Toward a research agenda for policy intervention and facilitation to enhance industrial symbiosis based on a comprehensive literature review

Jiao, Wenting; Boons, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.050

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“…Empirical evidence suggests that the extent could depend on specific environmental conditions [25], which influence the technical, economic and cultural factors necessary to the formation of an IS relationship [69], and also affect the emergence of stable IS relationships among firms. For example, since high uncertainty and turbulence of the environment make unclear the economic benefits associated with IS relationships, ISNs are very unlikely to emerge in such conditions [28,32,33,51].…”

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“…As to a self-organized ISN, they can stimulate the creation of an environment favorable to the spontaneous development of IS relationships among firms, by means of policy measures [3,20]. Whilst the positive effect of the policy interventions on top-down ISNs has been clearly demonstrated in the literature, the effects of the policy measures on the emergence of self-organized ISNs are still not sufficiently investigated [25]. To the best of our knowledge, there are very few studies quantifying the effect of the policy measures both on the adoption of the IS approach as well as on the economic effect for the government.…”

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Efficacy of Landfill Tax and Subsidy Policies for the Emergence of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Simulation Study

2017

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Abstract:Despite the theoretical value of industrial symbiosis (IS), this approach appears to be underdeveloped in terms of practical applications. Different attempts to stimulate IS in practice are noticed, one of them consisting in the application of adequate policy measures. This paper explores the efficacy of two specific policies (landfill tax and economic subsidy for IS exchanges) in supporting the emergence of self-organized industrial symbiosis networks (ISNs). We frame the ISNs as complex adaptive systems and we design an agent-based model to simulate their emergence. We use a real case study and, by means of the simulation model, we assess how the two policy measures are able to enhance the formation of spontaneous IS relationships, thereby forcing the emergence of the ISN. Results show that both policy measures have a positive effect in all scenarios considered, but the extent is strictly dependent on the environmental conditions in which IS relationships occur. The economic implications for the government are finally discussed.

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Section: Policy Measures Supporting Self-organized Isnsmentioning

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Efficacy of Landfill Tax and Subsidy Policies for the Emergence of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Simulation Study

2017

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“…Zilahy and Milton, 2008;Laybourn and Morrissey, 2009;Costa and Ferrão, 2010;Paquin and Howard-Grenville, 2012), practical instruments to support the implementation of resource efficiency policy and regulation, including measures to promote industrial symbiosis, are generally under-developed in Europe (Lehtoranta et al, 2011). Indeed, the effects of governance, particularly the actual activities of governmental organisations, on the implementation of industrial symbiosis have remained underexplored and need to be researched (Jiao and Boons, 2014;Deutz and Loppolo, 2015).…”

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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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“…To improve the sustainable development capacity of industry, government, enterprises and other stakeholders should take up some measures, such as implementing sustainable production and building industrial ecology and green industry [13,14]. The application of the concept of sustainable development drives industrial sector to a new industrialization road, whose characteristics are cleaner production, green technology, high-tech manufacture and remanufacture and less resources consumption and environmental pollution [15,16].…”

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Environmental practice and its effect on the sustainable development of eco-industrial parks in China

Qu¹,

Li²,

Qin³

2015

Int. J. SDP

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After more than a decade of development, eco-industrial parks (EIPs) have made significant progress in saving resources and protecting the environment in China. Meanwhile, many problems have emerged, such as poor stability, poor profitability and weak eco-industrial chains, which have impeded the EIP's sustainable development. Faced with variable environmental practices and limited resources and capital, EIPs need to address suitable environmental practices seriously to configure resources reasonably and ultimately realize sustainable development. Therefore, based on an analysis of the elements of environmental practice and sustainable development level, this article aims at identifying those environmental practices that can improve the sustainable development level of EIPs and to analyze the impact of those different environmental practices on the sustainable development level of EIPs using factor analysis and analytic hierarchy process. The results could provide theoretical guidance and reference for decision-making to Chinese government and administration committees of EIPs for choosing and implementing environmental practices.

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Toward a research agenda for policy intervention and facilitation to enhance industrial symbiosis based on a comprehensive literature review

Cited by 157 publications

References 52 publications

Efficacy of Landfill Tax and Subsidy Policies for the Emergence of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Simulation Study

Efficacy of Landfill Tax and Subsidy Policies for the Emergence of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Simulation Study

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

Environmental practice and its effect on the sustainable development of eco-industrial parks in China

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