Circular Economy Assessment: Indicators and Applications

This book provides theoretical foundations for circular economy concepts, principles, and models while analysing their applications across agriculture, industry, and energy sectors. It systematically evaluates measurement frameworks and indicators that track circular economy progress among countries, with particular focus on EU member states. The authors develop and test indicator frameworks through case studies that reveal patterns of progress, convergence, or divergence in circular economy implementation. By examining policies that promote circular economic development, the book identifies the best practices for EU nations and gives recommendations based on tested frameworks.

Features:

• Provides comprehensive analysis of the theoretical and practical implementation of circular economy principles in agriculture, energy, and other industries
• Discusses the frameworks for the assessment of circular economy developments based on practical, tested applications
• Presents policies and measures to promote circular economy development which are examined, critically assessed, and systematized
• Provides policy recommendations to promote circular economy development in EU countries based on the results of practical applications of circular economy frameworks
• Includes case studies on the assessment of circular economy development, convergence, clustering, and ranking of EU countries

Circular Economy Assessment: Indicators and Applications is for academics, researchers, students, professionals, entrepreneurs, and policymakers interested in sustainability.

Prof. Dr. Dalia Streimikiene is a leading researcher at Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development. She has 40 years of experience in research areas such as sustainable development, sustainability assessment, climate change mitigation, and corporate social responsibility. She is author of more than 200 papers in international journals referenced in WoS. She is an invited editor for several special issues of Sustainability and other WoS-indexed journals, and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Transformations in Business and Economics, referenced in WoS.