Handbook of the circular economy. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Miguel Brandão, David Lazarevic, Göran Finnveden.
• Editors: Brandão, Miguel; Lazarevic, David; Finnveden, Göran
• Contents: Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction and overview -- Part I: Fundamentals of the Circular Economy -- 2 The circular economy: a strategy to reconcile economic and environmental objectives? -- 3 The circular economy as a complex adaptive system -- 4 The role of design as a barrier to and enabler of the circular economy -- 5 Industrial symbiosis networks: application of the circular economy for resource efficiency -- 6 Product service systems: business models towards a circular economy 7 Consumers in the circular economy -- Part II: Assessing the Impacts of a Circular Economy -- 8 Material flow analysis of recycling systems -- 9 An element flow analysis approach to support the circular economy -- 10 Modelling material recycling in life cycle assessment: how sensitive are results to the available methods? -- 11 Environmental economic assessment of novel circular economy and bioeconomy technologies -- 12 Integrated sustainability assessment of a circular economy -- 13 Sex, drugs and the circular economy: the social impacts of the circular economy and how to measure them 14 Monitoring a sustainable circular economy: from the systems level to actors and organizations -- 15 Circular economy rebound -- Part III: Governing the Circular Economy -- 16 Between a policy mix and a policy mess: policy instruments and instrumentation for the circular economy -- 17 The missing link: regulating waste-based materials in the circular economy -- 18 Building ecologies of circular intermediaries -- 19 Transforming business models: towards a sufficiency-based circular economy -- 20 Putting circular ambitions into action: the case of Accus, a small Swedish sign company 21 From waste management to natural capital management in the circular economy -- 22 Refurbishing the 'circular economy' concept in Russia: from industrial policy towards innovation by co-creation -- 23 The circular economy at the heart of French sustainable public policies: what are the consequences? -- 24 How Portugal is applying the circular challenge -- Part IV: Sectoral and Business Case Studies -- 25 What circular economy measures fit what kind of product? -- 26 Circular manufacturing systems -- 27 The circular nutrient economy: needs and potentials of nutrient recycling 28 Understanding forest-based value creation in a regional context -- 29 Bioenergy in the circular economy -- 30 Do bioenergy, bioeconomy and circular economy systems mitigate climate change? Insights from life cycle assessment -- 31 Straw wars -- a consequential saga: the life cycle climate change consequences of replacing plastic with paper -- 32 Circularity in the built environment: a call for a paradigm shift -- 33 Implementation of a circular economy at universities
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 528 pages)
• Subjects: 338.9/27; Sustainable development; Environmental economics; Environmental economics; Sustainable development; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1788972724; 9781788972727
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 06, 2021).
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