Toward a Circular Economy Regional Monitoring Framework for European Regions: Conceptual Approach

Anna Avdiushchenko
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Anna Avdiushchenko: Faculty of Management, AGH University of Science and Technology; 30-067 Kraków, Poland

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-26

Abstract: This paper presents the development of a concept for a circular economy (CE) regional monitoring framework for European countries, an example that can be used by regional policymakers as a supportive instrument for faster and more effective implementation of the CE model of regional development. The work identifies appropriate focus areas and ‘pillars’ for such a framework, and proposes key aspects for evaluating CE-based regional development. The concept for the CE regional monitoring framework is divided into a basic (conceptual) level and an applied (practical) level in order to connect the concept of CE with its practical implementation, evaluation, and monitoring in a given region. The study also highlights the European context of the CE concept and its similarities and differences in relation to existing CE concepts around the world.

Keywords: circular economy; regional development; sustainable development; monitoring framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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