Arsova, S., Genovese, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-4634 and Ketikidis, P.H. (2022) Implementing circular economy in a regional context: a systematic literature review and a research agenda. Journal of Cleaner Production, 368. 133117. ISSN 0959-6526
Abstract
Regions are the most important administrative units of the EU's development policies and so far, have been extensively used for framing and implementing strategic priorities. However, when it comes to regional implementation of the circular economy (CE), there is lack of systematicity both in academic literature and policy documents. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of the regional adoption of CE, by systematically reviewing and synthesises the current academic literature in this emerging field, unveiling research gaps and discussing a future research agenda. The review was conducted by identifying relevant academic papers from leading journals using the Scopus and Web of Science databases. Overall, 82 relevant papers were identified through the review, which proceeded to descriptive, bibliometric and content analysis. This study has found that generally, the adoption of the circular economy on the regional level is underexplored, which was supported by the dearth of relevant academic contributions detected at the beginning of the process. To the best of the researchers' knowledge, this is the first attempt to provide a holistic systematic literature review in the regional circular economy domain. Hence, the present study is considered as a crucial initial contribution in the direction of establishing robust conceptual frameworks which involve the constructs of regional circular economy and laying the groundwork for future studies in this field.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Circular economy; Institutional pressures; Regional development; Regional policy; Smart specialisation; Systematic literature review |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 814247 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 823967 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 101003491 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2022 09:12 |
Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2022 09:12 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133117 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:190797 |