Eco-industrial parks (EIPs) and low-carbon zones can help address environmental and ecological challenges while retaining their role as production hubs and growth centers. Development Institutions like the World Bank, IFC, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and Korea Industrial Complex Corporation (KICOX) have been leading the drive to promote these concepts in emerging economies, while countries like the Republic of Korea, Denmark, China, Japan, and Germany have been at the forefront of their implementation.
This report provides the latest thinking on eco-industrial parks, bringing together experiences from different countries and providing a vision on how these initiatives can be scaled up or mainstreamed. It will provide policy makers with insight conceptualizing EIPs and what different factors need to be considered in putting together an EIP program. The report builds the basis for further development of guidelines and step-by-step approaches on how to develop a national program on EIPs.