The societal strength of transition: a critical review of the circular economy through the lens of inclusion

Z Liu, D Schraven, M de Jong… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Realizing a circular economy (CE) has been widely recognized by practitioners and
researchers as the key to the transition toward sustainability. Thus far the academic …

The circular built environment toolbox: A systematic literature review of policy instruments

FB Ancapi, K Van den Berghe, E van Bueren - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The built environment plays a central role in the transition towards the circular economy as
they concentrate major consumer and polluter human activities. However, the way BEs are …

Match circular economy and urban sustainability: Re-investigating circular economy under sustainable development goals (SDGs)

L Dong, Z Liu, Y Bian - Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2021 - Springer
The concept of circular economy (CE) offers an innovative and systematical approach to
address a number of urban sustainability issues, via exploring symbiotic ways to design …

Research on the spatial differentiation and driving forces of eco-efficiency of regional tourism in China

R Wang, B Xia, S Dong, Y Li, Z Li, D Ba, W Zhang - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tourism eco-efficiency is an important indicator that has often been applied to measure the
quality of green tourism development. This paper takes the 31 provinces of China as …

The road to eco-efficiency: Can ecological civilization pilot zone be useful? New evidence from China

Z Chai, F Guo, J Cao, X Yang - Journal of Environmental Planning …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Ecological civilization construction is an important dimension to achieve high-quality
economic development. This paper evaluates the eco-efficiency improvement effect of …

Reflective backward analysis to assess the operational performance and eco-efficiency of two industrial districts

A Appolloni, I D'Adamo, M Gastaldi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The best strategy to apply for the future cannot disregard a careful analysis of the
past and is the one capable of seizing opportunities from outside. Manufacturing sectors are …

A pinch-based multi-energy targeting framework for combined chilling heating power microgrid of urban-industrial symbiosis

WN Yong, PY Liew, KS Woon, SRW Alwi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel energy targeting framework is proposed to analyse an urban-industrial symbiosis
(UIS) system by incorporating Heat Integration, Power Integration, heat storage, power …

Tracking industrial symbiosis performance with ecological network approach integrating economic and environmental benefits analysis

L Dong, GN Taka, D Lee, Y Park, HS Park - Resources, Conservation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Eco-industrial park (EIP) is systematic innovation based on industrial symbiosis (IS). Monitor
and track the benefit of industrial symbiosis is critical to EIP performance evaluation …

Proposal of an assessment tool to diagnose industrial symbiosis readiness

FL Agudo, BS Bezerra, LAB Paes, JAG Júnior - Sustainable Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper aims to present an original assessment tool developed to diagnose industrial
symbiosis (IS) readiness. It is expected that industries with greater symbiotic readiness are …

Towards developing a new model for inclusive cities in China—the case of Xiong'an New Area

Z Liu, M de Jong, F Li, N Brand, M Hertogh, L Dong - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Along with unprecedented urbanization in the last few decades, cities have experienced
rapid social and economic transformation in China. A major challenge facing urban …