Sustainable and circular development of business parks: A cross-case analysis on the current practices and developments in sustainable and circular business parks in Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands in their contribution to the national, regional and local circular and energy transitions

Business parks are marked as key areas in sustainable transitions, including the energy transition and transition to a circular economy. This thesis analysis what the current practices and developments in sustainable and circular business parks in Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands are in their contribution to local, regional and national circular...

Re-imagining Periphery: On Identifying Development Opportunity of North Anhui through Place-based Circular Transition

North Anhui 6 cities locate at the periphery of Yangtze River Delta (YRD) in the eastern part of China. Even though YRD are the country’s most developed region, north Anhui are the most underdeveloped area according to Human Development Index in the region with only 1/5 of the core area’s GDP per capita. Large population outflow and high take-up...

Circular Transition for the Wind Energy Sector: Focus on challenges and obstacles when two transitions (Energy & Circular) intervene.

Converging and lasting global issues such as climate change, global warming, resource depletion, etc. have urged interest in science, technology and policy for systemic societal change. These aspects have led the policy makers in the Netherlands to gradually adopt a transition approach. Over the past few years there is an increase in the...