Industrial sustainability in China: Practice and prospects for eco-industrial development

Fang, Yiping; Côté, Raymond P.; Qin, Rong

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.03.007

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“…Yet the meso-systems perspective, e. g. outlined by Conticelli and Tondelli (2014), that focuses on eco-industrial parks is even more prominent than the macro-perspective in definitions from 2012 or later, indicating that CE is now increasingly seen as an endeavour that requires efforts particularly at the regional level. Only few definitions, e. g. Fang et al (2007) and Linder et al (2017), mention that CE requires fundamental changes simultaneously at the micro, meso and macro system, an explication we find helpful to underscore the holistic systemic change that CE requires.…”

Section: Core Principles Of the Circular Economymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Those mentioning it highlight that CE requires a fundamental shift instead of incremental twisting of the current system. This coding dimension was refined when it was found upon the review of the various definitions that several authors, e. g. Fang et al (2007), Sakr et al (2011), andJackson et al (2014), argue that the transition to CE needs to occur at three levels which can be interpreted as three levels of the CE system: The macro, the meso and the micro system. While the macro-systems perspective highlights the need to adjust industrial composition and structure of the entire economy, the meso-systems perspective usually focuses on eco-industrial parks as systems (on these parks: Heeres et al (2004), Shi et al (2010)) and this level is also called the 'regional level' at times, e. g. by Li et al (2010, p.4274) or Geng et al (2009.…”

Section: Coding Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Conceptualizing the Circular Economy: An Analysis of 114 Definitions

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A B S T R A C TThe circular economy concept has gained momentum both among scholars and practitioners. However, critics claim that it means many different things to different people. This paper provides further evidence for these critics. The aim of this paper is to create transparency regarding the current understandings of the circular economy concept. For this purpose, we have gathered 114 circular economy definitions which were coded on 17 dimensions. Our findings indicate that the circular economy is most frequently depicted as a combination of reduce, reuse and recycle activities, whereas it is oftentimes not highlighted that CE necessitates a systemic shift. We further find that the definitions show few explicit linkages of the circular economy concept to sustainable development. The main aim of the circular economy is considered to be economic prosperity, followed by environmental quality; its impact on social equity and future generations is barely mentioned. Furthermore, neither business models nor consumers are frequently outlined as enablers of the circular economy. We critically discuss the various circular economy conceptualizations throughout this paper. Overall, we hope to contribute via this study towards the coherence of the circular economy concept; we presume that significantly varying circular economy definitions may eventually result in the collapse of the concept.

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Section: Core Principles Of the Circular Economymentioning

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Conceptualizing the Circular Economy: An Analysis of 114 Definitions

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“…Bonilla et al claim that sustainable development is driving industrialization to a new road, which features high-tech manufacturing, cleaner production, low resource consumption, less environmental pollution, and a full display of the advantages in human resources [35]. Fang et al state that natural resources serve as basic needs for human survival and fundamental drivers of sustainable socio-economic development [36].…”

Section: Definition Of Sustainable Development In the Natural Gas Indmentioning

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Sustainability Assessment of the Natural Gas Industry in China Using Principal Component Analysis

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Under pressure toward carbon emission reduction and air protection, China has accelerated energy restructuring by greatly improving the supply and consumption of natural gas in recent years. However, several issues with the sustainable development of the natural gas industry in China still need in-depth discussion. Therefore, based on the fundamental ideas of sustainable development, industrial development theories and features of the natural gas industry, a sustainable development theory is proposed in this thesis. The theory consists of five parts: resource, market, enterprise, technology and policy. The five parts, which unite for mutual connection and promotion, push the gas industry's development forward together. Furthermore, based on the theoretical structure, the Natural Gas Industry Sustainability Index in China is established and evaluated via the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method. Finally, a conclusion is reached: that the sustainability of the natural gas industry in China kept rising from 2008 to 2013, mainly benefiting from increasing supply and demand, the enhancement of enterprise profits, technological innovation, policy support and the optimization and reformation of the gas market.

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“…Some scholars carried out analysis on the change trends of national discharge of the three wastes (waste water, waste gas, and waste residue) [47][48][49], some other scholars carried out empirical research on many categories of pollutants in different provinces of China [50][51][52][53]. The empirical results indicated that the EKC turning point of industrial pollutants discharge has not been met in China, extensive industrial operational mode with the expense of ecological environment damage brought out monotone increasing cubic curve shape and even backward curve shape of national industrial EKC in some regional industrial systems [13][14][15][16]54,55]. With the guidance of the Ecological Niche Theory, restructuring positive-U curve shape of regional industrial Environmental Kuznets Curve is beneficial to achieve coordinative and sustainable developmental objective of industrial operation and environmental quality.…”

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Measurement Method and Empirical Research on the Sustainable Development Capability of a Regional Industrial System Based on Ecological Niche Theory in China

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Guo

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From the analytical view of a recycling economy, the regional system achieves the goal of sustainable development through improving resource utilization efficiency, reducing energy consumption and ameliorating the quality of water and air. The regional economic system's potential for sustainable development is significantly influenced by regional industrial operational efficiency, which measures the cost of ecology, environment, energy and resources accompanying the economic growth. It is vital for national and regional governments to accelerate harmonious development between products of industrial department, consumption of energy and pollutants discharged. Under the guidance of ecological niche theory and recycling economy theory, the theoretical analysis on efficient relations between regional industrial growth, energy consumption, resources utilization and environmental carrying capacity has been carried out from horizontal and vertical respects. Industrial operational efficiency and the sensitivity coefficient in response to the change of every input and output index can be calculated and critical factors, which restrict sustainable development capability, can be found out so that quantitative references could be provided for administrative decisions. As for the measurement method, a super efficiency mixed data envelopment OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2014, 6 8486 analysis model, which wipes off self-limited condition and either contains both meeting cone characteristic indexes or not, has been established and applied. Statistics from 1993 to 2012 in China are collected to carry out empirical research. On the basis of further analysis, an adjustment strategy can be constituted to improve the capability for sustainable development.

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Industrial sustainability in China: Practice and prospects for eco-industrial development

Cited by 164 publications

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Conceptualizing the Circular Economy: An Analysis of 114 Definitions

Conceptualizing the Circular Economy: An Analysis of 114 Definitions

Sustainability Assessment of the Natural Gas Industry in China Using Principal Component Analysis

Measurement Method and Empirical Research on the Sustainable Development Capability of a Regional Industrial System Based on Ecological Niche Theory in China

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