The notion of smart and sustainable cities offers an integrated and holistic approach to urbanism by aiming to achieve the long-term goals of urban sustainability and resilience. In essence, a smart and sustainable city is an urban locality that functions as a robust system of systems with...

The study conceptualizes the ecosystem of an industrial cluster based on circular economy as an umbrella for co-evolving concepts, such as circular economy, cluster economy and industrial ecology (also comprising the concepts of industrial symbiosis and its subcategory, industrial mutualism). We...

Wie gelingt eine gesellschaftliche Transformation zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit aufregionaler Ebene? Durch einen intensiven Dialog aller wichtigen Akteure in Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft. Dann werden tragfähige Alternativen zum gegenwärtigen nicht nachhaltigen Gesellschaftssystem...