Circular society and its planning theory and methods

Author: Cui Tiening
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Developing a circular economy and building a circular society are one of the important aspects of implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development and constructing a harmonious society. They represent the government's decision-making goals and significant investment areas, as well as a crucial step in promoting sustainable development. The aim is to fundamentally address issues such as resource depletion, ecological damage, and environmental pollution, achieving optimal resource allocation, efficient utilization, and a virtuous cycle. This book is based on promoting the development of circular economy theory and conducts distinctive theoretical research from a macro societal level. The content not only covers the rational planning, scientific management, and optimal allocation of natural resources, production resources, and waste resources but also includes social resources, such as coordinated implementation of socio-economic policies, cultural education, institutional mechanisms, and legal regulations, as well as clarifying and reasonably distributing responsibilities among all levels of society.
This book adopts a systematic perspective, integrating multiple disciplines, to propose and construct a multi-level, systematic circular economy theory system centered on the circular economy development model, comprising circular society theory and circular economy planning theory. It innovatively introduces the "three-dimensional" view of circular economy, which emphasizes the optimal utilization of resources in terms of time, space, and quantity. It clearly outlines the idea of building an ecological industrial structure and functional system, systematically analyzes the institutional integration for building a circular society, and elaborates on the theoretical and methodological systems of circular economy planning from four different levels—macro, sub-macro, meso, and micro—while preliminarily establishing evaluation index systems for each level.
This book holds significant research and reference value for macro-level management decision-making departments in the fields of economics, environment, resources, and planning, as well as for universities, colleges, and relevant research institutions.