The need for global coordination in sustainable development |
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| Authors: | V Jegatheesan JL Liow L Shu SH Kim C Visvanathan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;2. School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, UNSW at ADFA, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia;3. Civil Engineering Department, Kyungnam University, Wolyoung-dong, Masan 631-701, Republic of Korea;4. Environmental Engineering Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand;1. Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3016, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania;2. Tanzania National Parks (Serengeti), P.O. Box 3134, Arusha, Tanzania;3. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Section of Small Ruminant Research, Kyrkjevegen 332/334, NO-4325 Sandnes, Norway;4. Department of Animal Science and Production, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3004, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania;1. Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar;2. Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA;1. Paris-Saclay Energy Efficiency (PS2E), Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France;2. CentraleSupelec, France |
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| Abstract: | Natural resources are being depleted at faster rates than ever; this highlights the need for global audits and actions to reverse the depletion. Coordinated efforts by various organizations are essential to quantify reserves and demands in such audits in order to enable the development and implementation of strategies for sustainable recovery, usage, and recycling of natural resources. This paper discusses such audits in several industries and puts forward analytical and technical methods and policies for sustainable recovery, usage and recycling of resources in those industries. Scenario analysis can help to provide better future directions for industries whilst eco-industrial parks could improve the efficiency of usage of available resources and waste products through synergies among different industries on a regional basis. Sustainable manufacturing within industries such as micromachining, cement and leather could further reduce consumption of natural resources. New technologies in mineral recovery could help to recover valuable minerals present in concentrates generated by various processes such as reverse osmosis of sea water, chemical processing of minerals, and domestic and industrial wastewater treatments. These areas are discussed in this special issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production. It is imperative that the efforts by various organizations toward sustainable management of natural resources should compliment each other to minimize duplication; furthermore policy makers should play greater roles in developing and implementing policies and procedures to support such sustainable development oriented approaches simultaneously throughout the world in a coordinated and proactive manner for the short and long term future. |
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