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Measuring China's Circular Economy

Yong Geng, Joseph Sarkis, Sérgio Ulgiati, Pan Zhang

Science · 2013 · 468 citations · 14 references

Concepts

Social SciencesEconomicsSustainability ManagementCircular EconomyEnvironmental EconomicsCircular Economy AssessmentCircular Economy EconomicsCircular Economy PracticesCircular Economy SystemsCircular Economy ModelsCircular Economy Performance AssessmentCircular Economy Performance MetricsEconomic AssessmentIndicator Selection

Abstract

Unique environmental and economic challenges provide a laboratory for developing new indicator systems.

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