Deutz P. and Gibbs D. Industrial ecology and regional development: eco-industrial development as cluster policy, Regional Studies. Aspects of industrial ecology fit closely with work in regional development investigating clustering, networking, and local economic development. However, there has been limited cross-fertilization between these bodies of literature. This paper uses an empirical focus on eco-industrial developments in the USA to postulate that industrial ecology can be viewed as a distinct cluster concept and to consider the implications of this for both industrial ecology and regional development policies. Deutz P. et Gibbs D. L'écologie industrielle et l'aménagement du territoire: le développement industriel écologique comme politique d'agglomération, Regional Studies. Des aspects de l'écologie industrielle sont en corrélation étroite avec des recherches dans le domaine de l'aménagement du territoire qui examinent l'agglomération, la connexion et le développement local économique. Cependant, il y a eu peu de synergie entre ces faisceaux de documentation. Cet article porte de façon empirique sur les développements industriels écologiques aux E-U afin de postuler que l'on peut envisager l'écologie industrielle comme une notion indéniable d'agglomération et en considérer les retombées à la fois pour l'écologie industrielle et les politiques d'aménagement du territoire. Ecologie industrielle Parcs industriels écologiques Symbiose industrielle Agglomérations régionales Connexion Deutz P. und Gibbs D. Industrieökologie und Regionalentwicklung: öko-industrielle Entwicklung als Cluster-Politik, Regional Studies. Die Aspekte der Industrieökologie sind eng mit der Arbeit der Regionalentwicklung verzahnt, was die Untersuchung von Clusterbildungen, Netzwerken und lokaler Wirtschaftsentwicklung anbelangt. Die gegenseitige Befruchtung zwischen diesen Literaturkörpern fiel jedoch bisher eher begrenzt aus. In diesem Beitrag wird anhand eines empirischen Fokus auf den ökoindustriellen Entwicklungen in den USA postuliert, dass sich die Industrieökologie als eigenständiges Cluster-Konzept betrachten lässt, und es werden die Auswirkungen auf die Politiken für Industrieökologie und Regionalentwicklung untersucht. Industrieökologie Öko-Industrieparks Industriesymbiose Regionalentwicklung Cluster Netzwerke Deutz P. y Gibbs D. Ecología industrial y desarrollo regional: desarrollo ecoindustrial como política de aglomeración, Regional Studies. Los aspectos de la ecología industrial están estrechamente vinculados al trabajo en el desarrollo regional que estudia la aglomeración, las redes y el desarrollo económico local. Sin embargo, la mutua hibridación entre estos organismos de literatura ha estado limitada. En este artículo usamos un enfoque empírico sobre los desarrollos ecoindustriales en los EE.UU. para postular que la ecología industrial puede considerarse un concepto distintivo de aglomeraciones y para considerar qué efectos tiene esto en la ecología industrial y las políticas de desarrollo industrial. Ecología industrial Parques ecoindustriales Simbiosis industrial Desarrollo regional Aglomeraciones Redes

The concept of the Circular Economy (CE) is an increasingly attractive approach to tackling current sustainability challenges and facilitating a shift away from the linear “take-make-use-dispose” model of production and consumption. The public sector is a major contributor to the CE transition not only as a policy-maker but also as a significant purchaser, consumer, and user of goods and services. The circularization of the public sector itself, however, has received very little attention in CE research. In order to explore the current state of knowledge on the implementation of CE practices and strategies within Public Sector Organizations (PSOs), this research aims to develop an overview of the existing literature. The literature review was designed combining a systematic search with a complementary purposive sampling. Using organizational sustainability as a theoretical perspective, the main results showed a scattered landscape, indicating that the limited research on CE practices and strategies in PSOs has focused so far on the areas of public procurement, internal operations and processes, and public service delivery. As a result of this literature review, an organizational CE framework of a PSO is proposed providing a holistic view of a PSO as a system with organizational dimensions that are relevant for the examination and analysis of the integration process of CE practices and strategies. This innovative framework aims to help further CE research and practice to move beyond current sustainability efforts, highlighting that public procurement, strategy and management, internal processes and operations, assessment and communication, public service delivery, human resources dimensions, collaboration with other organizations, and various external contexts are important public sector areas where the implementation of CE has the potential to bring sustainability benefits.

Gibbs, D., Deutz, P. and Proctor, A. (2005) Industrial ecology and eco‐industrial development: a potential paradigm for local and regional development?, Regional Studies 39 , 171–183. Increasingly, concepts such as sustainable development and ecological modernization have entered into local and regional economic policies and strategies. However, integrating environmental and economic aims has proved difficult, despite arguments that sustainability enables ‘win‐win‐win’ solutions. Eco‐industrial development is a recent policy initiative that attempts to integrate economic, social and environmental aims in a concrete form. Derived from concepts of industrial ecology, eco‐industrial developments seek to increase business competitiveness, reduce waste and pollution, create jobs, and improve working conditions. While these initiatives are said to offer a new basis for local and regional development, there has been little critical evaluation of eco‐industrial development.