Industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb book brings together leading scholars to present a state-of-the-art overview of the subject.

Each part of the book comprehensively covers the following issues in a systematic style:

• the goals and achievements of industrial ecology and the history of the field

• methodology, covering the main approaches to analysis and assessment

• economics and industrial ecology

• industrial ecology at the national/regional level

• industrial ecology at the sectoral/materials level

• applications and policy implications.

The authors are all experts at the cutting edge of the field and the bibliography alone will prove useful as a comprehensive guide to the literature. This outstanding handbook will be an indispensable reference for students and scholars working in environmental management, industrial ecology and environmental and ecological studies.