eco-region

(noun)

a region, smaller than an ecozone, that contains a distinct biodiversity of flora and fauna

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Examples of eco-region in the following topics:

  • Abiotic Factors Influencing Plant Growth

    • In terrestrial eco-regions, these are mainly plants, while in aquatic eco-regions, they are mainly algae.

  • The business eco-system

    • Whether you possess the characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset, or work for someone who does, you can still be instrumental in starting a new venture by understanding the business eco-system.
    • A business eco-system is a set of business components that form the foundation of a new venture's creation.
    • Figuratively, the business eco-system is like a wheel that rolls your new venture forward which is why we represent the business eco-system in a wheel-shaped model.
    • The Business Eco-system Wheel is reprinted and adapted from the Entrepreneurial Marketing Wheel with permission from Mentorography, Inc. © 2008.

  • Building a closed-loop eco-industrial park

    • Most eco-industrial park projects start by estimating the material, water and energy needs of interested businesses.
    • According to industrial ecology planners, the most common characteristics of a successful eco-industrial park include:

  • How successful are eco-industrial parks?

    • A study of eco-industrial parks in Denmark (Kalundborg), Texas (Brownsville and Pasadena), New Hampshire (Londonderry) and Mexico (Matamaros), revealed that the annual economic benefit enjoyed by participating companies in an industrial ecology arrangement is as high as $8 million, with an annual return on investment reaching 59%.
    • (Hollandar, Justin B., and Lowitt, Peter C., Applying Industrial Ecology to Devens: A Report for the Devens Enterprise Council) The longevity of the Harjavalta industrial area in Finland, however, best demonstrates the amount of success an eco-industrial park can enjoy.
    • (Jyrki, Heino, and Tuomo, Koskenkari, ‘Industrial Ecology in the Metallurgy Industry: The Harjavalta Industrial Ecosystem') Eco-industrial parks, it seems, have staying power.
    • For over 20 years, Indigo Development (headed by Ernest Lowe) has worked to cultivate, and provide information about, industrial symbiosis and eco-industrial parks.

  • Introduction to Sustainable Production Locations

    • The city of Londonderry, New Hampshire, for example, became interested in eco-industrial parks after spending ten years and $13 million of taxpayer money cleaning up three toxic waste sites.
    • In Canada, Burnside Park (Halifax, Nova Scotia) is perhaps the best-known example of an eco-industrial park with an estimated 1,500 businesses involved.

  • Molecular Products from Microbes

    • An example of a specific restriction enzyme, EcoRI, which exhibits the ability to target specific sequences within DNA.

  • Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates

  • About this author and acknowledgements

    • Early-stage entrepreneurs can rejoice when they invest the time and energy to build well thought out Business Eco-systems.

  • Sales: the essential rim of the wheel

    • Sales are depicted as the inter-connecting factor of each business component on the Eco-system Wheel because without sales you won't have the revenue necessary to keep your business going.
    • The Business Eco-system Wheel is reprinted and adapted from the Entrepreneurial Marketing Wheel with permission from Mentorography, Inc. © 2008.

  • Introduction to Building Better Buildings

    • Further north, in Minnesota, stands the Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center (PEEC), a $5.3 million commercial and industrial facility.