Critical elements for eco-retrofitting a conventional industrial park: Social barriers to be overcome
| Autor: | José Carlos Lázaro da Silva Filho, Domenico Ceglia, Mônica Cavalcanti Sá de Abreu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Conservation of Natural Resources
Environmental Engineering 020209 energy media_common.quotation_subject Industrial Waste Developing country 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Promotion (rank) Industrial symbiosis 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Economics Humans Waste Management and Disposal Ecosystem Universalism 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common business.industry Circular economy Environmental resource management Social Support General Medicine Environmental economics Waste exchange Industrial park Industrial ecology business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Management. 187:375-383 |
| ISSN: | 0301-4797 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.064 |
| Popis: | This paper aims to explore critical elements for eco-retrofitting a conventional industrial park, based on a survey of companies and institutions located in Brazil. The study investigates social barriers to be overcome in promotion of opportunities for waste exchange. Our results indicate that values, trust behaviour, waste cognitive domain and environment engagement are necessary for the creation of an eco-industrial park. Similar values of benevolence and universalism are essential for company engagement to eco-retrofit. Low levels of trust behaviour combining with limited waste cognitive domain prevent firms from establishing agreement on waste exchange initiatives. The findings lend support to the view that social barriers are pre-requisites to engagement among firms in establishing technological and logistical solutions. Serious attention needs to be given to these social barriers because they are not easily overcome in the social and economic context of developing countries. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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