During the last two decades, the literature devoted great attention to industrial symbiosis (IS) as an effective strategy to achieve environmental, economic, and social benefits. Accordingly, a wide range of numerical indicators – highly different among them for scope, definition, purpose, and applications – have been developed, to characterize and measure IS. The paper proposes a taxonomy of these indicators with the aim of facilitating their adoption and proper usage in practice. The taxonomy is developed on the basis of a literature review and is addressed to answer three main questions: (1) what to measure, (2) where to measure, and (3) how to measure. This offers a clear picture of available relevant IS indicators in terms of purpose, context, and methodology.

What, where, and how measuring industrial symbiosis: A reasoned taxonomy of relevant indicators / Fraccascia, L.; Giannoccaro, I.. - In: RESOURCES, CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING. - ISSN 0921-3449. - 157:(2020). [10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104799]

What, where, and how measuring industrial symbiosis: A reasoned taxonomy of relevant indicators

Fraccascia L.
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2020

Abstract

During the last two decades, the literature devoted great attention to industrial symbiosis (IS) as an effective strategy to achieve environmental, economic, and social benefits. Accordingly, a wide range of numerical indicators – highly different among them for scope, definition, purpose, and applications – have been developed, to characterize and measure IS. The paper proposes a taxonomy of these indicators with the aim of facilitating their adoption and proper usage in practice. The taxonomy is developed on the basis of a literature review and is addressed to answer three main questions: (1) what to measure, (2) where to measure, and (3) how to measure. This offers a clear picture of available relevant IS indicators in terms of purpose, context, and methodology.
2020
industrial symbiosis; taxonomy; literature review; indicators
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What, where, and how measuring industrial symbiosis: A reasoned taxonomy of relevant indicators / Fraccascia, L.; Giannoccaro, I.. - In: RESOURCES, CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING. - ISSN 0921-3449. - 157:(2020). [10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104799]
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