We see that javascript is disabled or not supported by your browser - javascript is needed for important actions on the site. Read more

What's New - Home - Login

Member $avings: $81,581,147.40 | Books Available: 793,867 | Members Online: 35

Swap Used Books - Buy New Books at Great Prices!

How To Swap Books Sign Up Search submenu

PBS Market (New Books)

Gift Buying Guide

Book Browser Advanced Search Books Posted Today Member Book Reviews Award Winning Books NYT Best Sellers Amazon Best Sellers Most Traveled Copies Club Wish List

Discussion Forums Book Lists

Club Lists My Book Lists My Watched Lists Create a List

Blog Donations

School Donation Program In Memory of... Military Donation Program Friends of PBS

Box-O-Books Maps The Eclectic Pen Fun Stuff

20 Questions Sudoku Bookmark Creator

Top 100

Requests Posts Swappers Referrers Reviewers

Pulse of PBS Spread The Word

Invite Friends Bookmarks Facebook Page Facebook App More Ways...

Photo Gallery Recipes Club Tag Cloud Member Testimonials

Help Center submenu

How To Swap Books Browse Help Docs Ask the Librarian PBS Member Icons Live Help

Kiosk

PBS Market (New Books) Go Shopping Buy Credits Buy PBS Money Upgrade Membership Gift Certificates Transfer Credits

Need Help?

Search - The U. S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production: An Argument for Restructuring (Urban and Industrial Environments)

The U S Paper Industry and Sustainable Production An Argument for Restructuring - Urban and Industrial Environments
Author: Maureen Smith

"Smith's book is an entirely credible and comprehensive plan for restructuring an entire industrial sector toward ecological imperatives. Its scope and attention to detail will lead to widespread acceptance of the challenge and the practical initiatives required for success." -- Paul Hawken, author, The Ecology of Commerce The problems r... more »ecyclers face with wastepaper are connected to the issues addressed by forest advocates, as well as to the difficulties confronted by those involved with industrial pollution from the paper industry. In this richly detailed study, Maureen Smith shows how industrial and environmental analysis can be synthesized to clarify these complex problems and produce solutions. Smith outlines the basic structural characteristics of the U.S. pulp and paper industry and its relationship to the larger forest products sector, as well as its patterns of domestic and global fiber resource use. She then reviews the core technologies employed in virgin pulp production, with an emphasis on their environmental impacts, the role of technological innovation, and the relationships between fiber choices and pollution prevention. Building on this base she reveals structural barriers within the industry that have impeded positive change and shows how these barriers are reinforced by the traditional isolation of environmental policy domains. The study includes a comparative analysis of how organochlorine pollution from pulp mills has been addressed in the United States, Europe, and Canada (and why the United States has seen the slowest rate of progress); an assessment of commodity trade patterns in the industry and how they are linked to resource demand; an examination of the momentum building around annual plant fiber use and the diverse interests it reflects; and a review of recent developments in paper recycling within the context of historical trends in fiber utilization. A case study of the controversial environmental review process of the largest recycled pulp and paper mill ever proposed ties together earlier elements of the book and forms the basis for the conclusions. In closing, Smith argues convincingly against narrowly focused attempts to "fix" the problems associated with the industry, and offers practical guidance on new frameworks and approaches for industrial restructuring. She highlights the need for regional perspectives that integrate environmental, social, and economic objectives. Urban and Industrial Environment series

ISBN-13: 9780262193771
ISBN-10: 0262193779
Publication Date: 3/1/1997
Pages: 384
Rating:

0 stars, based on 0 rating

Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

Genres:

Business & Money >> Economics >> Environmental Economics
Business & Money >> Industries >> General
Science & Math >> Earth Sciences >> Environmental Science
Science & Math >> Nature & Ecology >> Natural Resources >> Forests & Forestry
Engineering & Transportation >> Professional Science >> Agricultural Sciences >> Forestry
Engineering & Transportation >> Professional Science >> Earth Sciences >> Environmental Science

Back to the Top ↑

Search - The U. S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production: An Argument for Restructuring (Urban and Industrial Environments)

Loading...