This document provides an in-depth look at eco-industrial parks and best practices through a case study of the Kaizer Meadow Eco-Industrial Park in the Municipality of the District of Chester, Nova Scotia. It defines eco-industrial parks, describes the context and industries of the municipality, and outlines the objectives and methodology of the study. Recommendations are provided based on a review of academic literature on best practices for eco-industrial parks and how they align with municipal and provincial policies.
Our Goal: Lasting human well-being by Conservation International, Ricky Nunez. Presentation for Seminar on Environmental Reporting conducted at Hotel Alejandro, Tacloban City.
Session 20 comparing the nexus along the mekong gangaCPWF Mekong
3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food & Energy 2013. Presentation from Session 20: Is the Nexus Secure … and for Whom?: Unpacking Nexus Discourses on Food, Water, and Energy Security in South and Southeast Asia
1) The document discusses the interconnectivity between various sustainable development goals (SDGs) such as economic growth, healthy societies, and environmental protection.
2) It provides several examples of how water management strategies, such as solar irrigation, can help achieve multiple SDGs by improving food security, livelihoods, climate adaptation and mitigation.
3) The document emphasizes that sustainable development requires understanding the complex relationships and trade-offs between different sectors such as water, energy, food, and ecosystems.
Presented by IWMI's V. Ratna Reddy at the 3rd International Conference on the Status of Future of the World's Large Rivers, April 18 - 21, 2017, New Dheli, India.
SWaRMA_IRBM_Module1_#1, Principles of IWRM and IRBM: Challenges for the Himal...ICIMOD
The document discusses integrated water resources management (IWRM) and integrated river basin management (IRBM) approaches. It emphasizes that water resources should be managed holistically by considering the interactions between water, land, ecosystems, and human activities across an entire river basin. The document also outlines several key principles of IWRM and IRBM, such as stakeholder participation, treating water as an economic good, and ensuring intergenerational equity when allocating water resources.
A presentation delivered to Friends of the Earth by The FREdome Visionary Trust about Operation OASIS - a project to reclaim arid lands for agroforestry - enabling the large-scale natural conversion of carbon emissions into diminishing carbon resources, such as food and fuel.
This document discusses natural capital, which refers to natural assets like soil, water, forests, and biodiversity that support the economy. It notes that while GDP and other traditional economic indicators are used, they do not account for impacts on natural capital or environmental degradation. It argues that natural capital accounting is needed to properly value nature and inform decision-making. The document also discusses the media's role in raising awareness of environmental issues and calls on news organizations to provide more constructive coverage of natural capital and sustainability topics to shape a sustainable future.
Our Goal: Lasting human well-being by Conservation International, Ricky Nunez. Presentation for Seminar on Environmental Reporting conducted at Hotel Alejandro, Tacloban City.
Session 20 comparing the nexus along the mekong gangaCPWF Mekong
3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food & Energy 2013. Presentation from Session 20: Is the Nexus Secure … and for Whom?: Unpacking Nexus Discourses on Food, Water, and Energy Security in South and Southeast Asia
1) The document discusses the interconnectivity between various sustainable development goals (SDGs) such as economic growth, healthy societies, and environmental protection.
2) It provides several examples of how water management strategies, such as solar irrigation, can help achieve multiple SDGs by improving food security, livelihoods, climate adaptation and mitigation.
3) The document emphasizes that sustainable development requires understanding the complex relationships and trade-offs between different sectors such as water, energy, food, and ecosystems.
Presented by IWMI's V. Ratna Reddy at the 3rd International Conference on the Status of Future of the World's Large Rivers, April 18 - 21, 2017, New Dheli, India.
SWaRMA_IRBM_Module1_#1, Principles of IWRM and IRBM: Challenges for the Himal...ICIMOD
The document discusses integrated water resources management (IWRM) and integrated river basin management (IRBM) approaches. It emphasizes that water resources should be managed holistically by considering the interactions between water, land, ecosystems, and human activities across an entire river basin. The document also outlines several key principles of IWRM and IRBM, such as stakeholder participation, treating water as an economic good, and ensuring intergenerational equity when allocating water resources.
A presentation delivered to Friends of the Earth by The FREdome Visionary Trust about Operation OASIS - a project to reclaim arid lands for agroforestry - enabling the large-scale natural conversion of carbon emissions into diminishing carbon resources, such as food and fuel.
This document discusses natural capital, which refers to natural assets like soil, water, forests, and biodiversity that support the economy. It notes that while GDP and other traditional economic indicators are used, they do not account for impacts on natural capital or environmental degradation. It argues that natural capital accounting is needed to properly value nature and inform decision-making. The document also discusses the media's role in raising awareness of environmental issues and calls on news organizations to provide more constructive coverage of natural capital and sustainability topics to shape a sustainable future.
Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala and the
second most important city next to Mumbai on the Western
coast of India, is a land having a wide variety of residential
environments. The present pattern of the city can be classified
as that of haphazard growth with typical problems
characteristics of unplanned urban development. This trend
can be ascribed to rapid population growth, our changing
lifestyles, food habits, and change in living standards,
institutional weaknesses, improper choice of technology and
public apathy. Ecological footprint analysis (EFA) is a
quantitative tool that represents the ecological load imposed
on the earth by humans in spatial terms. This paper analyses
the scope of EFA as a sustainable environmental management
tool for Kochi City.
The document discusses integrated water resources management (IWRM) in Myanmar. It provides background on IWRM concepts and principles, and how they are being applied in Myanmar through efforts such as establishing river basin organizations, reforming water sector policies and laws, and integrating water management across levels and sectors to achieve sustainability, equity, and efficiency. Lessons from applying IWRM in other countries emphasize that the approach must be adapted to each local context and priorities, and involve stakeholders at all levels through participatory processes.
Michael B Ef D Meeting Presentation (3 Nov 2008)a95osksj
1) The document reports on an inventory of payments for ecosystem services (PES) and market-based environmental schemes (MES) in China, including watershed compensation programs, water rights trading, forestry programs, and more.
2) These programs were initiated in the 1990s and have expanded significantly, motivated in part by environmental disasters. The national government now promotes "ecocompensation" policies.
3) There is significant diversity in local policies and initiatives that blend central government policies and funding in innovative ways to address resource issues, primarily involving water resources.
7. cooperations through iwrm for better water governance,northeast thailand. ...CPWF Mekong
This document summarizes a case study on integrated water resource management (IWRM) in the Chi River basin of Northeast Thailand. The study examines centralized practices by government officials and weak cooperation between agencies and villagers. It analyzes livelihood approaches and water needs in three villages impacted by flooding and drought. Key findings include power issues between agencies, rare applications of IWRM, and dynamic water challenges. Recommendations call for revolutionizing cooperation between ministries, empowering local authorities, and deterritorializing administrative areas for flexible water management.
This chapter discusses various topics related to urbanization and sustainable development:
1) More than half of humans now live in cities, and that number is expected to reach three-quarters by 2050 as large cities continue expanding rapidly worldwide.
2) Many cities face issues like overcrowding, pollution, and lack of sufficient housing as they struggle to accommodate large populations. Slums and shantytowns often form on the outskirts of major cities in developing nations.
3) The chapter explores concepts like urban sprawl, smart growth, and sustainable development - which emphasizes meeting needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs.
The document summarizes the development of new composting regulations in Maryland. It discusses how Bill HB 817 led to the creation of a statewide composting work group that made recommendations to streamline regulations and promote on-farm and decentralized composting. It also outlines many challenges to expanding composting infrastructure and advocates for supporting distributed, small-scale composting systems as part of a sustainable agriculture and climate protection strategy.
Urban Water Management Workshop ManchesterCaBASupport
The document summarizes a workshop on urban water management. It discusses why planning for water is important to reduce flooding and disruption and improve resilience. Good planning can reduce flooding, improve water quality and make cities more livable. The workshop covers how policy, legislation, and different plans work together on water management. It also discusses who is involved in water management partnerships and how they can achieve multiple benefits through innovative approaches.
1) The document discusses the water scarcity problem in Maharashtra state in India, which is experiencing severe drought. It notes that thousands of liters of water are being used daily to maintain cricket pitches for the IPL tournament, despite the crisis.
2) The Mumbai High Court criticized the water usage for the cricket pitches when people lacked water. However, the MCA argued the water was non-potable.
3) The document proposes setting up decentralized wastewater treatment plants near the cities hosting IPL matches. Treated wastewater could be reused, including for watering the cricket pitches. The BCCI could fund such plants through donations, benefiting farmers and residents.
The document summarizes a dialogue session on ecoregion-specific water conservation in India. It discusses that India has 90 agro-ecological zones requiring different approaches to water conservation based on local conditions. Examples are shared from different regions of how communities are addressing water scarcity through reviving traditional structures and adopting localized solutions. Key recommendations include respecting geo-cultural diversity, converging government schemes for maximum impact, strengthening local institutions, recognizing traditional knowledge, and ensuring participation of communities, governments, and civil society in water security efforts. The dialogue series aims to develop solutions for water and livelihood security in India.
East Devon District Council is committed to sustainable development and creating sustainable communities. Some of its core priorities include promoting employment sites and a knowledge-based economy, providing housing and infrastructure, rural regeneration, and maintaining services while managing budget cuts. Climate change is expected to increase temperatures, cause more flooding and drought, and harm biodiversity in the region over the coming decades. Development must balance environmental, social, and economic needs to ensure livable communities now and for future generations.
This document provides an executive summary of the report "Charting Our Water Future" which was created by the 2030 Water Resources Group to analyze solutions to increasing water scarcity. The group consisted of private companies and organizations who worked with experts to develop frameworks to inform decision-making. The report found that by 2030, over a third of the world's population will live in areas facing water stress, and that current rates of increasing supply and efficiency will not meet rising demand. However, the report also finds that through measures like improving agricultural efficiency, augmenting supply, and reducing water intensity in economies, water needs can potentially be met at an affordable cost even in rapidly developing areas.
Recap from day 2 and overview of day 3, by Josefina Maestu, director UNW-DPAC, at 2014 UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference. Preparing for World Water Day 2014: Partnerships for improving water and energy access, efficiency and sustainability. 13-16 January 2014.
The document describes a local action project that aims to work with local communities to enhance natural capital in urban areas. It does this by providing evidence and resources to support targeting and implementing environmental management actions. The project will conduct a review of environmental assets and natural capital, assess benefits and priorities, and develop an "urban practitioners toolbox" of potential interventions. It will also produce detailed opportunity mapping. The project focuses on areas like Leicester and aims to quantify benefits, identify needs and opportunities, and support partnerships to increase funding and implementation of actions.
Rapid degradation of peri-urban ecosystems is resulting in a loss of associated ecosystem services. Water provision, storm-and waste-water regulation, along with protection from natural disasters and erosion, are the impacted services that most acutely affect poor or vulnerable populations. The poor may be disproportionately impacted by loss of ecosystem services due to lack of political power around land use decision making and limited alternatives for livelihoods, housing, or basic services. Vulnerability extends to urban populations that depend on the ecosystem services provided by or flowing through peri-urban areas. Often, the loss of ecosystems is irreversible and the replacement of associated services is costly, if even possible.
This document provides a baseline study of the Maroodi Jeex Landscape in Somaliland for a climate change program. It summarizes the socio-economic and gender context of the landscape. Livestock production, primarily through nomadic pastoralism and agro-pastoralism, is the main livelihood and economic activity. While traditional social roles assign men to productive activities and women to domestic/reproductive roles, women also engage in productive activities related to livestock and crop production. The landscape faces challenges of water scarcity, environmental degradation, and lack of development services.
The Defra Local Action Project has been working with local communities to enhance the value of natural capital in our towns, cities and other urban spaces to improve people’s lives, the environment & economic prosperity…For each Demonstration Area we have developed a suite of evidence and information resources to support the targeting and implementation of environmental management or enhancement actions in urban landscapes. On the 18th April 2016 the Westcountry Rivers Trust delivery team met with several key stakeholders and practitioners who work in Manchester to examine the preliminary outputs of the Local Action Project.
Presented by Jeremy Bird, Director General of IWMI, at the 1st High Level Scientific Consultation Panel and Ministerial Roundtable for the Adaptation of African Agriculture (AAA) to Climate Change initiative held in Marrakech, Morocco, on September 29 - 30, 2016.
Parkland 1_Mossland Park Vision and Concept Statement_lowresGeoff Whitten
Mossland Park would create over 1,000 hectares of new parkland in Greater Manchester enabled by three sustainable urban extensions that would provide around 5,000 new homes. The parkland centered around Worsley Moss, Botany Bay Woods, and parts of Chat Moss would be the largest new park created in the region for a generation. It would help meet Greater Manchester's significant housing and employment land needs in a sustainable way while also providing important green infrastructure, biodiversity benefits, and recreational opportunities for surrounding communities.
Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala and the
second most important city next to Mumbai on the Western
coast of India, is a land having a wide variety of residential
environments. The present pattern of the city can be classified
as that of haphazard growth with typical problems
characteristics of unplanned urban development. This trend
can be ascribed to rapid population growth, our changing
lifestyles, food habits, and change in living standards,
institutional weaknesses, improper choice of technology and
public apathy. Ecological footprint analysis (EFA) is a
quantitative tool that represents the ecological load imposed
on the earth by humans in spatial terms. This paper analyses
the scope of EFA as a sustainable environmental management
tool for Kochi City.
The document discusses integrated water resources management (IWRM) in Myanmar. It provides background on IWRM concepts and principles, and how they are being applied in Myanmar through efforts such as establishing river basin organizations, reforming water sector policies and laws, and integrating water management across levels and sectors to achieve sustainability, equity, and efficiency. Lessons from applying IWRM in other countries emphasize that the approach must be adapted to each local context and priorities, and involve stakeholders at all levels through participatory processes.
Michael B Ef D Meeting Presentation (3 Nov 2008)a95osksj
1) The document reports on an inventory of payments for ecosystem services (PES) and market-based environmental schemes (MES) in China, including watershed compensation programs, water rights trading, forestry programs, and more.
2) These programs were initiated in the 1990s and have expanded significantly, motivated in part by environmental disasters. The national government now promotes "ecocompensation" policies.
3) There is significant diversity in local policies and initiatives that blend central government policies and funding in innovative ways to address resource issues, primarily involving water resources.
7. cooperations through iwrm for better water governance,northeast thailand. ...CPWF Mekong
This document summarizes a case study on integrated water resource management (IWRM) in the Chi River basin of Northeast Thailand. The study examines centralized practices by government officials and weak cooperation between agencies and villagers. It analyzes livelihood approaches and water needs in three villages impacted by flooding and drought. Key findings include power issues between agencies, rare applications of IWRM, and dynamic water challenges. Recommendations call for revolutionizing cooperation between ministries, empowering local authorities, and deterritorializing administrative areas for flexible water management.
This chapter discusses various topics related to urbanization and sustainable development:
1) More than half of humans now live in cities, and that number is expected to reach three-quarters by 2050 as large cities continue expanding rapidly worldwide.
2) Many cities face issues like overcrowding, pollution, and lack of sufficient housing as they struggle to accommodate large populations. Slums and shantytowns often form on the outskirts of major cities in developing nations.
3) The chapter explores concepts like urban sprawl, smart growth, and sustainable development - which emphasizes meeting needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs.
The document summarizes the development of new composting regulations in Maryland. It discusses how Bill HB 817 led to the creation of a statewide composting work group that made recommendations to streamline regulations and promote on-farm and decentralized composting. It also outlines many challenges to expanding composting infrastructure and advocates for supporting distributed, small-scale composting systems as part of a sustainable agriculture and climate protection strategy.
Urban Water Management Workshop ManchesterCaBASupport
The document summarizes a workshop on urban water management. It discusses why planning for water is important to reduce flooding and disruption and improve resilience. Good planning can reduce flooding, improve water quality and make cities more livable. The workshop covers how policy, legislation, and different plans work together on water management. It also discusses who is involved in water management partnerships and how they can achieve multiple benefits through innovative approaches.
1) The document discusses the water scarcity problem in Maharashtra state in India, which is experiencing severe drought. It notes that thousands of liters of water are being used daily to maintain cricket pitches for the IPL tournament, despite the crisis.
2) The Mumbai High Court criticized the water usage for the cricket pitches when people lacked water. However, the MCA argued the water was non-potable.
3) The document proposes setting up decentralized wastewater treatment plants near the cities hosting IPL matches. Treated wastewater could be reused, including for watering the cricket pitches. The BCCI could fund such plants through donations, benefiting farmers and residents.
The document summarizes a dialogue session on ecoregion-specific water conservation in India. It discusses that India has 90 agro-ecological zones requiring different approaches to water conservation based on local conditions. Examples are shared from different regions of how communities are addressing water scarcity through reviving traditional structures and adopting localized solutions. Key recommendations include respecting geo-cultural diversity, converging government schemes for maximum impact, strengthening local institutions, recognizing traditional knowledge, and ensuring participation of communities, governments, and civil society in water security efforts. The dialogue series aims to develop solutions for water and livelihood security in India.
East Devon District Council is committed to sustainable development and creating sustainable communities. Some of its core priorities include promoting employment sites and a knowledge-based economy, providing housing and infrastructure, rural regeneration, and maintaining services while managing budget cuts. Climate change is expected to increase temperatures, cause more flooding and drought, and harm biodiversity in the region over the coming decades. Development must balance environmental, social, and economic needs to ensure livable communities now and for future generations.
This document provides an executive summary of the report "Charting Our Water Future" which was created by the 2030 Water Resources Group to analyze solutions to increasing water scarcity. The group consisted of private companies and organizations who worked with experts to develop frameworks to inform decision-making. The report found that by 2030, over a third of the world's population will live in areas facing water stress, and that current rates of increasing supply and efficiency will not meet rising demand. However, the report also finds that through measures like improving agricultural efficiency, augmenting supply, and reducing water intensity in economies, water needs can potentially be met at an affordable cost even in rapidly developing areas.
Recap from day 2 and overview of day 3, by Josefina Maestu, director UNW-DPAC, at 2014 UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference. Preparing for World Water Day 2014: Partnerships for improving water and energy access, efficiency and sustainability. 13-16 January 2014.
The document describes a local action project that aims to work with local communities to enhance natural capital in urban areas. It does this by providing evidence and resources to support targeting and implementing environmental management actions. The project will conduct a review of environmental assets and natural capital, assess benefits and priorities, and develop an "urban practitioners toolbox" of potential interventions. It will also produce detailed opportunity mapping. The project focuses on areas like Leicester and aims to quantify benefits, identify needs and opportunities, and support partnerships to increase funding and implementation of actions.
Rapid degradation of peri-urban ecosystems is resulting in a loss of associated ecosystem services. Water provision, storm-and waste-water regulation, along with protection from natural disasters and erosion, are the impacted services that most acutely affect poor or vulnerable populations. The poor may be disproportionately impacted by loss of ecosystem services due to lack of political power around land use decision making and limited alternatives for livelihoods, housing, or basic services. Vulnerability extends to urban populations that depend on the ecosystem services provided by or flowing through peri-urban areas. Often, the loss of ecosystems is irreversible and the replacement of associated services is costly, if even possible.
This document provides a baseline study of the Maroodi Jeex Landscape in Somaliland for a climate change program. It summarizes the socio-economic and gender context of the landscape. Livestock production, primarily through nomadic pastoralism and agro-pastoralism, is the main livelihood and economic activity. While traditional social roles assign men to productive activities and women to domestic/reproductive roles, women also engage in productive activities related to livestock and crop production. The landscape faces challenges of water scarcity, environmental degradation, and lack of development services.
The Defra Local Action Project has been working with local communities to enhance the value of natural capital in our towns, cities and other urban spaces to improve people’s lives, the environment & economic prosperity…For each Demonstration Area we have developed a suite of evidence and information resources to support the targeting and implementation of environmental management or enhancement actions in urban landscapes. On the 18th April 2016 the Westcountry Rivers Trust delivery team met with several key stakeholders and practitioners who work in Manchester to examine the preliminary outputs of the Local Action Project.
Presented by Jeremy Bird, Director General of IWMI, at the 1st High Level Scientific Consultation Panel and Ministerial Roundtable for the Adaptation of African Agriculture (AAA) to Climate Change initiative held in Marrakech, Morocco, on September 29 - 30, 2016.
Parkland 1_Mossland Park Vision and Concept Statement_lowresGeoff Whitten
Mossland Park would create over 1,000 hectares of new parkland in Greater Manchester enabled by three sustainable urban extensions that would provide around 5,000 new homes. The parkland centered around Worsley Moss, Botany Bay Woods, and parts of Chat Moss would be the largest new park created in the region for a generation. It would help meet Greater Manchester's significant housing and employment land needs in a sustainable way while also providing important green infrastructure, biodiversity benefits, and recreational opportunities for surrounding communities.
Importance of Social , Political and Economic Sustainability in Industrial Gr...Dr Muhammad Jamil Bajwa
Presentation includes population,literacy rate,major crops and exports in Pakistan.It also focuses on sustainable development/sustainability and its main characteristics,global issues,opportunities/challenges, economic impact,sustainable industrialisation and SME etc.
Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) is located in Suzhou, China and was established in 1994 through cooperation between China and Singapore. SIP has focused on sustainable development and becoming an environmentally friendly industrial park. It has implemented various environmental protection systems and initiatives. As a result, SIP now leads in various eco-indexes and resource efficiency measures. It aims to serve as a model eco-civilization zone through continued efforts in areas like green energy, emissions reductions, and recycling.
Design and social responsibility, industrial heritageSandra Draskovic
The document discusses the importance of preserving industrial heritage and revitalizing abandoned industrial sites. It provides examples of successful industrial heritage revitalization projects in Germany where abandoned factories, mines, breweries and other industrial sites have been renovated for new uses like museums or cultural centers. The document also examines challenges around assessing the significance of industrial heritage and criteria for evaluating heritage value, such as historical, aesthetic, research and social importance. Guidelines are presented for documenting, assessing structural reliability and sustainably reusing industrial heritage buildings.
The role of science, industrial and technology parksAntonio Sfiligoj
presented at UNIDO workshop "Fostering inclusive and sustainable local industrial development in Europe and Central Asia" Ljubljana Slovenija April 8 2014
The applicability of industrial symbiosispraxis to improving the environment...Luciano Batista
This document summarizes a presentation on applying principles of industrial symbiosis to improve the environmental sustainability of food supply chains. Industrial symbiosis involves sharing resources like materials, energy, and information between organizations to reduce costs and environmental impacts. The presentation uses the example of a food sector to discuss how engaging organizations in a food supply chain in symbiotic relationships could improve the overall sustainability of the system. The speaker argues that food production faces challenges of limited resources that industrial symbiosis may help address, and asks if supply chain members could collaborate to benefit each other and the entire chain's sustainability performance.
Diffusion in platform-based markets: big data driven agent-based modelJari Jussila
Presentation of case study: Diffusion in platform-based markets: big data driven agent-based model based on Huotari et al. 2014 in Industrial Big Data Business Morning 10.2.2015 at Tampere University of Technology
This document discusses cities and economic zones. It begins with an overview of UNIDO and its mandate to promote inclusive and sustainable industrial development. It then discusses the importance of cities and two emerging trends in urban development: Eco-Industrial Parks and Innovation Districts. Eco-Industrial Parks aim to strengthen environmental and economic performance through collaboration between businesses. Innovation Districts focus on attracting creative and knowledge-based industries back to urban areas. The document provides examples of each type of economic zone and describes UNIDO's project to retrofit existing industrial parks in Vietnam into Eco-Industrial Parks to improve sustainability and competitiveness.
The document is Thomas Suwandi's CV and portfolio. It includes sections about his professional experience as an architect, education, computer skills, languages, and interests. The portfolio highlights several industrial and commercial building design projects he led as an architect at Royal HaskoningDHV from 2013 to 2016.
Este documento proporciona instrucciones sobre cómo usar la búsqueda avanzada en Google. Explica que la búsqueda avanzada permite restringir los resultados de las búsquedas mediante el uso de filtros como sitio web, imagen, libro, noticia o video. Luego, detalla los pasos a seguir, que incluyen ingresar términos de búsqueda y seleccionar filtros.
Los almogávares eran guerreros mercenarios catalanes y aragoneses que lucharon en el Mediterráneo durante los siglos XIII y XIV. Originarios del valle de los Pirineos, los almogávares participaron en las guerras italianas y establecieron el ducado de Atenas, antes de desaparecer gradualmente en el siglo XIV bajo el Papa Juan XXII y en Bizancio.
This document is a dissertation written by Nemanja Maslar that examines the market entry strategy of EY (formerly Ernst & Young) in Serbia. It begins with an introduction that provides background on Serbia's transitioning economy and discusses problems like unemployment and lack of economic growth. The purpose of the research is then presented as explaining how EY entered the Serbian market and overcame barriers to operating there. Key research questions focus on the components of EY's international market strategy in Serbia and how they applied advantages of globalization. The methodology section outlines the use of theoretical frameworks, secondary sources, and qualitative interviews with EY employees to gather data on their market entry process.
This document provides 10 questions for a business owner to consider when properly valuing their business and developing a business interruption plan. The questions address factors like financial information, expected changes, expenses, recovery time, business continuity plans, alternative locations, market factors, network security, key suppliers/customers, and disability insurance for key employees. Developing answers to these questions will help ensure a business has adequate insurance coverage to remain operational during a worst-case disaster scenario.
Este documento resume la experiencia de una persona que se perdió mientras caminaba y leía un libro. Después de correr y beber agua, no podía decidir si acompañaría a su madre a un cumpleaños o se quedaría en casa escuchando la radio. Mientras caminaba, se distrajo leyendo y se pasó de lugar. Caminó durante horas recordando momentos felices de su infancia hasta que reconoció el camino a casa y se reunió con su madre, decidiendo acompañarla.
Un LMS (Sistema de Gestión de Aprendizaje) permite gestionar cursos presenciales o a distancia mediante funciones como el registro de alumnos y cursos, control de acceso, evaluaciones, y generación de informes. Proporciona ventajas como ahorro en profesores y acceso flexible para estudiantes, pero también tiene desventajas como la dependencia del fabricante y el alto costo. Existen LMS libres como Sakai y Dokeos, y comerciales como Blackboard y WebCT.
1. Integrated rural development projects from the 1960s-1970s and integrated conservation and development projects from the 1980s onward provide lessons for REDD+ project design. Both suffered from trying to accomplish too much too fast and a lack of understanding of local socio-political contexts.
2. Landscape-scale projects since the mid-1990s in places like the Congo Basin aim to balance conservation and development goals across larger geographies. They emphasize long timeframes, capacity building, and addressing threats at multiple scales.
3. Conditional cash transfer programs demonstrate the potential for incentives to change behaviors like education enrollment, but designing effective programs requires defining clear target populations and conditions.
This document contains excerpts from various sources discussing MIT's relationships with fossil fuel companies and climate issues. It criticizes MIT leaders like Rafael Reif, Ernest Moniz, Susan Hockfield, and Maria Zuber for their ties to fossil fuel companies and for weakening MIT's climate plans. It shows the large salaries and compensation Reif received as a Schlumberger director. It questions MIT's partnerships with Russia on fracking and criticizes Moniz for misleading the public on methane leaks.
Preserving and restoring parkland, protecting critical watersheds, maintaining native wildlife and plant species, and providing high quality recreational activities are important for the future of the parks. The purpose of a Sustainability Plan is to ensure that Ottawa County will be able to maintain its current practices and develop a strategy for future opportunities with an ever-growing population and increasing park use.
The plan identifies goals Ottawa County Parks aspires to accomplish within five years, at which time the plan will be reviewed. The goals are organized into Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability. Objectives and actions will be included to specify the exact steps that must be taken in order to reach the indicated goals. The plan will be available to the public to review later this year.
Enhancing Justice and Sustainability at the Local Level: Affordable Policies ...ElisaMendelsohn
This document summarizes research on policies cities can implement to promote both sustainability and social equity. It discusses case studies of community gardening, urban agriculture, green energy programs, reuse centers, and locally-oriented green businesses. The report finds that while few cities explicitly connect sustainability and equity goals, some have had success promoting both through partnerships between government, non-profits and community groups.
Detailed comprehensive plans and federal funding grants need some of the same elements to thrive. If a community identifies its needs as part of the planning process, it can, as part of a continuous proposal building process, pinpoint which grants will help meet those needs. Federal grants are available for communities with an integrated vision for connecting economic development, community development, and environmental protection to create greater livability. This session will explain why comprehensive community planning should be an integral part of the federal funding process to help facilitate the continuous development of proposals.
Achieving Impact Through Knowledge Management and Communication in the Hindu ...Olivier Serrat
Access to timely and high-quality research outputs and knowledge products of ICIMOD by member countries and the wider regional and global community will inform, promote, and accelerate learning about and solutions to the challenges facing mountains ecosystems and their people. As a learning, knowledge, and enabling center for mountains, knowledge management and communication must be at the center of everything ICIMOD does.
The document is the City of Ryde's annual State of the Environment community newsletter. It highlights sustainability projects coordinated by the City of Ryde Council in the 2010-2011 financial year. It discusses initiatives such as the Top Ryder community bus service, expansion of cycling paths, youth and school environmental education projects, a climate change adaptation study, the Sustainable Businesses in Ryde program, energy saving initiatives, and the Catchment Connections program. The newsletter aims to inform residents about sustainability programs and encourage participation in environmental protection efforts.
Australia’s food and land use system faces
a storm of converging pressures. The world’s
population is growing, expected to reach close
to 10 billion by 2050, and will have growing and
changing demands for food and fibre. At the
same time, the accelerating impacts of climate
change present major risks for farming – without
adaptive action climate change could reduce
agricultural productivity and farmer profitability
by up to 40-60 per cent by 2060i.
Meanwhile, competing demands could reduce
the amount of land available for food production.
This includes demands for timber production,
bioenergy, and urban and industrial development.
Climate change will also have profound impacts
on natural systems2. There is an urgent need for
land management changes to reduce emissions,
sequester carbon in soils, trees and other
vegetation, and to protect, restore and build
resilience of natural systems. How will we
meet these competing demands on a limited
land resource?
Producers of food, fibre and timber manage more
than half of Australia’s landmass, and are therefore
critical to any future change in land use3.
Awareness and adoption of sustainable
practices is increasing in the face of climate
risks, unreliable weather patterns, competition
for water, consumer concerns about health,
environmental and animal welfare impacts of
farming, and increasing accountability
demands from governments. Indeed, some of
the most innovative and inspiring examples
of sustainable food production and land use
originate in Australia.
The finance sector is also beginning to shift, with
investment in sustainable land use increasing
eightfold globally in the decade to 20154, and
$4.5 trillion annual global business opportunities
from investment in sustainable food and land use
identified by 20305.
This momentum is positive. However, a barrier
to improving the sustainability of land use is
the immaturity of tools and systems to enable
adequate, consistent measurement of ‘natural
capital’. These tools are a way to value the
environment and integrate this value as part
of land management, financial and policy
decision-making.
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Eco-Industrial Parks
An in depth look at best practices
Julia Million (Third Year Planning and Sustainability Major)
Dalhousie University School of Planning
April 10, 2015
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Executive Summary
Over a four month semester
Dalhousie Planning students studied
various aspects of the Municipality of
the District of Chester for Dr. Ahsan
Habib. These topics were natural
landscape, cultural landscape,
economic landscape, land use and
built form, municipal and provincial
policy review, social landscape and
transportation infrastructure. These
studies were conducted to gain a
broader understanding of the area and
provide the municipality with
potential recommendations. In this
specific study economics is the topic
initially researched and later
developed to include the Kaizer
Meadow Eco-Industrial Park as a
focus. This report provides an in
depth look at what is an eco-industrial
park, best practices, and
recommendations moving forward
with future eco-industrial park
developments.
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Contents
Executive Summary.................................................1
Contents ...................................................................2
Introduction..............................................................3
Background..............................................................4
Context.....................................................................5
Rational of Study .....................................................7
Objectives of the Planning Study.............................8
Methodology and Process........................................9
Study Findings .......................................................11
i) Definition of an Eco-Industrial Park……….…..11
ii) Kaizer Meadow Eco-Industrial Park………….12
iii) Government Documents………….…………..13
Best Practices.........................................................15
Recommendations..................................................18
References..............................................................19
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Introduction
After reviewing academic journals, analyzing
municipal planning documents, and applying
educated thought, conclusions as to how eco-
industrial parks (EIP) can be useful to a
municipality were found and the following
recommendations are made towards future
EIP development projects:
• Accept and encourage slow growth for
lasting impact;
• Continue to promote and partner;
• Continue to evaluate economic and
environmental benefits of the
partnerships regularly, and;
• Remember it will not be easy and
requires a lot of patience, persistence,
adaptability, and an open mind.
Many experimental urban or rural Eco-
Industrial Park (EIP) development projects
have been encouraged worldwide and at least
four EIP are in the final planning or early
development stages in the USA: Brownsville,
Texas; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Cape
Charles, Virginia; and Baltimore, Maryland
(Grant, 2000). The Municipality of the District
of Chester is currently developing an eco-
industrial park of their own, Kaizer Meadows
Eco-Industrial Park.
On a national scale environmental goals are
identified in the Global Action plan for
Sustainable Development: Local Agenda 21.
Local Agenda 21 (LA21) addresses the critical
needs to involve all sections of society in all
countries of the world in decision-making for
sustainable development. For the purpose of
this planning study a focus will be directed on
the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan
(ICSP) for the Municipality of the District of
Chester. The goals within it support future
environmental developments such as an eco-
industrial park.
Within this study successful framework
outlines are provided to encourage a more
symbiotic system of business where each
company is connected to the other through
waste or raw material exchange and best
practices are described. The Journal of
Cleaner Production is referenced often in this
study based on its academic validity. Eco-
industrial parks in the Netherlands are studied
in the Journal of Cleaner Production and
provide many of these successful framework
outlines.
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Background
The area of focus for this report is The
Municipality of the District of Chester
(MDOC). The Municipality of the District of
Chester occupies 1, 122.22 square meters
along the south shore of Nova Scotia
(Statistics Canada 2011). The District is made
up of small rural communities and coastal
villages (reVISION, 2015). The Communities
are some of the oldest in the province and the
area is rich in history and culture. This district
was created in 1997 and since then 10,599
people choose to live in the District of Chester
according to the 2011 Census.
The Municipality is adjacent to Halifax
Regional Municipality, Hants County, Kings
County, and the Municipality of Lunenburg.
The Atlantic Ocean lies to the south of the
municipality. There are four eco-districts
within Chester: South Shore, St.Margaret’s
Bay, LaHave Drumlins, and South Mountain.
Generally, the land is undulating terrain with
varying smoothness, shaped from glacial
activity of the last ice age (Cann & Hilchey,
1958). Water bodies, such as lakes, rivers, and
ponds, and marshes are also scattered across
the terrain. Hemlock, red spruce, and white
pine trees all dominate this area with the
occasional sugar maple and yellow birch.
The Municipal Government of Chester has a
council consisting of seven councilors, and
multiple committees of the council. The
committees of the council include Audit &
Budget Committee, Building Code &
Unsightly Premises, Citizens Planning
Advisory Committee, Committee of the
Whole, Health and Wellness Committee,
Kaizer Meadow Advisor Committee, Landfill
Citizens Monitoring Committee, RCMP
Advisory Committee, Recreation & Parks
Committee, Solid Waste Sub-Committee,
Village Planning Advisory Committee, and
Spectacle Lake Watershed Advisory.
A statistical, environmental and governmental
background of MDOC is important to be
aware of. They are important because within
this report each of these topics are mentioned
and considered. The potential creation of an
association or nonprofit organization is
advised to maintain active participation by
both the companies and government groups
involved in the park process in best practices
which is another reason why each of these
aspects in the background are important to be
aware of.
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Context
Current industries of MODC are:
Sales and Services (22%), Trades and
Transportation (19%), and Education
and Government (12%) (reVISION,
2015). Many workers in trades and
transportation provide services to the
fisheries and forestry sectors. All of
these industries have the potential to
become symbiotic. Symbiotic often
refers to a diverse number of
organisms that live together and their
interactions are beneficial and
dependent on each other. “Eco-
industrial parks should resemble
natural eco-systems as much as
possible because in such a system,
energy and resources are used
optimally and wastes are absent.”
(Pg986, Heeres 2004). Kaizer
Meadow Eco-Industrial Park will be
discussed further in the findings
section of the report but it is
important to note that the
Municipality of the District of
Chester is currently pursuing this
optimal energy exchange system.
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Rational of Study
This study was first intended to gain a broader
understanding of the Municipality of the District
of Chester, and later developed to focus more on
eco-industrial parks best practices after
discovering Kaizer Meadows Eco-Industrial Park
in MODC.
This study is important because:
• Industrial production is a reality of our
globe
• Environmental goals are emerging but are
yet to be fully met and implemented
• There are considerable economic
investments and savings available
On a local scale this study can help provide
insight on better practices towards the emerging
innovation of eco-industrial parks. These projects
require a considerable economic and social
investment from all participants. The potentially
long-lasting benefits of an eco-industrial park are
desirable and with focused attention long-lasting
benefits can be obtained. Currently Kaizer
Meadows Eco-Industrial Park is within the
beginning stages of development and this is the
perfect time to apply a solid base for more
sustainable development. The ONE Nova Scotia
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report is one example of local government
and grassroots leaders taking initiative and
encouraging a change to occur in Nova
Scotia. The report highlights a need for
economic change and progress through new
innovation and risk taking with greater
collaboration. Kaizer Meadows is pursuing
that progress. On a global scale,
governments are creating more
environmental goals within national
documents such as the Global Action plan
for Sustainable Development: Local Agenda
21. Local Agenda 21 (LA21) addresses the
critical needs to involve all sections of
society in all countries of the world, e.g
indigenous people, local authorities, business
and industry, the scientific and technological
communities, school and colleges, in
decision-making for sustainable
development. LA21 initiatives are now in
place to encourage central or local
authorities to develop policies for sustainable
development. These are concerned with
public health, safety, and environmental
protection. Industry and its impact on public
health, safety, economic and social
development and the environment has been
at the center of the debate on sustainable
development (Freeman, 1996).
Objectives of the planning study
The objective of this planning study was to
gain a basic understanding of the
Municipality of the District of Chester,
conduct in-depth research to identify a local
issue, and offer recommendations. This
study aims to meet the following objectives:
• Identify economic and environmental
significance of Kaiser Meadows Eco-
Industrial Park
• Define an eco-industrial park
• Compare case studies of various
other eco-industrial parks
• Outline how this park aligns with
current government documents and
plans
• Offer suggestions for best practices
and moving forward
Almost all objectives are met. Resources on
eco-industrial parks were available, and
access to government documents was easily
obtainable. Further suggestions based on this
planning study are provided. Identifying the
economic and environmental significance of
Kaizer Meadows Eco-Industrial Park is not
as obtainable due to limited measurements
made and the relatively recent state of
development Kaizer Meadows Eco-
Industrial Park.
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Methodology and Process
Throughout the span of a three month semester planning students at Dalhousie
University conducted a vigorous study of the Municipality of the District of Chester. This
planning study was proposed and facilitated by Dr. Ahsan Habib, a transportation
engineer, and Dalhousie professor. Groups were formed analyzing various aspects of the
municipal structure and landscape. This report emerged from an initial group study
reviewing the economic landscape of the Municipality of the District of Chester. Group
research on this topic was done by Rhiannon Gilbart, Alex Leung, Julia Million, Emma
Stucke, and Kyle Whynot.
Group
Research
• Municipal
website
• StaYsYcs
Canada
• Planning
documents
IndenYfy
Gap
• SWOT
model
• Relevance
• Curiosity
Individual
Research
• Academic
resources
• Planning
documents
• Municipal
professsionals
Analysis
&
Results
• Define
• Compare
• Suggest
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After this group planning study was completed gaps were identified using a structured
planning model ‘SWOT’ to determine strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
of a project. From this identification a few gaps emerged. One of the threats identified
was a local push for industrial production based on economic incentive and the potential
environmental consequences of that. The existence of the Kaizer Meadows Eco-industrial
Park within the municipality was discovered and this concept appeared to be an
innovative remedy to the potential threat identified using the SWOT model.
Individual research was then conducted reviewing academic resources, planning
documents, and web resources. Later municipal professionals were contacted and further
information pertaining to the Kaizer Meadows Eco-Industrial Park emerged. Sean Gillis
and Sarah MacKelvie, both newly appointed planners for MODC, offered general
knowledge surrounding recent developments of the Kaizer Meadows Eco-Industrial Park
and recommended Bruce Forest, the Director of Solid Waste in MODC, be contacted.
Bruce Forest later provided a 2013 third draft development document that was read and
added to individual research collection.
After individual research was collected, an analysis and comparison was done
resulting in the findings, best practices, and suggestions moving forward.
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Study Findings
Findings after research was conducted
include:
i) Professional definition of an Eco-
Industrial Park
ii) A brief overview of the Kaizer
Meadows Eco-Industrial Park
iii) Government documents that
support environmental goals
i) Definitions of an Eco-Industrial Park
“An eco-industrial park is an industrial system which conserves natural and economic
resource; reduces costs and liabilities; improves operating efficiency, quality, worker
health and public image; and provides opportunities for income generation from use and
sale of wasted material.” – 1995, Cote and Hall
“An eco-industrial park is a community of manufacturing and service businesses seeking
enhanced environmental and economic performance through collaboration in management
environmental and resources issues including energy, water and materials.” – Lowe
“An eco-industrial park is an area where businesses work together to optimize the use of
resources. Waste from one company provides the raw material or energy for another. This
synergy between industries fosters economic benefits while contributing to sustainable
development.”
“Eco-industrial parks should resemble natural eco-systems as much as possible because in
such a system, energy and resources are used optimally and wastes are absent.” (Pg. 986,
Heeres 2004)
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expenses are fixed. The current landfill
processes 37,000 tonnes of waste per year
(5,600 from MODC and 31,400 from
outside). Host fees charged to users permit
MODC to remain competitive and build
reserve for future costs (MODC, 2014).
Currently Kazer Meadows is producing
biomass pellets and recyclable materials
using a several stage separation, boiler and
recycled water.
The Municipality of the District of Chester is
now presented with a proposal for
development. This proposal is presented by
Sustane Technologies, a company that turns
landfill waste into a commodity by using it
as fuel overseas. They claim that with their
technology they have the ability to reduce
landfill waste by 90%. This means that only
10% of waste would be going to the landfill,
and 90% of the waste is turned into a fuel
product, and operational costs are reduced.
This proposal has not yet been accepted nor
declined. Halifax Regional Municipality
(HRM) has also proposed a partnership with
the Municipality of the District of Chester by
transferring large amounts of HRM to
MODC. This partnership could result in
MODC receiving a host fee, along with
increased volume that Sustane Technologies
could use.
ii) Kaizer Meadows Eco-
Industrial Park located in
Chester, Nova Scotia
As according to the Chester website “The
Kaizer Meadow Eco-Industrial Park is
developed as a location of choice for green
businesses. The eco-park helps tenants
improve their bottom line and shrink their
environmental footprint.” The website states
it will do this by sharing environmental
expertise; assisting tenants to safely and
efficiently deal with waste and reuse water;
and developing clean, reliable energy
sources. Benefits of locating in the Kaizer
Meadows Eco-Industrial Park, also stated by
the municipal website are: unparalleled
access to waste management facilities and
expertise; managers who are well-equipped
to hand the needs of a green industry;
proximity to excellent transportation links;
ability to locate near like-minded; industry-
leading businesses; and social benefits like
schools, culture, and way of life.
According to a municipal public information
poster outlining the current Kaizer Meadows
project there is 800 acres of land assigned to
future development. Currently only about 90
acres are being used. Operations of this site
are based on a business model where a larger
volume of waste increases viability as many
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In a 2010 news release on the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency Government
of Canada website Gerald Keddy, Member
of Parliament for South Shore-St. Margaret’s
invested $220,000 towards the site
preparations of the Kaizer Meadow
Environmental Management Centre, in
Chester. The support is being provided
through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities
Agency’s Innovative Communities Fund
(ICF).
Kaizer Meadows Eco-Industrial Park
recognizes the potential issues with the
project. They are:
• The industry is evolving, bringing
new technologies that are changing
the landscape of this type of business;
• Kaizer Meadow’s business model is
based on adequate volume. They are
down approximately 10,000 tonnes
from the original projections;
• A loss in volume equals increase in
processing costs, which negatively
impacts our existing partners and
ability to compete, and;
• If they cannot compete they are no
longer viable as a landfill
iii) Government documents that
support environmental goals
It was mentioned previously that many
environmental goals are emerging as the
national, provincial, and municipal
governments accept a need for
environmental protection. One document,
previously mentioned, is the Global Action
plan for Sustainable Development: Local
Agenda 21. Local Agenda 21 (LA21)
addresses the critical needs to involve all
sections of society in all countries of the
world in decision-making for sustainable
development. For the purpose of this
planning study a focus will be directed on
the Integrated Community Sustainability
Plan (ICSP) for the Municipality of the
District of Chester.
Focusing on the ICSP for The Municipality
of the District of Chester, many goals and
objectives are identified that support
environmental protection and appear to align
with current developments concerning the
Kaizer Meadows Eco-Industrial Park.
The Municipality of the District of Chester
also performed a SWOT analysis which
identified alternative energy as an
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needed and the province should become
more involved to provide better tools to the
municipality. Second, goal number seven
outlines there is a need for better public
environmental education and access to
information. People need to understand the
options, costs, and benefits. This addresses
the importance of communications and
awareness between the public and
administration of government. The third,
goal number nine continues to address better
communications to public on environmental
developments and better feedback.
All of these goals outlined in the ICSP for
the Municipality of the District of Chester
emphasize a local and governmental focus
towards environmental sustainability.
opportunity. Future plans for the Kaizer
Meadows Eco-Industrial Park include wind
turbine development. Referring to chapter 6
‘The Vision’ for MODC, in March 2008,
was aimed towards a stable and diverse
municipality. This includes an emphasis on
fiscal responsibility, controlled sustainable
development, and partnerships between
governments, the private sector, and
community groups.
In chapter 8 ‘Meeting the Public’ of the
ICSP for the Municipality of the District of
Chester public consultations was heard,
identifying a want to protect environmentally
sensitive areas, water specifically. Students
from Forest Heights Community School
were even consulted for the study and
reiterated a want for alternative energies,
more recycling, and ‘natural’ products to be
highly rewarded by perhaps a tax deduction.
This want for environmental protection is
seen not only by current government
professionals, but also by children in
MODC.
Chapter 9 ‘Senior Staff Initiatives’ outlines
ten top priorities. Number three of those ten
top priorities is to focus on environmental
goals. First, goal number four states it is
important to protect naturally sensitive areas.
It is identified here that better tools are
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Best Practices
The Journal of Cleaner Production provided
valuable insight and a better understanding
of what makes an Eco- Industrial park
successful. A recognized Dutch example
outlines that these are the components
needed for success:
• Active company/ industry
participation in the planning stages of
the project are essential to assure
active participation;
• Company participation in the project
should be assured through
involvement of the local
‘entrepreneur/employer’ association
or through an active recruitment
procedure by the project initiator;
• The costs of EIP planning should not
be solely carried out by the
government, and;
• The initial focus of the EIP project
should not be on the establishment of
physical energy, water, and material
waste exchanges but on the
establishment of utility sharing
projects
Looking further into the Journal of Cleaner
Production article Eco-industrial park
initiative in the USA and the Netherlands:
first lessons Dutch initiatives were the most
successful. Their success is connected to
heavy local and regional government
involvement through an association body,
but they are not seen as an effective way to
improve economy because Dutch projects
were heavily funded by their government. A
specific eco-industrial park initiative
referenced through the study is located in
Kalundborg, Denmark. This eco-industrial
park was not intentionally an EIP but
gradually evolved over a number of decades
when participants discovered that the
establishment of energy and waste
exchanges resulted in economic benefits for
all parties involved. Total economic benefit
is estimated between 12- 15 million US
dollars per year. Environmental benefits
were an accidental bonus (Heeres, 2004).
Useful information was captured by
analyzing this article in the Journal of
Cleaner Production. One important section
of this article outlines how the Dutch
Environment Ministry has a task force of
integrated chain management. Integrated
chain management is the management of
material flows, in chains caused by social
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activities, with respect to the environmental
boundaries. The management of the material
flows mentioned three main objectives in
their background towards successful
operation:
1) Reduce the use of non-renewable
resources (fossil fuels) and stimulate
the use of sustainable energy as
much as possible;
2) Keep the balance in process of use
and production of renewable
resources. (This means making sure
that one does not use more of a
particular resource in a year than the
amount of the resource produced in
the same year.); and
3) Keep renewable and non-renewable
resources as long as possible in the
material cycles, unless this is not
environmentally desirable
(List sourced from: Vermeulen WJV, Kok MTJ,
Cramer JC. Perspectives on integrated chain
management: options for policy. The Hague;
1995.)
The Journal of Cleaner Production 2004
article also outlined a successful
approach to Eco-Industrial Park
development outlining the following:
• Involve active participation from
multiple stakeholders (partners such
as public sector stakeholders from
local, regional, and national
government agencies, representatives
of local companies / potential future
tenants in the EIP, leaders in
industrial and financial community,
local chambers of commerce, labor
representatives, education
institutions, practitioners with project
capabilities such as architects,
engineers, ecologists, environmental
managers and educators, and
community and environmental
organizations (Heeres, 2004).
• Gather information on all
stakeholders based on: basic
company information, products and
markets, employee information, raw
materials, energy, environment,
manufacturing networks, and future
plans (Heeres, 2004).
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• Acknowledge common barriers
that arise in ‘symbiotic’
relationships: Technical (an
exchange is technically unfeasible),
Economic (an exchange might be
economically unsound or
economically risky from a company
perspective), Informational (the right
people do not have the needed
information at the right time),
Organizational (the intended
exchange might not fit in the current
corporate organizational structure),
and Regulatory / Legal (caused by
the jungle of environmental laws and
regulations) (Heeres, 2004).
All of these approaches involve inter-
relationships between multiple groups of
people and individuals. The success of an
eco-industrial park is determined by many
factors but the previously listed approaches
have proved valuable throughout initial
development.
Further along, it is advised that a local
entrepreneur or employment association play
a mediator role to alleviate confusion and
conflict throughout development. By
creating and providing the role of an initiator
or mediator there is a platform on which
active participation, by both companies and
governments, can be maintained. The
association co-ordinates on behalf of the
companies after individual companies
express their visions and ideas in the various
project groups established by the over-all
EIP project organization. In Dutch eco-
industrial park models this association was
recognized as a main factor of success when
compared to three other parks in the United
States.
19.
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Julia
Million
/
Dalhousie
University
School
of
Planning
/
Winter
2015
Study
done
for
Dr.
Ahsan
Habib
Recommendations
After reviewing professional definitions of an eco-
industrial park, gaining a basic understanding of
Kaizer Meadows Eco-Industrial Park in the
Municipality of the District of Chester, applying
relevance to current government environmental goals,
and examining best practices these recommendations
are made to future eco-industrial park developments:
• Accept and encourage slow growth for
lasting impact;
• Continue to promote and partner;
• Continue to evaluate economic and
environmental benefits of the partnerships
regularly, and;
• Remember it will not be easy and requires a
lot of patience, persistence, adaptability, and
an open mind
A further recommendation towards lasting
development of a newly emerging eco-industrial park
in Nova Scotia is to partner with Bullfrog Energy to
share utilities. Bullfrog Energy is a green energy
provider in Nova Scotia that specializes in biofuel,
geothermal, hydropower, tidal power, wave power,
and wind power. This recommendation is based on a
conclusion discovered by Reeves in the Journal of
Cleaner Production 2004; before emphasizing waste
exchange, a familiarity and commitment can be built
by simply establishing a utility sharing project
between businesses in the EIP.
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Eco-Industrial Parks: An in-depth look at best practices
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