Macroeconomic, social and environmental impacts of a circular economy up to 2050: A meta-analysis of prospective studies

The potential impacts on gross domestic product, employment, and carbon emissions of implementing a circular economy have been modelled at the national and multiregional levels using multiple scenarios. However, there is still no consensus on the magnitude of the impacts of a transition to a circular economy and on whether it will generate a ...

Business Model Innovation for Resource-efficiency Circularity and Cleaner Production What 143 Cases Tell Us

Recent Progress in Assessment of Resource Efficiency and Environmental Impacts Embodied in Trade An Introduction to this Special Issue

Software Defined Networking to support IP address mobility in future LTE network

Towards a conceptual framework for social-ecological systems integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services with resource efficiency indicators

In this article we develop a comprehensive conceptual framework for resource efficiency indicators with a consistent link of resource use to the socio-economic system and activities therein as well as to the natural system and its ecosystem functioning. Three broad groups of indicators are defined: (1) resource use indicators representing...

Efficient abstraction selection in reinforcement learning

This article addresses reinforcement learning problems based on factored Markov decision processes (MDPs) in which the agent must choose among a set of candidate abstractions, each build up from a different combination of state components. We present and evaluate a new approach that can perform effective abstraction selection that is more...

Smart industry: Dutch industry fit for the future

Smart Industries are industries that have a high degree of flexability in production, in terms of products needs (specifications, quality, design), volume (what is needed), timing (when it is needed), resource efficiency and cost (what is required), being able to (fine)tune to customer needs and make us of the entire supply chain for value...

Knowledge collaboration and learning by aligning global sustainability programs: Reflections in the context of Rio+20

There is widespread concern that the 'economy is crashing against the Earth', already causing problems in terms of climate change, water depletion and loss of biodiversity. Yet, the global economy still will have to grow two- to four-fold to provide all future global inhabitants with the average yearly income of $10,000 that is needed to have a...