Circular and Transformative Economy: Advances towards Sustainable Socio-economic Transformation

The main aim of this book is to illustrate circular models for sustainable resource management. It highlights the benefits of transformative approaches in integrating, simplifying, and facilitating understanding of complex systems and transforming systems towards greater sustainability while achieving multiple social, economic, and environmental outcomes. It provides pathways towards strategic policy decisions on socio-economic transformation supported by case studies.

Features:

• Discusses exploration of a transitional path to the circular economy, explored from the point of view of waste and technology.
• Explains transformational change towards sustainable socio-ecological interactions.
• Reviews provision of pathways towards sustainability through scenario development.
• Provides assessment of progress towards Sustainable Development Goals.
• Presents cross-sectoral and multicentric approaches towards circularity.

This book is aimed at researchers and professionals in water and environmental engineering, circular economy, sustainability, and environmental studies.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC)] 4.0 license.

Luxon Nhamo is a Research Manager at the Water Research Commission of South Africa (WRC) and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa. He has over 20 years of progressive research experience in agricultural water management, environmental Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing, water-energy-food nexus, climate change adaptation, and early warning systems.

Sylvester Mpandeli is an Executive Manager at the Water Research Commission of South Africa and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Venda. He is Vice President of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) and the South African National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (SANCID) Chairman. He is a member of the Gauteng Province Premier’s Advisory Team and a South African Weather Services board member.

Stanley Liphadzi is a Group Executive Manager at the Water Research Commission (WRC) and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Venda. He leads the Research & Development Branch in the WRC in the production of new knowledge and innovation in water and sanitation. Stanley’s research interest is in systems thinking for sustainable development.

Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi is a Senior Researcher and Research Group Leader: Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and a Research Associate Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia. He has more than ten years of research experience, translating it into policy outcomes. He has published more than 185 papers and received several awards.