Analysing and governing environmental flows: the case of Tra Co tapioca village, Vietnam

Mol, A.P.J.; Dieu, Tran Thi My

doi:10.1016/s1573-5214(06)80011-4

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“…Environmental flows are more than material substances units or infrastructures and are also the social organization that goes along with the flows in question Spaargaren 2005, 2006b;Mol and Dieu 2006). For example, natural resource systems supply urban areas in the form of flows.…”

Section: The Urban Nexus: Connecting Materials and Social Flowsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Conducting a social flow analysis would go beyond the material aspects of flows and instead center on the social organization, actors, networks, policies, ideologies, discourses and any kind of socio-cultural meaning that goes along with the material flows of WEF Spaargaren 2005, 2006a, b;Mol and Dieu 2006;Guy et al 2011). For instance, in case of examining the provisioning of water, it means to not only examine the quantity and quality of drinking water or its provisioning infrastructure, but also the regulations shaping this provisioning.…”

Section: Social Flows Of Wef Provisioningmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The nexus between water, energy and food in cities: towards conceptualizing socio-material interconnections

Covarrubias

2018

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Sustainable use and supply of natural resources dedicated to feeding urban life are becoming increasingly complex in a time of rapid urbanization and climate change. Sustainable governance of Water-Energy-Food (WEF) requires innovative and cross-sectorial systems of provisioning. However, practitioners have often treated WEF as separate domains, while ignoring their interconnectedness. What is missing is an 'Urban Nexus' perspective, which assumes that environmental flows of WEF interact and relate to one another in achieving urban sustainable development. This paper contributes to theorizing the urban nexus and to understand its emergence and governance from a more socio-material perspective. It offers a conceptual framework that helps to shed light on the social and material flows shaping connections between the sectors of WEF, and the actors facilitating these connections. The paper suggests that switchers and programmers link and configure the socio-material flows of WEF facilitating the emergence of nexus governance networks and nexus programs. In doing so, the paper provides three examples of cities to test the conceptual framework by analyzing their main challenges and examples around the nexus. It demonstrates that material and social dimensions of WEF might not play an equal role in steering synergies or trade-offs-either material or social flows and their agents can be central in facilitating a nexus or in preventing it to take shape. The paper argues that material-focused methodologies need to be complemented with a social flows analysis that pays attention to the daily practice, policies, ideologies, networks or any kind of sociocultural meaning shaping WEF provisioning.

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Section: The Urban Nexus: Connecting Materials and Social Flowsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Flows Of Wef Provisioningmentioning

confidence: 99%

The nexus between water, energy and food in cities: towards conceptualizing socio-material interconnections

Covarrubias

2018

Sustain Sci

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“…Mol and Dieu [108] have evaluated the potential of an eco-industrial network in Tapioca Industry in Vietnam, focusing on waste reduction and shape the industry by utilizing an eco-industrial network. According to Jacobsen [106], Kalundborg can be used as an example of an eco-industrial park, reporting both direct as well as indirect effects of this approach in terms of economic growth for companies' cooperation.…”

Section: Circular Economy (Ce)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Transition towards Sustainable Solutions: Product, Service, Technology, and Business Model

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Nowadays, the horse industry can be considered as an important industry in European countries and has a major role in agricultural industry throughout the world. Although today the diversity of the horse-related companies provides new markets and business opportunities, there are also some sustainable issues which needs to be addressed. Therefore, this study contributes to this research gap by reviewing the concept of sustainability and existing approaches to find sustainable solutions for companies. These sustainable approaches can be applied to products, services and technologies as well as business models, such as the product-service-system (PSS), circular economy (CE) and industrial symbiosis (IS). Although there seems to be a growing understanding of sustainable approaches and their role in sustainable development, there is a lack of research at the empirical level regarding the types of sustainability approaches (i.e., technologies, services, products and business models) that evolve in specific industries. The empirical data in this research have been collected from a cross-section of Finnish horse industry operators to determine how willing companies are to exploit approaches to sustainable solutions, as well as what the existing sustainable solutions are in this industry. The response rate of this study is approximately 24 percent, including 139 received valid responses among the sample of 580 operators.

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“…As indicated above, some "less waste" systems on the basis of these techniques have been developed by Kaufmann [8] and Mol [55]; however, these systems have been applied at larger area scales which are not suitable for the family scale at the sedge mats villages under this study.…”

Section: The Aizesmentioning

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An integrated ecosystem incorporating renewable energy leading to pollution reduction for sustainable development of craft villages in rural area: a case study at sedge mats village in Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Tran

et al. 2016

Energ Sustain Soc

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Background: The sedge mats (dyeing, weaving processes, and small-scale livestock farm at the same place) craft villages in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam) are the most popular craft villages in Vietnam, especially in the Mekong Delta area. These craft villages generate typical emissions such as exhaust gas from burning fuel, wastewater from the sedge mats dyeing and weaving process, wastewater from livestock farm, and solid waste. Methods: In this study, an ecological system, so-called VICRAIZES (Vietnam Craft villages Agro-based Industrial Zero Emission System), has been developed with the purpose to decrease pollution and enhance resource efficiency at those craft villages. The proposed ecosystem focused on measures such as (1) biogas tank (using residue pieces of solid sedge mats from weaving processing) supplied gas for burning the dyeing tank, (2) wastewater treatment system combining three components: innovative septic tank having upward flow thin baffles, anaerobic filter compartment, and bio-pond, and (3) composting area. The system was applied for a number of household craft villages in Dong Thap Province, Vietnam. Results: The results of system demonstration show significant emission decreases: 93 % greenhouse gas (CO 2 and CH 4 ), 97 % BOD 5 in wastewater, around 30 kg/day biodegradable garbage are composted and used as organic fertilizers at the household needs (which increase family income of around 115 million VND/year), low initial investment and operating cost, simple operating procedure, etc., which are favorable and applicable at the low income sedge mats dyeing and weaving craft villages in the Mekong Delta area, Vietnam, and probably at other developing countries. Conclusions: The VICRAIZES system implementation shows remarkable benefits/advantages on environmental, economic, and technical aspects giving real chances for more comprehensive application at similar craft villages in Vietnam and possibly in other developing countries.

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Analysing and governing environmental flows: the case of Tra Co tapioca village, Vietnam

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

The nexus between water, energy and food in cities: towards conceptualizing socio-material interconnections

The nexus between water, energy and food in cities: towards conceptualizing socio-material interconnections

Transition towards Sustainable Solutions: Product, Service, Technology, and Business Model

An integrated ecosystem incorporating renewable energy leading to pollution reduction for sustainable development of craft villages in rural area: a case study at sedge mats village in Mekong Delta, Vietnam

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