Quantified Eco-Efficiency An Introduction with Applications - Huppes, Gjalt; Ishikawa, Masanobu; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
An introduction to quantified eco-efficiency analysis -- An introduction to quantified eco-efficiency analysis -- General Methods -- Maximum abatement costs for calculating cost-effectiveness of green activities with multiple environmental effects -- From thermodynamic efficiency to eco-efficiency -- The price of toxicity. Methodology for the assessment of shadow prices for human toxicity, ecotoxicity and abiotic depletion -- Cases in Agriculture -- Conservation reconsidered: a modified input-output analysis of the economic impact of China's land conservation policy -- Cases in Industry -- Eco-efficiency in redesigned extended supply chains; furniture as an example -- Practical experiences with reducing industrial use of water and chemicals in the galvanising industry -- Cost-efficient solutions can speed up ecological (and social) development - A proposal -- Cases in Products and Consumption -- Environmental performance of households -- Eco-efficiency analysis of an electrochromic smart window prototype -- Upgrade planning for upgradeable product design -- Cases in Recycling -- A strategic policy model for promoting secondary materials use -- Eco-efficiency analysis of the plastic recovery systems in Hyogo eco-town project.
Keywords: Environmental economics; Environmental management; Environmental monitoring; Environmental Economics; Environmental Management; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis