Material flow analysis (MFA), the tracking and analysis of materials
through the environment and the economy at various scales, holds out
the promise of a unique lens through which to examine environmental
challenges, providing a valuable addition to the toolkit available to
analysts and decision makers.
The Journal of Industrial Ecology announces a special issue on
applications of MFA. This special issue describes a variety of ways
in which MFA has addressed real world situations around the globe,
particularly relating to problems of resource scarcity, pollution
abatement and waste management. Articles in the special issue are
available for free download at
<http://www.wiley.com/go/appsmfa>http://www.wiley.com/go/appsmfa for
a limited time. A modest number of free print copies are available
for students, researchers from developing countries and journalists
(contact: [email protected]).
Prof. <http://www.leidenuniv.nl/cml/staff/index.html>Ester van der
Voet, of the <http://www.leidenuniv.nl/cml/index.html>Institute of
Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University, the
Netherlands, Prof. <mailto:[email protected]>Claudia Binder
of the <http://www.uni-graz.at/isis/>Institute of Systems Sciences,
Innovation and Sustainability Research (ISIS) at the University of
Graz, Austria, and Dr. Kirsten Rosselot of
<http://home.netcom.com/~rosselot/>Process Profiles, Calabasas,
California, served as co-editors of the special issue.
The Journal of Industrial Ecology, a peer-reviewed international
scientific journal, is owned by Yale University, headquartered at the
<http://environment.yale.edu/>Yale School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies and published by Wiley-Blackwell. It is the official journal
of the <http://www.is4ie.org/>International Society for Industrial Ecology.
Support for this special issue was provided by the U.S. National
Science Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Cheryl W. Myrup School of Forestry & Env. Studies
Assistant Editor Yale University
Journal of Industrial Ecology 195 Prospect Street
[email protected] New Haven, CT 06511-2189 USA
www.wiley.com/go/jie
