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Circular Economy and Sustainability
Volume 1: Management and Policy
Presents multiple aspects of sustainable policies to inform circular management and strategies
Alexandros Stefanakis (Edited by), Ioannis Nikolaou (Edited by)
9780128198179, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 22 September 2021
696 pages, Approx. 110 illustrations
23.5 x 19 x 4.2 cm, 1.36 kg
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.
1. A review of circular economy literature through a threefold level framework and engineering-management approach Ioannis E. Nikolaou and Alexandros I. Stefanakis 2. Steering the circular economy: A new role for Adam Smith's invisible hand Keith R. Skene 3. A systems thinking perspective for the circular economy Seigo Robinson 4. Conceptualizing the circular bioeconomy Warren E. Mabee 5. Circular economy and financial performances of European SMEs Cristina Mocanu, Eva Militaru, Ana Maria Zamfir, and Monica Mihaela Maer-Matei 6. History and evolution of the circular economy and circular economy business models Alisha Tuladhar, Konstantinos Iatridis, and Dimo Dimov 7. 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 ?. Vatalis, and Ioannis E. Nikola 8. Exploring resource-service systems—Beyond product-service systems and toward configurations of circular strategies, business models, and actors Fenna Blomsma, Mike Tennant, and Geraldine Brennan 9. Complementing circular economy with life cycle assessment: Deeper understanding of economic, social, and environmental sustainability Mehzabeen Mannan and Sami G. Al-Ghamdi 10. 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-Muiña 11. Circular economy during project life cycle Ibtisam Sulaiman Alhosni, Omar Amoudi, and Nicola Callaghan 12. The role of ecodesign in the circular economy Karine Van Doorsselaer 13. Sustainable finance and circular economy Anastasios Sepetis 14. 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. Hughes 15. A framework to integrate circular economy principles into public procurement Ioannis E. Nikolaou, Thomas A. Tsalis, and Konstantinos I. Vatalis 16. 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 Freitas 17. Awareness-led social lab on circular economy in Switzerland: Exploring serendipity Darya Gerasimenko and Erica Mazerolle-Castillo 18. How circular design at signify brings economic, environmental, and social value Anton Brummelhuis and Thomas Marinelli 19. Circular economy and urbanism: A sustainable approach to the growth of cities Elena Turrado Domínguez, Rafael Hernández López, and M.A. Fernández López 20. Overview: The smart sustainable city initiatives and the circular economy Azadeh Dindarian 21. Transitioning into circular food consumption practices: An analytical framework Borrello Massimiliano and Cembalo Luigi 22. From linear economy legacies to circular economy resources: Maximising the multifaceted values of legacy mineral wastes William 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 Tomic 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 Jonker 27. The contemporary research on circular economy in industry Victor Fukumoto and Alexandre Meira de Vasconcelos 28. The role of collaborative leadership in the circular economy Nermin Kisi 29. 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 Kemp 30. 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 Fortuin 31. VALUABLE—Transition of automotive supply chain to the circular economy Alberto Fernandez Minguela, Robin Foster, Alistair Ho, Emma Goosey, and Juyeon Park 32. Circular economy in the cosmetics industry: An assessment of sustainability reporting O. Mikroni, G. Fountoulakis, P. Vouros, and K.I. Evangelinos 33. 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. Hughes 34. Approaches to the circular economy in Armenia and Portugal: An overview K.S. Winans, Irina Mkrtchyan, and João Pedro Moreira Goncçalves
Subject Areas: Sustainable agriculture [TVF], Waste treatment & disposal [TQSR], Climate change [RNPG], Environmental policy & protocols [RND]
