Circular Economy and Sustainability : Volume 2: Environmental Engineering

Alexandros (Assistant Professor Stefanakis

ISBN 10: 0128216646 / ISBN 13: 9780128216644

Edité par Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Sep 2021, 2021

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Neuware - The concept of circular economy is based on strategies, practices, policies, and technologies to achieve principles related to reusing, recycling, redesigning, repurposing, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recovering water, waste materials, and nutrients to preserve natural resources. It provides the necessary conditions to encourage economic and social actors to adopt strategies toward sustainability. However, the increasing complexity of sustainability aspects means that traditional engineering and management/economics alone cannot face the new challenes and reach the appropriate solutions.

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• Titre: Circular Economy and Sustainability : Volume 2: Environmental Engineering
• Éditeur: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Sep 2021
• Date de parution: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0128216646
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780128216644
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 234 L x 190 H x 39 P (en millimètres) 234 millimètres de largeur par 190 millimètres de hauteur par 39 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1150 grammes

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Synopsis

The concept of circular economy is based on strategies, practices, policies, and technologies to achieve principles related to reusing, recycling, redesigning, repurposing, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recovering water, waste materials, and nutrients to preserve natural resources. It provides the necessary conditions to encourage economic and social actors to adopt strategies toward sustainability. However, the increasing complexity of sustainability aspects means that traditional engineering and management/economics alone cannot face the new challenes and reach the appropriate solutions.

Thus, this book highlights the role of engineering and management in building a sustainable society by developing a circular economy that establishes and protects strong social and cultural structures based on cross-disciplinary knowledge and diverse skills. It includes theoretical justification, research studies, and case studies to provide researchers, practitioners, professionals, and policymakers the appropriate context to work together in promoting sustainability and circular economy thinking.

Volume 1, Circular Economy and Sustainability: Management and Policy, discusses the content of circular economy principles and how they can be realized in the fields of economy, management, and policy. It gives an outline of the current status and perception of circular economy at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels to provide a better understanding of its role to achieve sustainability.

Volume 2, Circular Economy and Sustainability: Environmental Engineering, presents various technological and developmental tolls that emphasize the implementation of these principles in practice (micro-level). It demonstrates the necessity to establish a fundamental connection between sustainable engineering and circular economy.

À propos des auteurs

Alexandros I. Stefanakis is Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece. His expertise lies in ecological engineering and technology, specifically in nature-based solutions for sustainable water and wastewater management. He is known as an expert and enthusiast of the green technology of constructed wetlands. He studies and investigates the role of nature-based solutions in a circular water economy.

Ioannis E. Nikolaou is Associate Professor of Corporate Environmental Management and Performance in the Department of
Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. His current work focuses on linking knowledge-based
views of firms with corporate environmental management and engineering, circular business models, as well as developing
essential system dynamic models to explain strategic alliances of firms to face contemporary environmental challenges.