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Jenny Palm

Jenny Palm

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Jenny Palm

The role of local governments in overcoming barriers to industrial symbiosis

Author

  • Karolina Södergren
  • Jenny Palm

Summary, in English

The industrial symbiosis (IS) landscape is evolving at high speed. There is a growing interest in knowledge sharing and partnering, as is evident from the establishment of multiple IS networks at local and regional level. This article investigates the role of local governments in industrial symbiosis. It aims to build a theoretical framework explaining how local governments can reduce barriers to implementation of IS by applying different modes of governing. Findings show that local governments can do many things to overcome barriers and thus enhance IS. In many instances, local governments can support IS in an enabling function, by coordinating relationships and material exchanges, providing infrastructure and funding. They can also apply authoritarian and self-governing principles to develop policies and regulations to support IS development, as well as planning and control mechanisms linked to their own material and resource flows. This article concludes by suggesting a number of policy recommendations, such as local governments establishing a clear strategy on IS, and including IS in physical planning.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2021-02-11

Language

English

Publication/Series

Cleaner Environmental Systems

Volume

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Environmental Engineering

Keywords

  • industrial symbiosis
  • barriers
  • Local Government
  • local governance
  • modes of governing

Status

Published

Project

  • Smart symbiosis - collaboration for common resource flows

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2666-7894