scholarly journals China material stocks and flows account for 1978–2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lulu Song ◽  
Ji Han ◽  
Nan Li ◽  
Yuanyi Huang ◽  
Min Hao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Sustainable Resource Management ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
Stocks And Flows ◽  
End Use ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractAs the world’s top material consumer, China has created intense pressure on national or global demand for natural resources. Building an accurate material stocks and flows account of China is a prerequisite for promoting sustainable resource management. However, there is no annually, officially published material stocks and flows data in China. Existing material stocks and flows estimates conducted by scholars exhibit great discrepancies. In this study, we create the Provincial Material Stocks and Flows Database (PMSFD) for China and its 31 provinces. This dataset describes 13 materials’ stocks, demand, and scrap supply in five end-use sectors in each province during 1978–2018. PMSFD is the first version of material stocks and flows inventories in China, and its uniform estimation structure and formatted inventories offer a comprehensive foundation for future accumulation, modification, and enhancement. PMSFD contributes insight into the material metabolism, which is an important database for sustainable development as well as circular economy policy-making in China. This dataset will be updated annually.

scholarly journals Transdisciplinary resource monitoring is essential to prioritize circular economy strategies in cities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Petit-Boix ◽  
Defne Apul ◽  
Thomas Wiedmann ◽  
Sina Leipold
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Urban Metabolism ◽  
Resource Monitoring ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Resource Management ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract Seeking to meet sustainability targets, cities are promoting a number of circular economy initiatives. Whether or not these actions help cities to approach sustainable resource management is often unclear. To identify, prioritize and monitor resource-efficient strategies, cities can look for targets and indicators among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While the SDGs provide useful goals, they lack applicable and accurate indicators for cities. To address this shortcoming, we link the SDGs to the urban circular economy by looking at the urban metabolism and identify monitoring needs and gaps. Although consumption-based footprint indicators are the most suitable approach, these are barely covered in the SDGs. We propose a framework facilitating transdisciplinary projects and experimentation to assess resource footprints and prioritize circular strategies in cities. Our discussion will guide practitioners and academics towards a sustainable circular transformation in cities.

scholarly journals Organization and management of the development of ecological tourism in a circular economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 255 ◽  
pp. 01026
Author(s):  
Oleksii Hutsaliuk ◽  
Iuliiа Bondar ◽  
Nataliіа Sereda ◽  
Oksana Babych ◽  
Inna Shchoholieva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Ecological Tourism

In the modern world, the question of the interaction of society and nature is one of the most acute problems among those facing humanity. Today, rapid economic development is causing a significant increase in the use and, consequently, depletion of natural resources. This necessitates the search for a new economic model that could break the link between economic growth and the depletion of natural resources. The study substantiates the theoretical aspects of eco-tourism as an important component of the strategy of sustainable development of tourism in Ukraine. The priority directions of sustainable development of tourism in the context of modernization of economic activity of Ukraine are outlined. The main directions of greening of the tourist sphere are considered. The main functions and principles of eco-tourism are formed and the relevance of the research and the need to develop prospects for the development of eco-tourism in Ukraine are substantiated. The concept of circular economy is a new economic model that manages the development of ecotourism, which allows to resolve the growing contradiction between the need to meet the growing needs of tourists and the limited number of natural, social, economic resources of host destinations in a deteriorating environment.

A Modern Approach to Sustainable Resource Management

2015 ◽  
pp. 179-204
Author(s):  
Gökhan Tenikler ◽  
Murat Selim Selvi
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Sustainable Resource Management ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Distribution Of Resources

The starting point of this chapter is the weakening ability of natural resources to meet the growing and diversifying needs of mankind. This chapter aims to draw attention to the “Ecological Footprint” as a measurable concept of impact of the production and consumption activities on the natural environment. However, every country demands more resources than it has, and developed countries, with their production and consumption patterns, are becoming the primary actors of injustice in the distribution of resources. As seen in the data used in this study, from individuals to countries, ecological footprint is growing steadily, whereas biocapacity to meet the needs is shrinking steadily. By using statistical data demonstrating the ecological footprint and biocapacity changes and differentiation among the countries by years, this chapter clearly reveals the need for a sustainable resource management.

scholarly journals Circular Economy: Tendencies and Development Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
Tatjana T. Tambovceva ◽  
Leonid Hr. Melnyk ◽  
Iryna B. Dehtyarova ◽  
Stanislav O. Nikolaev
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Renewable Materials ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
By Products ◽  
New Jobs

The research represents the analysis of the circular economy and its essential characteristics of circular economy in the modern world. The circular economy makes it possible to "detach" the country's GDP growth from the consumption of natural resources and environmental pollution. It explains how the circular economy should stimulate sustainable development and inclusion in the system of Sustainable Development Goals. The research presents how the circular economy can ensure labor productivity, efficient environmental and energy conservation, and the creation of new jobs. It analyzes principles and tools of the circular economy. This research shows how economies should move from the current linear take, make, use, dispose practice to reuse and longer product life. It shows how current business models change and what principles are used to develop a circular economy. It examines the circular approaches based on the 3-R principle: Reduce: reduce resource use and prioritize renewable materials; Reuse: make the most of the products; Recycle: recover by-products and waste for further use in the economy. The research shows how seven key tools of the circular economy may be applied. It reveals the international experience in implementing the circular economy principles. The research describes the benefits that the transition to a circular economy brings. It analyses major circular economy barriers, such as financial, social, and technical. The research distinguishes the benefits of a circular economy. They include a decrease in costs, a cleaner and safer environment, sensitive use of natural resources, new job creation, reducing dependence on imports. This research presents the examples of Norrköping Industrial Symbiosis Network in Sweden, Latvia’s circularity business models.

scholarly journals Circular Economy in Low-Carbon Transition

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 8061
Author(s):  
Anna Mazzi ◽  
Jingzheng Ren
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Modern Business

The circular economy represents a fundamental pillar for modern business models and sustainable development targets: the mandatory claim “reduce, reuse, recycle” is the answer to the global criticalities of natural resources depletion and waste increase [...]

scholarly journals Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Maximilian Eduard Oehl
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
No Value ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Human History ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Past

AbstractToday, we are living in a world of globalised markets. Close to no value creation would be possible without the use of natural resources, more precisely primary commodities. The Sustainable Development (SD) agenda has become the universally accepted political agenda of our time. In view of the important challenges for global resource management, which will be elucidated throughout the course of this book, the field of Global Commodity Governance (GCG) has emerged over the past two decades. It describes a new turn in human history: towards a coordinated, transnational approach to regulating the complexities of commodity activity.

scholarly journals Preface

2021 ◽  
Vol 915 (1) ◽  
pp. 011001
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Natural Resources Management ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
International Conference ◽  
International Participation ◽  
Methodological Studies

Abstract International Conference on Environmental Sustainability in Natural Resources Management (ISCES 2021) is a peer-reviewed international conference that is a leading scientific forum with international participation of experts in the fields of sustainable development research, resource management and circular economy. ISCES 2021 conference was held on October 15-16, 2021. The aim of the ISCES 2021 conference is to explore environmental sustainability trends in natural resources management, circular management and environmental engineering. Conceptual, empirical and methodological studies as well as country case studies on various topics of sustainable development were presented at the conference. It is expected that the reports and presentations will cover both theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of sustainable development and the circular economy. List of Organizing Committees, Scientific Committee are available in this pdf.

scholarly journals Adaptation of Traditional Festivals to Natural Resources Conservation Education: Lessons from Osun-Osogbo and Argungun Fishing Festivals in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Adekunle Olatumile
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Conservation Education ◽  
Wide Audience ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Sustainable Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
Western Model ◽  
Resources Conservation

Africa has been tagged a festival continent as year in year out, towns and villages witness cultural festivals throughout the year. These festivals are mostly concerned with resources conservation and utilization. The adoption of Western Model of conserving biodiversity in the trickle-down fashion has failed to yield reasonable result; whereas traditional festivals epitomize indigenous people’s respect and reverence for, and pragmatic understanding of, their natural environment. The quest of conserving biodiversity for sustainable development therefore calls for the integration of traditional festivals in sustainable resource management framework. In spite of the invaluable potentials of traditional festivals in biodiversity conservation as an indigenous resource management system, it has not been given a prominent place in the modern day scientific resource management framework. Using ethnographic research design, the paper exploits the natural resources conservation potentials of Osun-Osogbo and Argungun fishing festivals in Nigeria. Data are collected from archival, ethnographic and internet materials, as well as text books, pictures and information through interviews and observations. The paper presents an analysis of ways through which policy frameworks can benefit from festivals and how a wide audience can be reached with biodiversity conservation messages for the purpose of creating awareness. The paper develops a framework for ecosystem based adaptation, using indigenous festivals for the purpose of replicating it in every other community where such festivals do not exist and integrating it in festivals that are not based on natural resource conservation.

scholarly journals Property Rights and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishna Lal Poudel ◽  
Thomas G. Johnson ◽  
Rachna Tewari
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Sustainable Resource Management ◽  
Resource Degradation ◽  
Sustainable Natural Resource Management ◽  
Efficiency Property ◽  
Management Institutions ◽  
Control Resource

<p class="emsd"><span lang="EN-GB">This paper reviews recent research articles in the field of property rights and natural resources management, with the goal of identifying the most effective policy measures to achieve sustainable resource management through well designed property rights. Scarcity of economic resources is a major cause of conflict in human society. Institutions impact the resilience of the environment, and the institutions which guide humans as they employ resources from the environment are therefore essential to sustainable resource management. Institutions which create and enforce property rights can control resource degradation and improve both economic and ecological efficiency. Property rights which lead to an equitable allocation of natural resources and delegation of management authority among stakeholders is the most likely pathway to sustainable ecosystem management. However, there is a lack of consensus regarding the best system of property rights to achieve sustainability. The ‘best system’ is contextual and spatiotemporal dynamic. </span></p>

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