Measuring progress of China's circular economy

Wang, Heming; Schandl, Heinz; Wang, Xinzhe; Ma, Fengmei; Yue, Qiang; Wang, Guoqiang; Wang, Yao; Wei, Yuan; Zhang, Zhihe; Zheng, Ruiying

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105070

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“…Climate, traffic density, traffic accidents, load effect of heavy-duty vehicles, and natural disasters (such as flooding, ice damage, freezing damage and mudslides) have different degrees of impact on the maintenance costs of bridges. The analysis was carried out according to the Chinese Code for Maintenance of Highway Bridges and Culverts (JTG H11-2004), as shown in Table 1 [ 67 , 68 ].…”

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Environmental, Economic and Social Impact Assessment: Study of Bridges in China’s Five Major Economic Regions

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The construction industry of all countries in the world is facing the issue of sustainable development. How to make effective and accurate decision-making on the three pillars (Environment; Economy; Social influence) is the key factor. This manuscript is based on an accurate evaluation framework and theoretical modelling. Through a comprehensive evaluation of six cable-stayed highway bridges in the entire life cycle of five provinces in China (from cradle to grave), the research shows that life cycle impact assessment (LCIA), life cycle cost assessment (LCCA), and social impact life assessment (SILA) are under the influence of multi-factor change decisions. The manuscript focused on the analysis of the natural environment over 100 years, material replacement, waste recycling, traffic density, casualty costs, community benefits and other key factors. Based on the analysis data, the close connection between high pollution levels and high cost in the maintenance stage was deeply promoted, an innovative comprehensive evaluation discrete mathematical decision-making model was established, and a reasonable interval between gross domestic product (GDP) and sustainable development was determined.

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Environmental, Economic and Social Impact Assessment: Study of Bridges in China’s Five Major Economic Regions

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“…Thus, the CE approach is a framework for improving sustainable development practices. China was the first country adopting laws to implement the CE (Carney et al, 2017;Fan & Fang, 2020;Wang et al, 2020). This law, adopted in January 2009, is entitled "China's Circular Economy Promotion Law."…”

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Accentuating the interconnection between business sustainability and organizational performance in the context of the circular economy: The moderating role of organizational competitiveness

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Sustainability development has gained significant importance in the modern business environment. The primary objective is to conduct an explanatory and quantitative study of the impacts of the social, economic, and environmental dimensions on organizational performance, considering the moderating role of organizational competitiveness. Data were collected from Chinese, Italian, and Romanian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The questionnaires were distributed by applying simple random sampling techniques. The study sample size consists of 320 SME employees. Hierarchical regression was used to investigate the moderating impacts of organizational competitiveness on the relationships of the social, economic, and environmental dimensions and organizational performance. The regression analysis shows a positive relationship between the study variables. Small and medium-sized enterprises are focusing more on sustainable business practices.

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“…Green BRI construction involves many areas such as green infrastructure [6], green trade [7], green policy, green investment [8], green finance [9], green technology [10], and so on. Meanwhile, relevant scholars have studied the specific measures of green development, such as developing a circular economy [11], improving energy-economic efficiency, adjusting the industrial structure [12], improving green total-factor energy efficiency [13][14][15], improving environmental indicators [16], using renewable resources [17,18], strengthening global environmental governance, and tackling global climate change. Peng et al [13], for example, found that the green total-factor productivity of the countries along the Silk Road economic belt demonstrated increasing trends with time, and factors such as imports, exports, industrial structure, and urban development influenced the growth of green totalfactor productivity.…”

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Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Green Development Cooperation Network among Belt and Road Initiative Regions and Countries

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There is a global need to jointly build the green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in order to develop a philosophy of ecological civilisation and achieve sustainable development. This paper aims to analyse the temporal and spatial characteristics of the green development cooperation (GDC) network among BRI regions and countries and explore the reasons for its formation. To this end, the first step was to analyse the spatial and temporal characteristics of green development capability in six regions of 104 BRI countries from 2013 to 2019 using the synthetic evaluation model and entropy method. Next, social network analysis was used to analyse three characteristics of the GDC network: network structure, node structure, and community structure. Moreover, the indicators of network strength and network correlation were used to estimate the structural characteristics of the entire GDC network, while degree centrality, betweenness centrality, and closeness centrality were used to estimate the role and status of countries in the GDC network. In addition, modularity optimisation was used to analyse the community structure and regional effects of the GDC network. The results show that (1) the green development capability of the BRI countries has spatial and temporal heterogeneity. (2) The GDC network among the BRI countries has been initially formed, and has the characteristics of high connectedness, high efficiency, low density, and low hierarchy. (3) The GDC network has community structure and regional effect, showing polycentric and hierarchical characteristics. (4) China, Russia, and the European countries have stronger radiating and controlling power. Central Asian countries along the land Silk Road and Indian Ocean countries along the maritime Silk Road play a significant role as intermediaries and bridges, while the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries play a vital role as the central actors. Finally, some theoretical and practical implications are put forward to provide a blueprint for jointly achieving the sustainable development goals.

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Measuring progress of China's circular economy

Cited by 75 publications

References 50 publications

Environmental, Economic and Social Impact Assessment: Study of Bridges in China’s Five Major Economic Regions

Environmental, Economic and Social Impact Assessment: Study of Bridges in China’s Five Major Economic Regions

Accentuating the interconnection between business sustainability and organizational performance in the context of the circular economy: The moderating role of organizational competitiveness

Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Green Development Cooperation Network among Belt and Road Initiative Regions and Countries

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