Sustainable Consumption and Production, Volume II: Circular Economy and Beyond

Abstract

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Sustainable Consumption and Production: Introduction to Circular Economy and Beyond -- Introduction -- Circular Economy -- Circular Economy and Beyond -- References -- 2 From Business Models to Modes of Provision: Framing Sustainable Consumption and Production -- Introduction -- Antecedents of Framing the Impact of Production and Consumption -- The Business Model Label as a New Way of Framing Sustainable Consumption and Production -- Advantages of the Business Model Framing -- More Inclusive Definitions of Value Created -- An Orientation to (Re-)design and Innovation -- Bridging to Incorporate Work on Product-Service Systems -- Addressing the Micro-Macro Challenge: Business Model Innovation and Societal Transitions -- An Explicit Look at the Shifting Boundary Between Production and Consumption -- Limitations of the Business Model Construct for Sustainable Consumption and Production -- Business (Model) as Usual -- Assessing the Sustainability of Modes of Provision -- Towards a Comparative Understanding of Modes of Provision -- References -- 3 Histories and Futures of Circular Economy -- Introduction -- Applying a Historical Lens to Circular Economy -- Imagined Futures of the Circular Economy -- Analysing Social Futures -- Contested Imagined Futures of Circular Economy -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Critical Approaches to Circular Economy Research: Time, Space and Evolution -- Introduction -- The Temporalities of Material Flows: The Environmental Rationales for a CE -- The Spatiality of Material Flows: Revealing the Hidden Places of CE -- Material Flows Drive Evolutionary Adaptation -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Scope for Circular Economy Model in Urban Agri-Food Value Chains -- New Urban Agenda: A Call for Transformation.