ABSTRACT
To satisfy these objectives, I first presented the IPP, as it was developed by the end of 2006 (Chapter 2), and then moved to the discussion of ecological economics and industrial ecology (Chapters 3 and 4). This discussion focused on the linkages between them and on the implications for the IPP that can be formulated on that basis. Indeed, in section 4.5, I concluded that not only are these two areas closely related, but also that industrial ecology belongs within the larger field of ecological economics. Moreover, they can provide a theoretical background for policies concerning the rather vaguely understood concepts of sustainable development and its subconcepts of sustainable production and consumption, including the IPP.
