8Rs for circular water and sanitation systems: leveraging circular economy thinking for safe, resilient and inclusive services

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cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Technology, Sydneyen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Water Resource Economics and Management, Viet Namen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUNICEF East Asia and Pacific Region, Bangkok, Thailanden_US
cg.contributor.donorAustralian Department of Foreign Affairs and Tradeen_US
cg.contributor.donorWater for Women Funden_US
cg.creator.identifierAvinandan Taron: 0000-0001-6512-482Xen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101093en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053192en_US
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - D-0476en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2211-4645en_US
cg.journalEnvironmental Developmenten_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume52en_US
dc.contributor.authorCarrard, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDao, D. V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKohlitz, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRetamal, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTaron, Avinandanen_US
dc.contributor.authorNeemia, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWilletts, J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-31T18:41:43Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-10-31T18:41:43Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158355en_US
dc.title8Rs for circular water and sanitation systems: leveraging circular economy thinking for safe, resilient and inclusive servicesen_US
dcterms.abstractTo achieve their normative health, environmental and social objectives, water and sanitation services must be safely managed, inclusive and climate resilient. Meeting these imperatives presents a need and opportunity for innovative thinking about water and sanitation service systems. Circular economy concepts are being applied across a multitude of product and service sectors with the aim to facilitate regenerative flows of resources. Given the dependence on water resources, associated climate risks, and the generation of reusable waste products in water and sanitation service delivery, circular economy concepts can be usefully leveraged to drive sustainability outcomes. This article contributes a heuristic in the form of a conceptual framework for applying circular economy concepts in the design and delivery of water and sanitation services in diverse Global South contexts. The framework seeks to drive multiple outcomes relevant to water and sanitation initiatives: safely managed services, social inclusion, and climate resilience. Co-developed by an international research team applying a theoretical multiplicity approach and collaborative sensemaking, the heuristic takes the form of a suite of eight adapted circular economy ‘R strategies’ for water and sanitation. The R strategies were selected and articulated to reflect theory-based principles of circular economy, climate resilience and inclusion. They are intended to prompt thinking and action in pursuit of safely managed, climate resilient, inclusive water and sanitation services that align with the broader sustainability directions that circular economy narratives aspire to. The heuristic offers a conceptually rigorous, practical tool that can support collaborative, deliberative processes to realise the potential benefits of circularity in water and sanitation service systems.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2024-10-18en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCarrard, N.; Kumar, A.; Dao, D. V.; Kohlitz, J.; Retamal, M.; Taron, Avinandan; Neemia, N.; Willetts, J. 2024. 8Rs for circular water and sanitation systems: leveraging circular economy thinking for safe, resilient and inclusive services. Environmental Development, 52:101093. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101093]en_US
dcterms.extent101093.en_US
dcterms.issued2024-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectcircular economyen_US
dcterms.subjectsanitationen_US
dcterms.subjectwater reuseen_US
dcterms.subjectresource recoveryen_US
dcterms.subjectwastewateren_US
dcterms.subjectclimate resilienceen_US
dcterms.subjectsocial inclusionen_US
dcterms.subjectstrategiesen_US
dcterms.subjectframeworksen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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