Leslie W. Ayres & Robert U. Ayres 
Handbook of Industrial Ecology [PDF ebook] 

Industrial ecology is coming of age and this superb book brings together leading scholars to present a state-of-the-art overviews 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 fieldmethodology, covering the main approaches to analysis and assessmenteconomics and industrial ecologyindustrial ecology at the national/regional leveindustrial ecology at the sectoral/materials levelapplications 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.