The Routledge handbook of catalysts for a sustainable circular economy / edited by Hanna Lehtimaki, Leena Aarikka-Stenroos, Ari Jokinen, and Pekka Jokinen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Circular economy catalysts in sustainability transition .--Part 1: Contextualized understanding of catalysts .--2. Catalysts for urban circularity.-- 3. ‘ReCreating’ the construction sector for circularity.-- 4. Catalysing the textile industry toward circular economy.-- 5. A review of circular economy in Nigeria .--6. Catalysts for transition to circular economy solutions in the bio-waste management sector in India.-- 7. Plastic waste and a circular economy in China .--8. The role of institutional environment in catalysing circular entrepreneurship.-- Part 2: Types of catalysts.-- 9. Regulatory catalysts for circular economy.-- 10. Mission-oriented policy as a catalyst for transition to a circular economy.-- 11. Information as a catalyst for the circular economy.-- 12. Design as a catalyst for the circular economy .--13. Circular economy and finance.-- 14. Core competences and core resources as catalysts for the design of circular business models.-- 15. Artificial intelligence as a catalyst in the circular economy transition.-- 16. Gamification as a catalyst to the circular economy.-- Part 3: Methodological approaches for catalysing.-- 17. Mid-range transition arenas as catalysts in a circular economy .--18. Design thinking tools to catalyse sustainable circular innovation.-- 19. Scenario method for catalysing circularity and lowering emissions in the construction sector/real estate, Nigeria.-- 20. Digital affordances for a circular economy transition.-- 21. Accelerating the adoption of circular economy.-- 22. Co-creation art to catalyse competencies for a sustainability transition.-- 23. Utopias as catalysts for a sustainable circular economy Part 4: Conceptual understanding of catalysing.-- 24. Toward a typology of circular economy agency.-- 25. Roles of virtual intermediaries in the transition to a circular economy.-- 26. The assembling of circular consumption.-- 27. Catalysing a circular transition in Brixton 28 ‘Regime-niche’ actors as catalysts in the transition to a circular economy.-- 29. Catalysts in a sustainable circular economy.

"This ground-breaking handbook leads the way in accelerating the transition to a sustainable circular economy by introducing the concept of a catalyst as a positive and enhancing driving force for sustainability. Catalysts create and maintain favourable conditions for complex systemic sustainability transition changes, and a discussion and understanding of catalysts is required to move from a linear economy to a sustainable and circular economy. With contributions from leading experts from around the globe, this volume presents theoretical insights, contextualized case studies, and participatory methodologies, which identify different catalysts, including technology, innovation, business models, management and organisation, regulation, sustainability policy, product design, and culture. The authors then show how these catalysts accelerate sustainability transitions. As a unique value to the reader, the book brings together public policy and private business perspectives to address the circular economy as a systemic change. Its theoretical and practical perspectives are coupled with real-world case studies from Finland, Italy, China, India, Nigeria, and others, to provide tangible insights on catalysing the circular economy across organizational, hierarchical, and disciplinary boundaries. With its broad interdisciplinary and geographically diverse scope, this handbook will be a valuable tool for researchers, academics, and policymakers in the fields of circular economy, sustainability transitions, environmental studies, business, and the social sciences more broadly"-- Provided by publisher.