Understanding circularity and transformative approaches and their role in achieving sustainability

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cg.contributor.affiliationWater Research Commission of South Africaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of KwaZulu-Natalen_US
cg.contributor.donorUniversity of KwaZulu-Natalen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeNEXUS Gainsen_US
cg.creator.identifierMabhaudhi T: 0000-0002-9323-8127en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1201/9781003327615-1en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH052574en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.1201/9781003327615-1/understanding-circularity-transformative-approaches-role-achieving-sustainability-luxon-nhamo-sylvester-mpandeli-stanley-liphadzi-tafadzwanashe-mabhaudhien_US
cg.placeBoca Raton, FL, USAen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorNhamo, L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMpandeli, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLiphadzi, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMabhaudhi, Tafadzwanasheen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-01T22:51:50Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-02-01T22:51:50Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138832en_US
dc.titleUnderstanding circularity and transformative approaches and their role in achieving sustainabilityen_US
dcterms.abstractCircular and transformative approaches have emerged as alternatives to the current linear system, which has reached its limits, particularly when addressing today’s complex and interlinked challenges. Although linear models have been beneficial for decades, they have reached their threshold. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of linear models in addressing interconnected challenges that cut across sectors. Focusing on one sector during a crisis only aggravates the stresses in other sectors. This is compounded by decision-makers who have often viewed the world linearly, thinking that clicking a button would get the economy and society back to normal. However, the reactive interventions that included the lockdowns implemented during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic later resulted in job losses, company closures, debts, and economic recessions, demonstrating that linear models over-emphasise a limited set of system attributes, mainly efficiency, at the expense of other critical aspects. Compounded by climate change and other grand challenges, pandemics expose how unsustainable linear and sector-based approaches compromise resilience-building initiatives, allowing failure to cascade from one sector to another. Chapters in this book highlight how transformative and circular models contribute towards achieving cleaner production and sustainable development.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNhamo, L.; Mpandeli, S.; Liphadzi, S.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2024. Understanding circularity and transformative approaches and their role in achieving sustainability. In Nhamo, L.; Mpandeli, S.; Liphadzi, S.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. (Eds.). Circular and transformative economy: advances towards sustainable socio-economic transformation. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. pp.1-8. (Africa Circular Economy Series) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003327615-1]en_US
dcterms.extentpp.1-8.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfAfrica Circular Economy Seriesen_US
dcterms.issued2024-02-09en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherCRC Pressen_US
dcterms.subjectcircular economyen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dcterms.subjecttransformationen_US
dcterms.subjectmodelsen_US
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainable developmenten_US
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen_US
dcterms.typeBook Chapteren_US

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