The development of technology parks in Malaysia creates the expectations that they will contribute significantly to the industrialization. Therefore, there is increasing number of research conducted on technology parks performance. However, there is still uncertainty about whether technology parks are achieving their goals or not and exactly what their impact is on their tenants. To contribute ...

A case study of the cancer risk to humans posed by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in an industrial area of China, which has a long history of contamination from many sources, is presented. Relatively great concentrations of POPs around the chemical industrial parks have the potential to be chronically carcinogenic to local people. Sixteen individual PAHs listed for priory control by the U...

The virtual eco-industrial park alters the Kalundborg model by allowing firms that are not in proximity with one other to exchange material flows. Bechtel Corporation Research and Development, San Francisco, has studied the Kalundborg model and numerous other eco-industrial parks (EIPs) in order to assess the viability of industrial symbiosis (IS) on a grander scale. A world leader in engineeri...

In this article, the spatial localization of industrial production is considered as a way innovative development and achieving sustainability country's economic system, tools internal external legally approved priorities in field cooperation are highlighted. An effective mechanism for building chains based on long-term between residents format an park. The peculiarities creation functioning suc...

Drawing on current international industrial ecology thinking and experiences with Australian initiatives, this article critically overviews the current status of industrial ecology in Australia and examines the barriers and potential strategies to realise greater uptake and application of the concept. The analysis is conducted across three categories: heavy industrial areas (including Kwinana a...