Sustainability at Willow Lake: A Case Study in Service-Learning and the Successful Implementation of Industrial Symbiosis
| dc.contributor.author | Harris, Aaron | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-23T18:39:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-07-23T18:39:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-06 | |
| dc.description | Examining committee: Marc Schlossberg, chair; Jennifer Howard-Grenville | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Industrialecologyexploreshowindustrialsystemscanfunctionmorelikenaturalecosystems.Industrialsymbiosisisasubfieldofindustrialecologyandaimstodevelopmutuallybeneficialscenariosfortheeconomyandtheenvironment.The purposeofthisstudyistoexplainhowindustrialsymbiosisnetworkscanbecreatedandimplementedsuccessfully. ThisstudyprovidesanarrativetodescribehowWillowLakeWaterPollutionControlFacility,onceafacilityonlyforthemanagementofwastewater,isnowamulti‐purposeassetforarangeoforganizationswithwastedisposalneeds.CentraltotheWillowLakenarrativeisaservice‐learningpartnershipbetweenCityofSalemandUniversityofOregon.Thenarrativewasdevelopedwitheightinterviewsandsupportingdocuments. Thestudyconcludeswithrecommendationsforuniversities,cities,andstategovernments.Recommendationsinclude:Stategovernmentsshouldprovidefundingforcitiesinterestedinservice‐learningpartnerships;economic developmentdepartmentsshoulduseaninventoryingprocess;economic developmentdepartmentsthatuseaninventoryingprocessshouldassesstheirabilitytofunctionasthirdpartyfacilitators;SustainableCityYearProgram(SCYP) andotheruniversitiesengagedinservice‐learningprogramsshouldsuggestindustrialsymbiosisprojectstopartnercities;andindustrialsymbiosispartners shouldstaycurrentwithchanging economicvaluesofmaterialsexchangedintheir network. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/13020 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | rights_reserved | en_US |
| dc.title | Sustainability at Willow Lake: A Case Study in Service-Learning and the Successful Implementation of Industrial Symbiosis | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |