Special Issue "Eco-Sustainable Development and Circular Economy"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 6 January 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Cristina Cazan
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Centre Product Design for Sustainable Development, Transilvania University of Brasov, Eroilor 29, 500036 Brasov, Romania
Interests: sustainable development and circular economy; waste management; environmental assessment; ecological recycling technology; circular innovations and eco-product; environmental management, quality management, audit; circular business models; bioenergy-biomass; biotechnology; environmental policy for a circular economy
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Dr. Shauhrat S. Chopra
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School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Interests: industrial ecology and symbiosis; life cycle assessment (LCA) for emerging materials and technology; ecosystem goods and services management; climate change adaptation; interdependent urban infrastructure systems
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue on “Eco-Sustainable Development and Circular Economy” represents a forum for experts such as management scientists, engineers, economists, social and political scientists, and industry experts to discuss, in a systematic way, the concepts of circular economy and eco-sustainable development, to bring a new and interdisciplinary approach to these two concepts. Focusing on reducing non-renewable resources and introducing innovative and eco-sustainable elements into the consumption phase makes the circular economy an important strategic model to address substantial environmental challenges, such as resource scarcity, global warming, and waste management, as well as economic, human. and technological changes. The focus of this Special Issue on “Eco-Sustainable Development and Circular Economy” aims to bring a new and interdisciplinary approach to these two concepts, circular economy and eco-sustainable development, by focusing on:

  • Circular economy of waste recycling essential “to close the loop”;
  • Circular product design;
  • Technology and production involving the extension of the life of the product;
  • Production and consumption development systems in which goods previously considered waste are reused as sustainable resources for new processes;
  • Social, economic, and technological change for eco-sustainable development;
  • Circular business models;
  • Eco-design according to circular economy principles during the life cycle;
  • Circular innovations;
  • Digitally enabled circular economy.

This issue aims to publish original articles, reviews, short communications, research notes, analyses, and case studies on topics relating to a circular economy and eco-sustainable development. We look forward to your valuable contribution in order to build together a successful issue that will share with readers state-of-the-art activities and future perspectives on the topic.

Dr. Cristina Cazan
Dr. Shauhrat S. Chopra
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • circular economy of waste
  • eco-sustainable development
  • circular innovations
  • circular business models
  • eco-product
  • circular innovations
  • digitally enabled circular economy
  • clean technologies
  • nature-based solutions
  • ecological engineering
  • green technology
  • climate change and global warming
  • green building
  • eco-sustainable manufacturing
  • environmental policy for a circular economy

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Does the Green Industry Policy Reduce Industrial Pollution Emissions?—Evidence from China’s National Eco-Industrial Park
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6343; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116343 - 03 Jun 2021
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As a regional green industrial policy, the construction of national eco-industrial parks is of great significance to the realization of industrial green transformation, while its environmental effects and mechanisms have not yet been clarified. Using panel data from 308 prefecture-level cities in China [...] Read more.
As a regional green industrial policy, the construction of national eco-industrial parks is of great significance to the realization of industrial green transformation, while its environmental effects and mechanisms have not yet been clarified. Using panel data from 308 prefecture-level cities in China from 2003 to 2017, this study takes the establishment of 3 national-level ecological industrial parks as a quasi-natural experiment, also using a time-varying difference in difference model to examine how green industrial policies affect industrial pollution emissions. The study found that the establishment of a national eco-industrial park has significantly reduced industrial sulfur dioxide emissions, and the emission reduction effect has a lag effect and long-term impact. In cities with strong environmental regulations, provincial capitals and municipalities, and cities with a high degree of marketization, eco-industrial parks have better emission reduction effects, while, in cities with greater economic growth incentives and fiscal pressures, eco-industrial parks are difficult to achieve emission reduction effects. The establishment of national eco-industrial parks can reduce industrial pollution emissions by improving pollution treatment efficiency and energy efficiency, as well as promoting industrial agglomeration. China should continue to promote the implementation of green industrial policies, to strengthen the construction of national-level eco-industrial parks at this stage. Full article
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