Industrial ecology? A surprising, intriguing expression that immediately draws our attention. The spontaneous reaction is that "industrial ecology" is a contradiction in terms, something of an oxymoron, like "obscure clarity" or "burning ice". Why this reflex? Probably because we are accustomed to considering the industrial system as isolated from the Biosphere, with factories and cities on one...

Chinese resource-exhausted cities face more severe environmental pollution problems than other cities. In addressing these problems, the way local officials (usually senior party and government leaders) operate is very important, as their focus on political achievements may complicate how they manage environmental pollution in these cities. On the one hand, the traditional Gross Domestic Produc...

the present study has been undertaken in a laboratory scale to characterize and investigate pollution potential of textile effluents from depz area in dhaka, bangladesh. collected effluent samples from five different industries were analyzed for physico-chemical parameters using field kits and standard methods, and for metals using flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (faas). the average p...

newly industrializing economies (NIEs) is vast, rich, and highly contentious. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the literature on industrial pollution management in these economies. (These NIEs include China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan1, Thailand, and Singapore.) To begin with, there are relatively few studies of industrial pollution management in the East Asia...

T wo decades of research have shown that air pollution can trigger heart attacks, strokes, and irregular heart rhythms, particularly in people already at risk for these conditions. Several reviews of these studies, including 2 American Heart Association scientific statements, describe the scientific findings and conclude that air pollution poses a risk to heart health. You can help protect your...

introduction the environmental issues have been considered in all development plans of iran. for example, the forty-fifth, forty-seventh, and fiftieth principles of “iran constitution” directly refer to environmental issues. according to the future outlook of the islamic republic of iran “having the favorable living environment” is regarded as the characteristics of the iranian society in the h...

Industrial relocation and ecological subsidy are viewed as effective ways to overcome transboundary industrial pollution. In this paper, we study the pollution control problem in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region context of relocation. Firstly, construct an economic model with relevant variables such environmental tax damage coefficient. Secondly, solve contributions by using proportional...

This study explores the differences in pollution control performances of industrial enterprises with various ownerships in China – State owned (SOE), collectively or community owned (COE), privately owned (POE), foreign directly invested (FDI) companies as well as joint ventures. A survey was conducted of approximately 1000 industrial firms in three provinces in China, which collects the detail...

This paper takes the eastern China as an example, the relationship between environmental pollution and economic development is analyzed, and then the breakthroughs in the development path of EKC turning point are sought. Furthermore, the paper uses the environmental data of the eastern China from 1996 to 2007, with GDP per capita as an economic development index, and with volume of industrial w...