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The Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy

The Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy

This groundbreaking handbook leads the way in accelerating the transition to a sustainable circular economy by introducing the concept of a catalyst as a positive and enhancing driving force for sustainability. Catalysts create and maintain favourable conditions for complex systemic sustainability transition changes and a discussion and understanding of catalysts is required to move from a linear economy to a sustainable and circular economy. With contributions from leading experts from around the globe this volume presents theoretical insights contextualised case studies and participatory methodologies which identify different catalysts including technology innovation business models management and organisation regulation sustainability policy product design and culture. The authors then show how these catalysts accelerate sustainability transitions. As a unique value to the reader the book brings together public policy and private business perspectives to address the circular economy as a systemic change. Its theoretical and practical perspectives are coupled with real-world case studies from Finland Italy China India Nigeria and others to provide tangible insights on catalysing the circular economy across organisational hierarchical and disciplinary boundaries. With its broad interdisciplinary and geographically diverse scope this handbook will be a valuable tool for researchers academics and policy-makers in the fields of circular economy sustainability transitions environmental studies business and the social sciences more broadly. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | The Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy

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The Routledge Handbook of Waste Resources and the Circular Economy

The Routledge Handbook of Waste Resources and the Circular Economy

The Handbook introduces contextualises critiques and discusses a range of perspectives associated with the concept of the circular economy. These perspectives span an array of subjects including economics environmental policymaking sociology environmental science environmental and industrial engineering management international development and human geography. A fundamental underpinning of the Handbook is that it takes account of a wide range of sectors as well as geographical perspectives that incorporate both a Global North and Global South world context. This approach is crucial because it is only within such a holistic perspective that the circular economy concept can truly be examined. In addition these issues are examined both from a theoretical as well as a practical perspective using real-world case studies for illustration. Given its wide subject sectoral and geographical areas of focus the Handbook should be of value not only for those undertaking research in the field of circular economy but also stakeholders involved in policymaking as well as decision-making on the front line. | The Routledge Handbook of Waste Resources and the Circular Economy

GBP 205.00
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Economic Doctrine and Method

Economic Doctrine and Method

'The translation of these essays is a testimony to Professor Schumpeter's power in the analysis of economic thinking' The Financial Times.This classic book is divided into four sections. The first gives a broad survey of economic thought from the days of Aristotle to the beginnings of modern times and the second traces the development of the conception of the circular flow of economic forces. The third and fourth sections cover the main theorems of the classical economists and describe the genesis of the school of marginal utility.

GBP 208.00
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Creating Regenerative Cities

Creating Regenerative Cities

Large modern cities have effectively declared their independence from nature. But while they take up only three percent of the worlds land surface their ecological footprints actually cover the entire globe. Humanity is building an urban future yet urban resource use is threatening the future of humanity and the natural world. To meet the aspirations of city people in both developing and developed countries bold new initiatives are needed. Modern cities are an astonishing human achievement. As centres of innovation they are humanity‘s cultural playgrounds. Their communication and transport systems have developed a global reach. They are attractive to investors because they can offer a vast variety of services at comparatively low per-capita costs. But are they viable as ecological systems? The planning of new cities as well as the retrofit of existing cities needs to undergo a profound paradigm shift. Mere 'sustainable development' is not enough. To be compatible with natural systems cities need to move away from linear systems of resource use and learn to operate as closed-loop circular systems. To ensure their long-term future they need to develop an environmentally enhancing restorative relationship between themselves and the natural systems on which they still depend. Creating Regenerative Cities is a concise solution-oriented manual for creating regenerative urbanisation. A wide range of technical management and policy solutions already exist but implementation has been too slow and too little in large part because the kinds of holistic approaches needed are still unfamiliar to fragmented and process-driven urban policy making and governance. Herbert Girardet's 30 years experience as an ecologist thinker film maker and consultant working around the world has created this unique combination of tried and tested best practices and policies which outlines the fundamental shifts needed in the way we think

GBP 180.00
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