Circular Economy Policies in China and Europe

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 651-661

  McDowall, Will ^a   Geng, Yong ^b   Huang, Beijia ^c   Barteková, Eva ^d,e   Bleischwitz, Raimund ^a   Türkeli, Serdar ^e   Kemp, René ^e   Doménech, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; circular economy; environmental governance; European Union; indicator; industrial ecology

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

CHINA; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCES; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; EUROPE;

EID: 85018405593     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12597     Document Type: Article

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