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Daniele Brombal
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 22 January 2020 in Sustainability
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The concept of circular economy (CE) has recently gained momentum in the political, scientific, and economic debate, especially in China and Europe. As a result, organizations and scholars have started to establish different sets of principles for its adoption. For this reason, it is important to identify and assess the differences and similarities among existing sets of CE principles, and how organizations and individuals understand and translate them into practice. In this paper, we firstly present a brief review and analysis of the coherence among six existing sets of principles. Our analysis finds that, despite the mixed degree of coherence, all sets describe the necessity to implement CE principles at all levels of a company. We then present the results of an in-depth qualitative survey that investigates how 19 key informants representing small, medium, and multinational companies based in China understand and carry out the CE principles laid out by the BSI standard BS 8001:2017; how these principles can transform the culture and processes of these companies; and what are the opportunities and threats that such transformation can bring. Results describe a good awareness and knowledge of the CE principles and an optimistic outlook concerning their adoption. At the same time, numerous barriers and threats that the implementation of these principles might entail are presented. Overall, respondents confirm the complexity of implementing the principles of the CE in an integrated and consistent way in the management and strategies of Chinese companies and highlight the challenges that might arise during their implementation.

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Marco Pesce; Ilaria Tamai; Deyan Guo; Andrea Critto; Daniele Brombal; Xiaohui Wang; Hongguang Cheng; Antonio Marcomini. Circular Economy in China: Translating Principles into Practice. Sustainability 2020, 12, 832 .

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Marco Pesce, Ilaria Tamai, Deyan Guo, Andrea Critto, Daniele Brombal, Xiaohui Wang, Hongguang Cheng, Antonio Marcomini. Circular Economy in China: Translating Principles into Practice. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):832.

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Marco Pesce; Ilaria Tamai; Deyan Guo; Andrea Critto; Daniele Brombal; Xiaohui Wang; Hongguang Cheng; Antonio Marcomini. 2020. "Circular Economy in China: Translating Principles into Practice." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 832.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2019 in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
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The practice of citizen science (CS) is emerging in China as an apparatus for environmental monitoring (EM). It complements the State’s EM system by ameliorating its coverage, continuity, and accuracy. It has achieved remarkable results in fostering public participation, information transparency, and accountability of State authorities. While acknowledging these achievements, we contend that such an instrumental use of CS cannot deliver the innovative solutions needed to cope with China’s socio-ecological crisis. In fact, it may reinforce the anthropocentric and technocratic vision of progress that lies at the roots of China’s – and the World’s – dramatic environmental emergency. We therefore propose a framework for transforming the practice of China’s CS beyond its current patterns. The framework is structured along three pathways: ecological awareness, emotional responsiveness, and institutional engagement. Emerging trends consistent with these pathways are introduced in the paper, and their scientific and institutional relevance discussed.

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Daniele Brombal. Is fighting with data enough? Prospects for transformative citizen science in the Chinese Anthropocene. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2019, 63, 32 -48.

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Daniele Brombal. Is fighting with data enough? Prospects for transformative citizen science in the Chinese Anthropocene. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2019; 63 (1):32-48.

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Daniele Brombal. 2019. "Is fighting with data enough? Prospects for transformative citizen science in the Chinese Anthropocene." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 63, no. 1: 32-48.

Book chapter
Published: 01 September 2018 in I rapporti internazionali nei 150 anni di storia di Ca’ Foscari
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Chinese studies have historically been shaped by change in political, social, and scientific institutions. Since the ’80s, China’s emergence into the world stage and change in scientific paradigms have spurred debate about the epistemological foundations of the field. Sinologists have been confronted with the need of identifying pathways to ensure that the knowledge they produce is relevant for science and society. The engagement with theoretical and empirical approaches employed by different disciplines, most notably the social sciences, has been a key element to their endeavours. This paper contributes to this on-going reflection, by benchmarking recent changes in Chinese studies at Ca’ Foscari University against global trends of evolution in area studies. Results show that the field has now multi-disciplinary features and has initiated a transition towards inter-disciplinarity. By endorsing the holistic approach to knowledge informing this transition, scholars in the field may strengthen the centrality of Chinese studies in scientific production processes concerned with the sinosphere.

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Daniele Brombal. Chinese Studies in Venice: A Timeline of Change. I rapporti internazionali nei 150 anni di storia di Ca’ Foscari 2018, 1 .

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Daniele Brombal. Chinese Studies in Venice: A Timeline of Change. I rapporti internazionali nei 150 anni di storia di Ca’ Foscari. 2018; ():1.

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Daniele Brombal. 2018. "Chinese Studies in Venice: A Timeline of Change." I rapporti internazionali nei 150 anni di storia di Ca’ Foscari , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 19 June 2018 in Sustainability
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This paper aims at investigating the change over time in the environmental awareness in rural Chinese communities and its correlation with environmental management measures implemented at the local level. We identify three main components of awareness, namely: perception, behavior, and attitude toward environmental management measures. Data were collected from two surveys in three villages in northern China in 2006 and 2015 that interviewed 125 and 129 respondents, respectively, and were analyzed employing an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach. The results discussed in the paper show that environmental awareness increased between 2006–2015, and was mainly manifested in better environmental behavior and understanding of environmental status due an improvement in rural infrastructure and a greater amount of information provided to rural residents about the environment. Place of residence had a considerable influence on respondents’ environmental awareness: residents in eco-villages had a higher environmental awareness than those living in common agricultural villages. This appears to indicate a positive nexus between the comprehensiveness of environmental management measures implemented locally, and environmental awareness. Also, the universality of environment issues reduced the importance of socioeconomic and demographic factors in determining the degree of environmental awareness. However, more attention should be paid to villagers’ external behavior and inner feelings, such as their attitude to governmental management policies. These findings yield important policy implications that are relevant to the promotion of environmental awareness in China’s rural communities, and the adoption of more effective environmental management measures.

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Yi Du; Xiaoyan Wang; Daniele Brombal; Angela Moriggi; Andrew Sharpley; Shujiang Pang. Changes in Environmental Awareness and Its Connection to Local Environmental Management in Water Conservation Zones: The Case of Beijing, China. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2087 .

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Yi Du, Xiaoyan Wang, Daniele Brombal, Angela Moriggi, Andrew Sharpley, Shujiang Pang. Changes in Environmental Awareness and Its Connection to Local Environmental Management in Water Conservation Zones: The Case of Beijing, China. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (6):2087.

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Yi Du; Xiaoyan Wang; Daniele Brombal; Angela Moriggi; Andrew Sharpley; Shujiang Pang. 2018. "Changes in Environmental Awareness and Its Connection to Local Environmental Management in Water Conservation Zones: The Case of Beijing, China." Sustainability 10, no. 6: 2087.

Chapter
Published: 01 June 2018 in Normative Readings of the Belt and Road Initiative
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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been hailed by many as a game changer in the field of economy, capable to sustain growth in the Eurasian region. Many observers however are concerned about the environmental and social costs of the initiative. To what extent the BRI will pursue a development in tune with the environment and the needs of affected communities will largely depend upon the capacity of concerned actors to carry out integrated and inclusive environmental and social planning. A major role will be played by financial institutions funding the initiative. This chapter seeks to appraise the rationale, scope, legitimacy, and decision-making implications of environmental and social policies applicable to BRI projects. To pursue this aim, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is taken as a case representative of current progress and challenges ahead. Findings indicate that AIIB’s environmental and social safeguards may constitute a tool to promote social inclusion and environmental protection within BRI projects. However, their effectiveness will depend from the Bank’s political commitment towards sustainability and its capacity to foster institutional change in client countries.

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Daniele Brombal. Planning for a Sustainable Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): An Appraisal of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Environmental and Social Safeguards. Normative Readings of the Belt and Road Initiative 2018, 129 -145.

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Daniele Brombal. Planning for a Sustainable Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): An Appraisal of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Environmental and Social Safeguards. Normative Readings of the Belt and Road Initiative. 2018; ():129-145.

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Daniele Brombal. 2018. "Planning for a Sustainable Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): An Appraisal of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Environmental and Social Safeguards." Normative Readings of the Belt and Road Initiative , no. : 129-145.

Journal article
Published: 05 April 2018 in Environmental Science & Policy
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This paper introduces a participatory framework for Sustainability Assessment (SA) for urban Integrated Watershed Management (IWM). The framework is applied to the Lihu Lake Basin (Wuxi City), where between 2002 and 2012 an IWM program was implemented, coordinating water environmental management measures with urban planning. The framework for SA introduced in this paper is based on a Multi-Criteria-Decision-Analysis (MCDA) approach integrating criteria of environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Local stakeholders were engaged in focus group discussions (FGDs) to validate and weigh criteria and attributes employed in the SA framework. Results of the model application indicate that the programme implemented in the Lihu Basin yielded positive results in enhancing environmental conditions, providing more sustainable avenues of environmental management funding, and fostering economic growth. Despite efforts put forward by local authorities, performance of social indicators was comparatively worse, due to relocation policies, increase in housing prices, and scarce public participation. Results show that decision makers pursued viability, rather than comprehensive sustainability.

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Daniele Brombal; Yuan Niu; Lisa Pizzol; Angela Moriggi; Jingzhi Wang; Andrea Critto; Xia Jiang; Beibei Liu; Antonio Marcomini. A participatory sustainability assessment for integrated watershed management in urban China. Environmental Science & Policy 2018, 85, 54 -63.

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Daniele Brombal, Yuan Niu, Lisa Pizzol, Angela Moriggi, Jingzhi Wang, Andrea Critto, Xia Jiang, Beibei Liu, Antonio Marcomini. A participatory sustainability assessment for integrated watershed management in urban China. Environmental Science & Policy. 2018; 85 ():54-63.

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Daniele Brombal; Yuan Niu; Lisa Pizzol; Angela Moriggi; Jingzhi Wang; Andrea Critto; Xia Jiang; Beibei Liu; Antonio Marcomini. 2018. "A participatory sustainability assessment for integrated watershed management in urban China." Environmental Science & Policy 85, no. : 54-63.

Review
Published: 01 January 2018 in Monde chinois
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In the last decade, the concept of ecological civilisation (shengtai wenming, 生态文明) has become common currency in China’s debate on sustainable urbanization. Conceptually, ecological civilisation calls for a renewed harmony between human and nature and for the embracement of a new development model, one that does not entail the disruption of the natural environment in favour of economic growth. However, the extent to which ecological civilisation can reshape the norms of urban development is still debated upon. In order to shed light on this issue, we conducted a systematic review of 24 assessment systems inspired by ecological civilisation. The review shows a novel emphasis on the social dimension of sustainability, whereby ‘soft’ themes informed by humans’ relations with their living environment complement traditional categories of social sustainability−welfare, education, labour. Assessment systems inspired by ecological civilization also appear to reflect a stronger nexus between knowledge and policy, by focusing on issues such as environmental and ecological awareness, and public participation. The adoption of ecological civilisation does therefore appear to be consistent with the establishment of a more comprehensive notion of urban sustainability. The extent to which such norms will be translated into practice will depend upon wider institutional and political processes governing China’s urban development and therefore needs to be further ascertained.

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Costanza Termine; Daniele Brombal. Ecological civilisation for China’s urban sustainability: A review of normative criteria. Monde chinois 2018, 56, 59 -70.

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Costanza Termine, Daniele Brombal. Ecological civilisation for China’s urban sustainability: A review of normative criteria. Monde chinois. 2018; 56 (4):59-70.

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Costanza Termine; Daniele Brombal. 2018. "Ecological civilisation for China’s urban sustainability: A review of normative criteria." Monde chinois 56, no. 4: 59-70.

Journal article
Published: 23 February 2017 in Sustainability
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Environmental monitoring data are essential to informing decision-making processes relevant to the management of the environment. Their accuracy is therefore of extreme importance. The credibility of Chinese environmental data has been long questioned by domestic and foreign observers. This paper explores the potential impact of institutional, political, and ideological factors on the accuracy of China’s environmental monitoring data. It contends that the bureaucratic incentive system, conflicting agency goals, particular interests, and ideological structures constitute potential sources of bias in processes of environmental monitoring in China. The current leadership has acknowledged the issue, implementing new measures to strengthen administrative coordination and reinforce the oversight of the central government over local authorities. However, the failure to address the deeper political roots of the problem and the ambivalence over the desirability of public participation to enhance transparency might jeopardize Beijing’s strive for environmental data accuracy.

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Daniele Brombal. Accuracy of Environmental Monitoring in China: Exploring the Influence of Institutional, Political and Ideological Factors. Sustainability 2017, 9, 324 .

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Daniele Brombal. Accuracy of Environmental Monitoring in China: Exploring the Influence of Institutional, Political and Ideological Factors. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (3):324.

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Daniele Brombal. 2017. "Accuracy of Environmental Monitoring in China: Exploring the Influence of Institutional, Political and Ideological Factors." Sustainability 9, no. 3: 324.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in Environmental Impact Assessment Review
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In recent years, China's government authorities have devoted increasing attention to the role of public participation processes in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The capacity of these processes to influence decision-making remains widely debated. This paper aims at appraising the institutional rationale informing the implementation of public participation in China's EIA, benchmarking it against three conceptualisations: (1) Normative, based on objectives of empowerment and democratisation; (2) Substantive, where participation is pursued mainly to improve quality of decisions; (3) Instrumental, seeking participation as an instrument to legitimise decision-making processes. The appraisal is carried out by means of a new integrated index (Public Participation Index, PPI), which is applied to a case study representative of latest advancements in EIA public participation practices in China, namely the “New Beijing Airport Project”. Located 46 km south of downtown Beijing, the project was approved in 2014 and it is currently under construction. Results of the PPI application to this case study indicate that, despite progress made in recent years, the implementation of public participation in Chinese EIA still largely responds to an instrumental rationale, with limited capacity for the public to affect decisions

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Daniele Brombal; Angela Moriggi; Antonio Marcomini. Evaluating public participation in Chinese EIA. An integrated Public Participation Index and its application to the case of the New Beijing Airport. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 2017, 62, 49 -60.

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Daniele Brombal, Angela Moriggi, Antonio Marcomini. Evaluating public participation in Chinese EIA. An integrated Public Participation Index and its application to the case of the New Beijing Airport. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 2017; 62 ():49-60.

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Daniele Brombal; Angela Moriggi; Antonio Marcomini. 2017. "Evaluating public participation in Chinese EIA. An integrated Public Participation Index and its application to the case of the New Beijing Airport." Environmental Impact Assessment Review 62, no. : 49-60.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2015 in Land Use Policy
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Daniele Brombal; Haiyan Wang; Lisa Pizzol; Andrea Critto; Elisa Giubilato; Guanlin Guo. Soil environmental management systems for contaminated sites in China and the EU. Common challenges and perspectives for lesson drawing. Land Use Policy 2015, 48, 286 -298.

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Daniele Brombal, Haiyan Wang, Lisa Pizzol, Andrea Critto, Elisa Giubilato, Guanlin Guo. Soil environmental management systems for contaminated sites in China and the EU. Common challenges and perspectives for lesson drawing. Land Use Policy. 2015; 48 ():286-298.

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Daniele Brombal; Haiyan Wang; Lisa Pizzol; Andrea Critto; Elisa Giubilato; Guanlin Guo. 2015. "Soil environmental management systems for contaminated sites in China and the EU. Common challenges and perspectives for lesson drawing." Land Use Policy 48, no. : 286-298.