Pathways to Environmental Sustainability

Preface.- Part I: Methodologies and tools for environmental sustainability.- 1 Food for thought: seeking the essence of Industrial Symbiosis.- 2 LCA and linear programming for the environmental optimization of waste management systems: a simulation.- 3 Urban Metabolism: many open questions for future answers.- 4 Water footprint to support environmental management: an overview.- 5 Marketing strategies for the agri-food sector: adaptation requirements and contradictions.- 6 Hypercritical Separation Technology (HYST): a sustainable technology for agricultural by-products valorization.- 7 Antioxidative Effectiveness of Environment Friendly Functional Biopolymers for Food Applications.- Part II: Experiences and case studies in productive contexts.- 8 1997 - 2012 The environmental management system of the ST Microelectronics site of Catania is fifteen years old.- 9 Sustainability in the food oil sector: the experience of the Oleifici Mataluni in eco-innovation projects.- 10 Waste management and environmental impact: a case study of pharmaceutical industry.- 11 Subcategory Assessment Method for Social LCA: a first application on the wine sector.- 12 Human and environmental impact assessment for a soybean biodiesel production process through the integration of LCA and RA.- 13 Energy and Environmental Assessment of Retrofit Actions on a Residential Building.- 14 Bio-construction and renewable raw materials: the case of cork.- 15 Studies about the utilization of citrus wastes in view of environment protection.- 16 Prospects for the use of mini and micro wind power plants in residential settings.- Part III: Experiences and case studies in territorial contexts.- 17 Territorial Observatory on Sustainability in the Republic of San Marino: a case study.- 18 The European policy for the sustainability of urban areas and the "Covenant of Mayors" initiative: a case study.- 19 Tools for promoting environmental sustainability in Poland.- 20 The project for theimplementation of the