Circular Economy for Sustainable Development: Applications and Case Studies

This book addresses the relationships among innovative technologies, methodologies, and processes and the different aspects of newly required digital and circular models that production systems and the economy must adopt and operate. It examines the latest innovations for the circularity of processes and end products, instilling the environmental consciousness of recycling and the ecosystem service valuation (ESV). This multidisciplinary approach, and the many case studies included in the book, helps readers understand different methodologies used when applying and implementing the principles of circular economy and green innovation at a practical level.

Features

• Provides the most recent developments and innovations for a circular economy.
• Discusses practical examples of how to understand innovation processes and frameworks that contribute to a circular economy.
• Identifies circular water management, circularity evaluation, innovation, and circularity standards.
• Includes practical case studies from different regions, showcasing successful management strategies and lessons learned.
• Highlights green entrepreneurship, strategy, and innovation management.

This book is for professionals, researchers, academics, and students in the fields of energy planning, sustainable development, environmental economics, business management, and entrepreneurship.

Konstantinos G. Aravossis is a professor and UNESCO Chairholder on Green Innovation and Circular Economy at the National Technical University of Athens. He is a Vice President and Waste Management BoD Chairman Regulatory Authority for Waste, Energy and Water – RAAEY, and a former Secretary General for Forestry at the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy. Prior to that, he was also Secretary General of Natural Environment and Water. He has been a professor at Athens University of Economics since 1997. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Aachen, Germany with a M.Sc. in Management Science from Imperial College in London and a PhD in Operations Research from the National Technical University of Athens. He has organized 12 international conferences, has published over 100 research studies in journals and books and has coordinated numerous national and international research projects.

Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos is a teaching and research associate at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. He holds two PhDs, in Low Carbon Economy from DUTH, Greece and in Chemical Engineering from NTUA, Greece. He has authored and co-authored over 140 papers, 35 book chapters, and 30 conference papers. He is the reviewer of more than 7000 manuscripts at more than 520 journals. He is also an associate researcher at the UNESCO program on Green Innovation and Circular Economy at the National Technical University of Athens. His research interests are environmental systems and remediation, renewable energy sources, and circular economy, among others.

Eleni Strantzali is an assistant professor at the Department of Naval Architecture at University of West Attica, Greece, with a specialization in techno-economic analysis and supply chain in maritime transport. She graduated in Mechanical Engineering from NTUA, Greece and has a PhD in Industrial Management & Operational Research from the same university. She is an associate researcher at the UNESCO program on Green Innovation and Circular Economy at the National Technical University of Athens.