Unmaking Waste in Production and Consumption

This book provides scholars working in the many disciplines that relate to the concept of the Circular Economy with a cross-disciplinary forum, looking at areas such as: Theory, Policy and Contexts; Improving Resource Efficiency and Reducing Waste; Changing Consumption and Behaviour by Design; and Transforming Technologies of Production.

About the author

Robert Crocker is Deputy Director of the China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development at the University of South Australia. Christopher Saint is the Director of the China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, and Dean, Research and Innovation, of the Information Technology, Engineering and Environment Division at the University of South Australia. Guanyi Chen is Chair and Professor of Bioenergy and Environment, Dean of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering Director of the China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development at Tianjin University. Yindong Tong is Deputy Director of the China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, and Associate Professor of Environmental Science at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University.

Summary

This book provides scholars working in the many disciplines that relate to the concept of the Circular Economy with a cross-disciplinary forum, looking at areas such as: Theory, Policy and Contexts; Improving Resource Efficiency and Reducing Waste; Changing Consumption and Behaviour by Design; and Transforming Technologies of Production.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Crocker
• Assisted by: Guanyi Chen (Editor), Robert Crocker (Editor), Christopher Saint (Editor), Yindong Tong (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781787146204
• ISBN: 978-1-78714-620-4
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 694 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries