Journal
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 12, Issue 8-10, Pages 825-831Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.02.003
Keywords
industrial ecology; metaphor; field; institutionalization
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In the 10 years since industrial ecology first became a topic of academic interest, it has grown as a field of inquiry and has produced a community of practice in several sectors including academia, business, and government. Even as the shape of industrial ecology becomes clearer, questions remain as to its lasting power beyond the metaphor that gave it its distinctiveness. This paper examines the development of industrial ecology and assesses its progress towards becoming a field of academic inquiry. And, in a related analysis. I look at the progress industrial ecology has made in establishing itself as an institutional (cultural) basis for action in the above sectors. Ideas like industrial ecology must become institutionalized if they are to have much effect on the reality of everyday activities. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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