics Model: A Case Study of Hai Hua Industrial Symbiosis, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 3873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Cui ◽  
Changhao Liu ◽  
Raymond Côté ◽  
Weifeng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Industrial Ecology ◽  
Waste Utilization ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Symbiotic Relationships ◽  
Input Variables ◽  
Energy And Material Flows ◽  
Parameter Values

Industrial symbiosis (IS) is a key sub-field in industrial ecology. The field itself assists in developing strategies that support local and regional sustainable development. The evolution of IS is an important topic to be explored. In this paper, we use the system dynamics (SD) method to establish a model of the evolution of industrial symbiosis in the case of Hai Hua Industrial Symbiosis (HHIS). In this model, different scenarios for energy consumption, solid waste utilization, and wastewater utilization were set by changing the parameter values of certain input variables to analyze the evolution of HHIS. In addition, the drivers for IS evolution were investigated qualitatively in this study. The SD model was helpful for visualizing the effects and benefits of reducing the energy consumption, solid waste stock, and wastewater stock that were achieved by establishing symbiotic relationships during the evolution of IS. The results show that the optimization of energy and material flows and other symbiotic benefits can be achieved in HHIS. There are still some challenges that restrict the further evolution of HHIS. Some suggestions are proposed to promote its further evolution.

Analysis of energy footprints associated with recycling of glass and plastic—case studies for industrial ecology

2004 ◽  
Vol 174 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 175-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
V Krivtsov ◽  
P.A Wäger ◽  
P Dacombe ◽  
P.W Gilgen ◽  
S Heaven ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Industrial Ecology ◽  
Plastic Case
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