Presents analogies and analytical concepts pertinent to understanding the dynamics of industrial ecosystems, and offers a reflection on the use of those analogies and concepts, their limitations and potential extensions. This book focuses on stock and flow dynamics at the firm and industry level.

The concluding chapter addresses how to change a firm's environmental performance from within. Researchers and students in the fields of industrial ecology; resource and environmental economics; ecological economics; environmental, energy, and climate change policy; environmental engineering; and energy economics will find this comprehensive volume highly informative.

Contents:ForewordJohn R. EhrenfeldPART I: BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTS1. Background and Concepts: An IntroductionMatthias Ruth and Brynhildur Davidsdottir2. Beyond a Sack of Resources: Nature as a Model - the Core Feature of Industrial EcologyRalf Isenmann, Christoph Bey and Martina KeitschPART II: STOCKS AND FLOWS DYNAMICS3. Stocks and Flows Dynamics: An Introduction Thomas E. Graedel4. Dynamic Modeling of Material Stocks - A Case Study of In-Use Cement Stocks in the United StatesAmit Kapur and Gregory A. Keoleian
5. The Economic Dynamics of Stocks and FlowsBrynhildur Davidsdottir and Matthias Ruth
PART III: AGENT-BASED ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS6. Agent-Based Analysis of Dynamic Industrial Ecosystems: AnIntroductionMarco A. Janssen7. Changing a Firm?s Environmental Performance from Within
Clinton J. Andrews8. Managing Energy Futures and Greenhouse Gas Emissions with the Help of Agent-Based Simulation
David F. Batten and George V. Grozev9. Organizational Dynamics in Industrial Ecosystems: Insights fromOrganizational TheoryJennifer A. Howard-Grenville and Raymond L. Paquin10. Changing Stocks, Flows and Behaviors in Industrial Ecosystems -Retrospect and ProspectBrynhildur Davidsdottir and Matthias Ruth Index