Journal of Industrial Ecology
Call for Papers:
Special Issue on
Complexity
and Industrial Ecology
Notice
- Deadline extended to April 1, 2008
The
Journal of Industrial Ecology invites you to submit articles for a
special issue on Complexity and Industrial Ecology by February 1, 2008.
Gerard
Dijkema of TU Delft, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management,
The Netherlands, and Lauren
Basson of the University
of Surrey,
Centre for Environmental Strategy, U.K.
will serve as co-editors.
Theme:
Complexity and Industrial Ecology
Industrial ecology
endeavors to “understand how the industrial system works, how it is regulated,
and its interaction with the biosphere; then, on the basis of what we know
about ecosystems, to determine how it could be restructured to make it
compatible with the way natural ecosystems function.” (Erkman, 1997).Much
like ecosystems, man-made systems constantly evolve because individuals,
organizations, governments decide on consumption, industrial design, (dis)investment
and regulation respectively in response to and in interaction with their
respective environment.
In
complexity
theory system evolution is a central paradigm.
Under its banner, a range of methodologies and associated tools have been
developed, such as artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, agent-based
modeling, system dynamics and hybrid modeling. It may therefore be seen
that the use of complexity theory and tools has potential to shift the
frontier of industrial ecology, by enhancing the quality of systems analysis
and by underpinning recommendations for redirecting industrial development
towards sustainability.
Scope:
From Foundations to Applications
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Transitions to Sustainability in a Complex
World
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Governance of change in complex man-made
systems
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Complexity and Transition Management
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Complex Systems Theory
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Foundations of and Scope for Complexity
in Industrial Ecology
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Complexity, Systems Thinking, Socio-Technical
Systems, Systems-of-systems
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Artificial Intelligence, Multi-Agent Systems,
Problem Formulation, Design of Experiments
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Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems
in Industrial Ecology
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Proof of Concept Models (Agent Based Models,
Evolutionary Models, Hybrid Models)
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Applications and Case studies
Submission and Peer Review
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Papers should be concise and to the point,
typically some 10 pages, with a maximum of 7,000 words.
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No special formatting requirements prior
to peer review; however, use a well known file type (MS Word, WordPerfect,
PDF, RTF).
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Papers should be submitted via email file
attachment to <indecol@yale.edu>.No hard copy is needed.
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An EndNote template for formatting references
according to the journal’s style can be downloaded from <www.endnote.com/support/enstyledetail.asp?DKEY=714200664531UAA>.
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Papers will be peer reviewed in a single
blind process
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Papers must be previously unpublished and
not submitted for publication elsewhere.
Inquiries
Questions about Theme
and Content of the Complexity and Industrial Ecology Special Issue can
be directed to the co-editors: Gerard P.J. Dijkema <g.p.j.dijkema@tudelft.nl>
or Lauren Basson <l.basson@surrey.ac.uk>.
Additional questions about the preparation of the manuscript should be
directed to the Journal Editor <indecol@yale.edu>.
Send submissions to:
Reid Lifset
Editor, Journal of Industrial Ecology
Yale University
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
205 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT, 06511-2189 USA
indecol@yale.edu
www.mitpressjournals.org/jie