Clean production

Author: Zhao Yuming
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Based on introducing the historical background of the concept of cleaner production and analyzing China's resource, environmental, and ecological issues, this book proposes the concept and scope of the cleaner production system. It comprehensively introduces the differences and advancements between cleaner production and end-of-pipe pollution control, the objectives, benefits, and content of cleaner production, the indicator system and its applications, the legal and policy foundations of cleaner production, the support and guarantee systems for implementing cleaner production, the methodology of cleaner production auditing, and the analysis of cleaner production in environmental impact assessments of construction projects. It highlights cleaner production projects characterized by the integration of high technologies such as substitution technologies, reduction technologies, and informatization. It also introduces the progress of eco-industry and circular economy concepts based on cleaner production. The book reflects the latest achievements and development prospects in cleaner production research. Written by the author based on years of teaching and research in cleaner production at Nanjing University, this textbook is designed for undergraduate students majoring in environmental science and engineering. It can also be used as a reference for undergraduate students of other disciplines to take as an elective course and for training environmental protection management personnel.