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Building collaborations for a regional circular economy: a comparison of North Humberside, England with Styria, Austria (2024)
Book Chapter
Newsholme, A., Deutz, P., Baumgartner, R., & Affolderbach, J. (2024). Building collaborations for a regional circular economy: a comparison of North Humberside, England with Styria, Austria. In S. Bourdin, A. Torre, & E. van Leeuwen (Eds.), Regions, Cities and the Circular Economy : Theory and Practice (141-162). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035316410.00014

Limited attention has been paid to considering how potentially conflicting interests of place-based authorities and firms might impact on the ability of a place to attract and retain benefits from circular economy activity. This chapter analyses the... Read More about Building collaborations for a regional circular economy: a comparison of North Humberside, England with Styria, Austria.

The role of place in the development of a circular economy: a critical analysis of potential for social redistribution in Hull, UK (2024)
Journal Article
Deutz, P., Jonas, A. E., Newsholme, A., Pusz, M., Rogers, H., Affolderbach, J., Baumgartner, R., & Ramos, T. B. (2024). The role of place in the development of a circular economy: a critical analysis of potential for social redistribution in Hull, UK. Cambridge journal of regions economy and society, 17(3), 551-564. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsae002

This paper examines the role of place in the local development of a circular economy and the potential for consequent social redistribution. Based on a case study of public, private and third-sector approaches to a circular economy in Hull, an indust... Read More about The role of place in the development of a circular economy: a critical analysis of potential for social redistribution in Hull, UK.

Developing a circular economy at the regional scale: a case study of stakeholders in North Humberside, England and Styria, Austria (2023)
Thesis
Newsholme, A. Developing a circular economy at the regional scale: a case study of stakeholders in North Humberside, England and Styria, Austria. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4287071

Resource security, environmental and other economic benefits which may stem from a circular economy are attracting significant interest from policymakers and other stakeholders at the regional scale. Previous research in the related area of industria... Read More about Developing a circular economy at the regional scale: a case study of stakeholders in North Humberside, England and Styria, Austria.

Negotiating Stakeholder Relationships in a Regional Circular Economy: Discourse Analysis of Multi-scalar Policies and Company Statements from the North of England (2022)
Journal Article
Newsholme, A., Deutz, P., Affolderbach, J., & Baumgartner, R. J. (2022). Negotiating Stakeholder Relationships in a Regional Circular Economy: Discourse Analysis of Multi-scalar Policies and Company Statements from the North of England. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2(2), 783-809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00143-9

Circular economy (CE) literature discusses the need for cooperation between different stakeholders to promote a CE; there is also an assumption regarding the benefits of loop closing on a local or regional scale. However, the potentially conflicting... Read More about Negotiating Stakeholder Relationships in a Regional Circular Economy: Discourse Analysis of Multi-scalar Policies and Company Statements from the North of England.

Industrial restructuring through eco-transformation: Green industrial transfer in Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan, Hunan Province (2020)
Journal Article
Deng, B., Affolderbach, J., & Deutz, P. (2020). Industrial restructuring through eco-transformation: Green industrial transfer in Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan, Hunan Province. Sustainability, 12(17), Article 6945. https://doi.org/10.3390/SU12176945

As industrial activities account for a large part of environmental degradation and carbon emissions in China, the geographic location of industries significantly shapes the environmental performance and quality of life of surrounding areas. Since the... Read More about Industrial restructuring through eco-transformation: Green industrial transfer in Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan, Hunan Province.

Adaptation of ecological modernisation in China : a case study of eco-transformation of industrial areas in Changsha-Zhuzhou- Xiangtan urban agglomeration (2020)
Thesis
Deng, B. Adaptation of ecological modernisation in China : a case study of eco-transformation of industrial areas in Changsha-Zhuzhou- Xiangtan urban agglomeration. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222499

Since around 2010, Chinese central and local authorities have made increasingly vigorous efforts in curbing industrial pollution. One approach has been the eco-transformation policies for industrial areas. This thesis defines the eco-transformation o... Read More about Adaptation of ecological modernisation in China : a case study of eco-transformation of industrial areas in Changsha-Zhuzhou- Xiangtan urban agglomeration.

Green building transitions - Regional trajectories of innovation in Europe, Canada and Australia (2018)
Book
Affolderbach, J., & Schulz, C. (2018). Green building transitions - Regional trajectories of innovation in Europe, Canada and Australia. (1). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77709-2

This volume analyzes sustainability-related innovations in the building sector and discusses how regional contexts articulate transition trajectories toward green building. It presents ‘biographies’ of drivers and processes of green building innovati... Read More about Green building transitions - Regional trajectories of innovation in Europe, Canada and Australia.

Grandfathers caring for orphaned grandchildren in rural Southern Malawi : invisible in plain sight? (2018)
Thesis
Lazaro, M. C. Grandfathers caring for orphaned grandchildren in rural Southern Malawi : invisible in plain sight?. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220827

This thesis explores grandfathers’ caregiving for orphaned grandchildren in rural Southern Malawi. Using an ethnographic approach informed by intersectionality and situated within interpretivist framework, children, young people, and adults from rura... Read More about Grandfathers caring for orphaned grandchildren in rural Southern Malawi : invisible in plain sight?.

Urban energy transitions through innovations in green building (2017)
Book Chapter
Preller, B., Schulz, C., & Affolderbach, J. (2017). Urban energy transitions through innovations in green building. In A. König, & J. Ravetz (Eds.), Sustainability Science (218-233). Routledge

Recent debates on climate change have increasingly focused on cities as a strategic spatial scale to implementss climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Within this context, green building and the way the built environment interfaces wit... Read More about Urban energy transitions through innovations in green building.

Positioning Vancouver through urban sustainability strategies? The Greenest City 2020 Action Plan (2017)
Journal Article
Affolderbach, J., & Schulz, C. (2017). Positioning Vancouver through urban sustainability strategies? The Greenest City 2020 Action Plan. Journal of cleaner production, 164, 676-685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.234

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Cities around the world have launched greening initiatives to reduce their carbon footprint and to become more sustainable. At the same time, they have also sought to use these initiatives to position themselves as climate change... Read More about Positioning Vancouver through urban sustainability strategies? The Greenest City 2020 Action Plan.