Circular Economy and Sustainability

Volume 1: Management and Policy

AvAlexandros Stefanakis,Ioannis Nikolaou

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

The concept of circular economy is based on strategies, practices, policies, and technologies to achieve principles related to reusing, recycling, redesigning, repurposing, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recovering water, waste materials, and nutrients to preserve natural resources. It provides the necessary conditions to encourage economic and social actors to adopt strategies toward sustainability. However, the increasing complexity of sustainability aspects means that traditional engineering and management/economics alone cannot face the new challenges and reach the appropriate solutions.

Thus, this book highlights the role of engineering and management in building a sustainable society by developing a circular economy that establishes and protects strong social and cultural structures based on cross-disciplinary knowledge and diverse skills. It includes theoretical justification, research studies, and case studies to provide researchers, practitioners, professionals, and policymakers the appropriate context to work together in promoting sustainability and circular economy thinking.

Volume 1, Circular Economy and Sustainability: Management and Policy, discusses the content of circular economy principles and how they can be realized in the fields of economy, management, and policy. It gives an outline of the current status and perception of circular economy at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels to provide a better understanding of its role in achieving sustainability.

Volume 2, Circular Economy and Sustainability: Environmental Engineering, presents various technological and developmental tools that emphasize the implementation of these principles in practice (micro-level). It demonstrates the necessity to establish a fundamental connection between sustainable engineering and circular economy.

Presents a novel approach, linking circular economy concepts to environmental engineering and management to promote sustainability goals in modern societies
Approaches the topic on production and consumption at both the micro and macro levels, integrating principles with practice
Offers a range of theoretical and foundational knowledge in addition to case studies that demonstrate the potential impact of circular economy principles on both economic and societal progress

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-09-22
Mått:191 x 235 x 40 mm
Vikt:1 360 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:696
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780128198179

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Alexandros I. Stefanakis is Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece. His expertise lies in ecological engineering and technology, specifically in nature-based solutions for sustainable water and wastewater management. He is known as an expert and enthusiast of the green technology of constructed wetlands. He studies and investigates the role of nature-based solutions in a circular water economy Ioannis E. Nikolaou is Associate Professor of Corporate Environmental Management and Performance in the Department ofEnvironmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. His current work focuses on linking knowledge-basedviews of firms with corporate environmental management and engineering, circular business models, as well as developingessential system dynamic models to explain strategic alliances of firms to face contemporary environmental challenges.

Innehållsförteckning

1. A review of circular economy literature through a threefold level framework and engineering-management approachIoannis E. Nikolaou and Alexandros I. Stefanakis2. Steering the circular economy: A new role for Adam Smith's invisible handKeith R. Skene3. A systems thinking perspective for the circular economySeigo Robinson4. Conceptualizing the circular bioeconomy Warren E. Mabee5. Circular economy and financial performances of European SMEs Cristina Mocanu, Eva Militaru, Ana Maria Zamfir, and Monica Mihaela Maer-Matei6. History and evolution of the circular economy and circular economy business models Alisha Tuladhar, Konstantinos Iatridis, and Dimo Dimov7. A triple-level framework to evaluate the level of involvement of firms in the circular economy (CE)G. Lanaras-Mamounis, A. Kipritsis, Thomas A. Tsalis, Konstantinos Ι. Vatalis, and Ioannis E. Nikola8. Exploring resource-service systems—Beyond product-service systems and toward configurations of circular strategies, business models, and actors Fenna Blomsma, Mike Tennant, and Geraldine Brennan9. Complementing circular economy with life cycle assessment: Deeper understanding of economic, social, and environmental sustainability Mehzabeen Mannan and Sami G. Al-Ghamdi10. Life cycle costing as a way to include economic sustainability in the circular economy. New perspectives from resource-intensive industries M. Sonia Medina-Salgado, Anna Maria Ferrari, Davide Settembre-Blundo, Marco Cucchi, and Fernando E. García-Muiña11. Circular economy during project life cycle Ibtisam Sulaiman Alhosni, Omar Amoudi, and Nicola Callaghan12. The role of ecodesign in the circular economy Karine Van Doorsselaer13. Sustainable finance and circular economy Anastasios Sepetis14. How to advance sustainable and circular economy-oriented public procurement—A review of the operational environment and a case study from the Kymenlaakso region in Finland R. Husgafvel, L. Linkosalmi, D. Sakaguchi, and M. Hughes15. A framework to integrate circular economy principles into public procurement Ioannis E. Nikolaou, Thomas A. Tsalis, and Konstantinos I. Vatalis16. The role of public policy in the promotion of sustainability by means of corporate social responsibility: The case of the chemicals sector worldwide Joana Costa, Manuela Castro Silva, and Tania Freitas17. Awareness-led social lab on circular economy in Switzerland: Exploring serendipity Darya Gerasimenko and Erica Mazerolle-Castillo18. How circular design at signify brings economic, environmental, and social value Anton Brummelhuis and Thomas Marinelli19. Circular economy and urbanism: A sustainable approach to the growth of cities Elena Turrado Domínguez, Rafael Hernández López, and M.A. Fernández López20. Overview: The smart sustainable city initiatives and the circular economy Azadeh Dindarian21. Transitioning into circular food consumption practices: An analytical framework Borrello Massimiliano and Cembalo Luigi22. From linear economy legacies to circular economy resources: Maximising the multifaceted values of legacy mineral wastesWilliam M. Mayes, Susan L. Hull, and Helena I. Gomes 23. "Closing two loops"—The importance of energy recovery in the "closing the loop" approach Tihomir Tomić and Daniel Rolph Schneider 24. Investigation of the sustainable waste transportation in urban and rural municipalities—Key environmental parameters of the collection vehicles use Piotr Nowakowski, Krzysztof Szwarc, and Mariusz Wala 25. New age zero waste sustainable apparel industry: Design practices, innovative approaches, and technological intervention Indranil Saha and Deepak John Mathew 26. A conceptual and empirical study into the process and emerging patterns enabling the transition to a circular economy: Evidence from the Dutch dairy sector Hilde Engels and Jan Jonker27. The contemporary research on circular economy in industry Victor Fukumoto and Alexandre Meira de Vasconcelos28. The role of collaborative leadership in the circular economy Nermin Kişi29. Issues, interventions, and innovations in the cement industry: A comparative trajectory analysis of eco-cement transitions in the Netherlands, China, and Japan Serdar Türkeli, Beijia Huang, Satoshi Ohnishi, and René Kemp30. The potential for a circular economy in the nonroad mobile machinery industry—The case of Linde Material Handling GmbH Sergey Makaryan, Holger Hoppe, and Karen Fortuin31. VALUABLE—Transition of automotive supply chain to the circular economy Alberto Fernandez Minguela, Robin Foster, Alistair Ho, Emma Goosey, and Juyeon Park32. Circular economy in the cosmetics industry: An assessment of sustainability reporting O. Mikroni, G. Fountoulakis, P. Vouros, and K.I. Evangelinos33. Company perspectives on sustainable circular economy development in the South Karelia and Kymenlaakso regions and in the publishing sector in Finland R. Husgafvel, L. Linkosalmi, D. Sakaguchi, and M. Hughes34. Approaches to the circular economy in Armenia and Portugal: An overviewK.S. Winans, Irina Mkrtchyan, and João Pedro Moreira Goncçalves