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Redesigning the Industrial Ecology of the Automobile

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  • Peter Wells
  • Renato J. Orsato

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This article explores the potential of industrial ecology to inform the redesign of an existing industry: that which is concerned with the production, sale, and support of automobiles. In so doing, it brings together the concepts embedded in industrial ecology with issues of economic scale, product design or technology, process technology, and the way in which new combinations of these features can result in an alternative structure for the automotive industry that has the potential to enhance sustainability performance. In so doing, the article advances the general argument that the economic, technical, and spatial organization of production and consumption are co‐determined in a manner that collectively shapes the industrial ecology of an industry. In contradistinction to the prevailing industry, the article then advances the concept of micro factory retailing as an alternative framework for the industry that would result in significantly different performance in terms of industrial ecology.

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  • Peter Wells & Renato J. Orsato, 2005. "Redesigning the Industrial Ecology of the Automobile," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 9(3), pages 15-30, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:inecol:v:9:y:2005:i:3:p:15-30
    DOI: 10.1162/1088198054821645
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    1. Laura C. Aguilar Esteva & Akshat Kasliwal & Michael S. Kinzler & Hyung Chul Kim & Gregory A. Keoleian, 2021. "Circular economy framework for automobiles: Closing energy and material loops," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 25(4), pages 877-889, August.
    2. Muhammad Ahmed Butt & Paul Katuse & Juliana Namada, 2018. "On Green Strategy: Effect on Automotive Industry of Pakistan," International Journal of Business and Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 13(2), pages 221-221, January.
    3. Dhaoui, Elwardi, 2014. "Écologie Politique vs Écologie Industrielle : Synergie des Fonctionnalités et Altérité des Stratégies Utiles à leurs Pilotages [Political Ecology vs Industrial Ecology: Features' Synergy and Othern," MPRA Paper 61380, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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