The role of geospatial industrial diversity in the facilitation of regional industrial symbiosis

Jensen, Paul D.

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.11.018

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“…Several IS scholars have emphasized the importance of economic diversity at the local scale in the development of by-product linkages [12,23,77,78]. As illustrated in earlier sections, however, the broader economic diversity delivered by long-distance linkages provides even more potential and actual win-win opportunities.…”

Section: Importance Of Industrial Diversity and Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We nonetheless deem the issue important in the context of IS theorizing because, if local economic diversity is really the key to promoting IS development [23], then having economic access to distant-and therefore more diverse-markets inherently creates even more numerous win-win possibilities. An examination of the long distance trade in secondary production materials also provides a way to study the importance of other claims made about IS, such as the importance of short personal and mental distances in the development of innovation and/or trusting relationships.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Long Distance Trade, Locational Dynamics and By-Product Development: Insights from the History of the American Cottonseed Industry

Desrochers

Szurmak

2017

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Abstract:Using the historical development of the American cottonseed value chain as a case study, we show that the factors usually deemed significant in the spontaneous development of localized industrial symbiosis (e.g., high volumes of potentially valuable yet environmentally problematic residuals, an economically diverse industrial base, as well as personal interactions and short mental distances between economic actors) have long been observed at much larger geographical scales. Like cereal grains and livestock, but unlike unprocessed residuals (e.g., residual steam and gas), the development of by-products out of cottonseed further involved numerous intermediaries and steps through which a complex raw material was broken down into various components that were then often (re)combined with other materials in remote locations. Additionally, because of the insufficient size and/or demand by domestic consumers, distant markets proved crucial at an early stage. We suggest that self-organizing and market-driven long-distance recovery linkages warrant more attention on the part of industrial symbiosis theorists, especially in terms of the technical, economic, geospatial, social and institutional conditions required for their emergence.

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Section: Importance Of Industrial Diversity and Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Long Distance Trade, Locational Dynamics and By-Product Development: Insights from the History of the American Cottonseed Industry

Desrochers

Szurmak

2017

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“…Literature from the field suggests that successful promotion of industrial symbiosis requires a combination of top-down interventions that fit to bottom-up characteristics and processes, tailored to the context within which these innovations are to be developed (Ehrenfeld and Gertler, 1997;Desrochers, 2004;Gibbs and Deutz, 2007;Park et al, 2008;Laybourn and Morrissey, 2009;Costa and Ferrão, 2010;Shi et al, 2010;Mathews and Tan, 2011;Christensen, 2012;Paquin and Howard-Grenville, 2012;Jensen, 2016). Although some practical insights to inform governance of industrial symbiosis have been published (e.g.…”

Section: Governance Of Industrial Symbiosismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Humber ports (Immingham, Hull, Grimsby and Goole) form one of the busiest port complexes in Europe. The region is a mature and diverse industrial area; In addition to the welldeveloped agricultural sector, main industries include food and wood processing, chemicals, metals, fuel and power facilities NOMIS, 2015;Jensen, 2016). The high concentration of industries contributes to the wider Yorkshire and Humber region being one of the largest CO2 emitters in the UK (Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Committee, 2010).…”

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“…First, given that companies in the Humber region mainly trade to regional and national markets, innovation may be negatively affected as evidence suggests that companies with both local and global connections have higher innovation performance (Asheim and Isaksen, 2002;Broekel et al, 2010). Second, (bio)waste-to-resource innovations are likely to involve collaboration with a more diverse range of resource partners from previously unconnected industries (Chertow, 2000;Jensen, 2016). The National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) ( Table 1) practitioners previously employed their in-depth knowledge of local businesses to develop cross-industry partnerships and promote (bio)waste-to-resource innovation (Laybourn and Morrissey, 2009;Jensen et al, 2011).…”

Section: Empirical Exploration Of Governance For Biowaste-to-resourcementioning

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Analysing the governance system for the promotion of industrial symbiosis in the Humber region, UK

Velenturf¹

2016

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Government and industry increasingly recognise the need to develop a more circular, resource efficient and bioeconomy that is less dependent on fossil resources. Industrial symbiosis, in this study interpreted as biowaste-to-resource innovation, is a proven strategy to limit carbon emissions whilst increasing resource-efficiency and business growth. However, the effects of governance on the implementation of industrial symbiosis have remained under-explored. Hence this study analysed the governance system for biowaste-to-resource innovation in the Humber region, UK. Key individuals within governmental and associated organisations were interviewed in 2014. The results revealed that, since 2012, public sector cuts and sub-national governance changes resulted in the removal of several organisations from the regional governance network, while capacity within the remaining organisations decreased in terms of connectivity within and between governing organisations, delivered governance activities, and crucial resources including people, money, and knowledge and skills to promote resource innovation. Formal governance to specifically monitor, plan and promote (bio)waste-to-resource innovation is now virtually absent in the Humber region. This study recommends strengthening the governance for biowaste-to-resource innovation by a) increasing integration and flexibility of the regulatory 'landscape' across governmental departments at all governance levels; b) building better connections between national and regional level governmental organisations as well as within the Humber region; and c) investing in knowledge and skills as well as operational capacity of regional governance actors. These recommendations should contribute to restoring the balance between regional capacity and the national ambitions to promote biowaste-to-resource innovation as part of the circular bioeconomy.

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Sketching a network portrait of the humber region

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Industrial systems can be represented as networks of organizations connected by flows of materials, energy, and money. This network context may produce unexpected consequences in response to policy intervention, so improved understanding is vital; however, industrial network data are commonly unavailable publically. Using a case study in the Humber region, UK, we present a novel methodology of “network coding” of semistructured interviews with key industrial and political stakeholders, in combination with an “industrial taxonomy” of network archetypes developed to construct an approximation of the region's networks when data are incomplete. This article describes our methodology and presents the resulting network. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 19: 54–72, 2014

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The role of geospatial industrial diversity in the facilitation of regional industrial symbiosis

Cited by 53 publications

References 37 publications

Long Distance Trade, Locational Dynamics and By-Product Development: Insights from the History of the American Cottonseed Industry

Long Distance Trade, Locational Dynamics and By-Product Development: Insights from the History of the American Cottonseed Industry

Analysing the governance system for the promotion of industrial symbiosis in the Humber region, UK

Sketching a network portrait of the humber region

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