International circular economy strategies and their impacts on agricultural water use

Cleaner Engineering and Technology

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Priscila Rodrigues Gomes¹  Rebecca Dziedzic²  Adilia Januario Charmier³  Fouad Rachidi⁴  Pia Berger⁵  Michael Knaus⁶  Ranahansa Dasanayake⁷  Shunso Tsukada⁸  Faezeh Mahichi⁹  Filipa Ferro¹⁰  Kevin Smith¹¹  Donald Huising¹²  Marco Angilella¹³  Abdelghani El Asli¹⁴  Maurício Dziedzic¹⁵  Cândida Rocha¹⁶  Ying-Chu Chen¹⁷ 

[1] Corresponding author.;

[2] DREAMS, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, Lisbon, 1749-024, Portugal;

[3] Engineering Ifrane, 53000, Morocco;

[4] MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universida de Nova de Lisboa, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal;

[5] Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, School of Science &

[6] Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, S-EV 6.126, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex, 1515, St. Catherine W. Montreal, Quebec, Canada;

[7] CQE, Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av.Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal;

[8] College of Asia Pacific Studies (APS), Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU), Japan;

[9] Department of Civil Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei City, 106, Taiwan, ROC;

[10] Head-International Department, Institute for Applied Material Flow Management, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Trier University of Applied Sciences, Campusallee, Building-9926, Room-132, 55768, Neubrücke, Germany;

[11] Institute for Applied Material Flow Management, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Trier University of Applied Sciences, Campusallee, Building-9926, Room-127, 55768, Neubrücke, Germany;

[12] Post-doctoral Fellow. Graduate Program in Environmental Management, Universidade Positivo. Professor Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza St., 5300, Curitiba, PR, Brazil;

[13] Project Manager-Sustainable Water Management, Dipl. Betriebswirt (FH), Marco Angilella, Institute for Applied Material Flow Management, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Trier University of Applied Sciences, Campusallee, Building-9926, Room-131, 55768, Neubrücke, Germany;

[14] School of Engineering, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, V2N 4Z9, Canada;

[15] The Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 37996, USA;

[16] Universidad Panamericana. Facultad de Ingeniería. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer 101, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20296, Mexico;

关键词: Agricultural sector;    Environmental impacts;    Legislation;    Water resources;    Water security;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The concept of Circular Economy (CE) is becoming increasingly important in the pursuit of more sustainable societies. CE strategies are being applied in the sustainable management of a plethora of areas, such as energy, water, food and eco-industrial parks. The present paper focuses on the question of how CE principles can support the sustainable management of water in the agricultural sector around the world, considering different legislative environments, water resources management guidelines, environmental stressors, and CE practices. Considering these practices and circumstances, seven countries were compared: Brazil, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, and Taiwan. Together, CE experts in the seven countries developed a set of 44 criteria to assess each of these areas. Broader establishment and respect of water resources legislation was found to be strongly correlated with lower agricultural water use. While the application of CE practices was found to not be correlated with lower consumption, this is still novel in most countries. Based on the studied countries, it can be concluded that a global CE agenda has not been reached for water resources. Further application and variety of practices is required to better represent the impact of CE on a national scale, but local success stories could support the wider application of CE in agriculture. The findings and the framework of the study can be applied to other countries in directing CE strategies for more sustainable water use in agriculture. Increasing CE implementation, motivated by legislation and better management can help ensure water security throughout nations.

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