Circular economy, degrowth and green growth as pathways for research on sustainable development goals: A global analysis and future agenda

Green Growth Policy, De-Growth, and Sustainability: The Alternative Solution for Achieving the Balance between Both the Natural and the Economic System

“…The problem of De-growth, on the other hand, is the controversy about its ability to articulate a convincing argument regarding the impacts of De-growth on poverty and inequality. As noted by many scholars [30,39], despite De-growth's arguments for quality of life, as depicted in this SI by Ossewaarde and Ossewaarde-Lowtoo (2) [40], there is little [41] and no convincing detail of how the poorest and most vulnerable in the world can achieve improved quality of life within a degrowing economy. Ref.…”

“…Even though in the last decade developing countries have been growing about five-fold faster than developed ones, there is a long way until all the world population comes close to the quality of life enjoyed by middle classes in the West [44]. Unsurprisingly, as observed by [30] and Capasso (1) (in this SI), De-growth scholars are overwhelmingly from developed countries. Summing up, Green-Growth's challenge is to define what is Green, and De-growth's challenge is to define how De-growth improves the quality of life of those more in need.…”

“…The meaning and consequences of Green Growth and De-growth for the firm are still heavily understudied, with studies looking at firm or supply chain sustainability focusing on the Circular Economy instead [30]. Vazquez-Brust and Plaza-Úbeda (6) use a survey of 500 Argentinean firms and multiple discriminant analysis to study the characteristics of firms that have environmental performance going beyond the requirements of regulation in environmental protection.…”

Implications for Sustainability of the Joint Application of Bioeconomy and Circular Economy: A Worldwide Trend Study

“…Said reviews allowed us to identify the relative importance of publications, as well as the evolution and trends of a specific research field. Moreover, they are also widely used in different fields of study [36,37,[59][60][61][62].…”

“…UK, with 232 investigations, appears second. This country has the highest values in total citations (6295) and h-index (37). "The Circular Economy: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Concept and Application in a Global Context" [93] and "Product design and business model strategies for a circular economy" [94] are among the most cited publications for this country, with more than 500 citations each.…”