Jouni Korhonen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3704802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jouni Korhonen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jouni |
| FAMILY NAME | Korhonen |
| SIGNATURE | KORHONEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Åbo Akademi University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 189 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Circular economy as an essentially contested concept
The Circular Economy (CE) is currently a popular notion within the policy and business advocacy groups. Despite being visionary and provocative in its message, the research on the CE concept is emerging. The two intertwined objectives of the paper are; first to identify, discuss and develop the various definitions provided by the emerging literature. Secondly, to suggest an initial research approach with which research on CE can be conducted. Our…
Circular Economy
Quantifying the relationship of resilience and eco-efficiency in complex adaptive energy systems
Strategic thinking for sustainable development
The idea of this editorial research article is to start making sense out of the seemingly limitless debate on the environmental dimension of sustainable development. We have evaluated a collection of international peer‐reviewed papers. These contributions have been debated at the conferences of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS). Our main research objective here is to consider the often posed question of why the pr…
Reconsidering the Economics Logic of Ecological Modernization
This paper shows the main limitations and difficulties in the efficiency argument of ecological modernization. Eight limitations in the concept of eco-efficiency are revealed. Recommendations to improve the use of eco-efficiency in ecological modernization policy and management are derived from the critique. Eco-efficiency serves as an important technical tool, practical instrument, or indicator in environmental policy and management, but is not …
Analysing the evolution of industrial ecosystems
Industrial ecology flows of agriculture and food industry in Finland
Industrial ecology (IE) studies the physical flows of matter and energy within, and most importantly, between the natural ecosystem and the human industrial system, aiming to reduce the environmental burden of the flows. One of the applications used is to transform the industrial system linear ‘throughput’ material and energy flow that relies on imported non-renewables, on virgin renewables and produces wastes and emissions dumped to nature towar…
Material and energy flows of a local forest industry system in Finland
Forestry, forest, pulp and paper industries provide important cases for environmental and ecological economics and for corporate environmental management, because of the large quantities of flows of material and energy that are derived from the natural ecosystem. Because of the natural capital intensive nature of its activity, the forest industry also offers a fruitful case study for industrial ecology (IE), the practical concern of which is the …
Industrial ecology in the North Karelia Region in Finland — Scenarios for heating energy supply
The emerging concept of industrial ecology (IE) has been applied in practice in few case studies on local/regional industrial recycling networks. Analogously to a natural ecosystem, the aim is to develop material cycles and energy cascades between local cooperative actors. An optimal resource basis of an industrial ecosystem is the sustainable use of local renewable natural resources. In this paper, we consider the region of North Karelia in Finl…
Material and energy flows in corporate environmental management
Material and energy flows within and between the societal systems and the natural ecosystem result in the depletion of natural resources and threaten the capacity of nature to assimilate wastes and emissions. In this paper, the aim is to compare the material and energy flows of nature to these same flows in an industrial system. The ecosystem material and energy flows are divided into four categories: matter (biomass), nutrients, energy and carbo…
Industrial ecosystem in the Finnish forest industry
Municipalities and industrial ecology
In order for society to secure a healthy environment and reach sustainability, there is a need for reconsideration of municipal environmental management (MEM). Among other things, the potential roles of a municipality in regionally oriented environmental management and development planning have to be further analysed. In this paper, MEM is confronted with the concept of industrial ecology (IE). In particular, the role of a municipality in develop…
Municipalities and industrial ecology
In order for society to secure a healthy environment and reach sustainability, there is a need for reconsideration of municipal environmental management (MEM). Among other things, the potential roles of a municipality in regionally oriented environmental management and development planning have to be further analysed. In this paper, MEM is confronted with the concept of industrial ecology (IE). In particular, the role of a municipality in develop…
Circular Economy
Strategic thinking for sustainable development
The idea of this editorial research article is to start making sense out of the seemingly limitless debate on the environmental dimension of sustainable development. We have evaluated a collection of international peer‐reviewed papers. These contributions have been debated at the conferences of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS). Our main research objective here is to consider the often posed question of why the pr…
Municipalities and industrial ecology
In order for society to secure a healthy environment and reach sustainability, there is a need for reconsideration of municipal environmental management (MEM). Among other things, the potential roles of a municipality in regionally oriented environmental management and development planning have to be further analysed. In this paper, MEM is confronted with the concept of industrial ecology (IE). In particular, the role of a municipality in develop…
Reconsidering the Economics Logic of Ecological Modernization
This paper shows the main limitations and difficulties in the efficiency argument of ecological modernization. Eight limitations in the concept of eco-efficiency are revealed. Recommendations to improve the use of eco-efficiency in ecological modernization policy and management are derived from the critique. Eco-efficiency serves as an important technical tool, practical instrument, or indicator in environmental policy and management, but is not …
Material and energy flows in corporate environmental management
Material and energy flows within and between the societal systems and the natural ecosystem result in the depletion of natural resources and threaten the capacity of nature to assimilate wastes and emissions. In this paper, the aim is to compare the material and energy flows of nature to these same flows in an industrial system. The ecosystem material and energy flows are divided into four categories: matter (biomass), nutrients, energy and carbo…
Industrial ecosystem in the Finnish forest industry
Municipalities and industrial ecology
In order for society to secure a healthy environment and reach sustainability, there is a need for reconsideration of municipal environmental management (MEM). Among other things, the potential roles of a municipality in regionally oriented environmental management and development planning have to be further analysed. In this paper, MEM is confronted with the concept of industrial ecology (IE). In particular, the role of a municipality in develop…
Municipalities and industrial ecology
In order for society to secure a healthy environment and reach sustainability, there is a need for reconsideration of municipal environmental management (MEM). Among other things, the potential roles of a municipality in regionally oriented environmental management and development planning have to be further analysed. In this paper, MEM is confronted with the concept of industrial ecology (IE). In particular, the role of a municipality in develop…
Industrial ecology in the North Karelia Region in Finland — Scenarios for heating energy supply
The emerging concept of industrial ecology (IE) has been applied in practice in few case studies on local/regional industrial recycling networks. Analogously to a natural ecosystem, the aim is to develop material cycles and energy cascades between local cooperative actors. An optimal resource basis of an industrial ecosystem is the sustainable use of local renewable natural resources. In this paper, we consider the region of North Karelia in Finl…
Industrial ecology flows of agriculture and food industry in Finland
Industrial ecology (IE) studies the physical flows of matter and energy within, and most importantly, between the natural ecosystem and the human industrial system, aiming to reduce the environmental burden of the flows. One of the applications used is to transform the industrial system linear ‘throughput’ material and energy flow that relies on imported non-renewables, on virgin renewables and produces wastes and emissions dumped to nature towar…
Material and energy flows of a local forest industry system in Finland
Forestry, forest, pulp and paper industries provide important cases for environmental and ecological economics and for corporate environmental management, because of the large quantities of flows of material and energy that are derived from the natural ecosystem. Because of the natural capital intensive nature of its activity, the forest industry also offers a fruitful case study for industrial ecology (IE), the practical concern of which is the …
Analysing the evolution of industrial ecosystems
Reconsidering the Economics Logic of Ecological Modernization
This paper shows the main limitations and difficulties in the efficiency argument of ecological modernization. Eight limitations in the concept of eco-efficiency are revealed. Recommendations to improve the use of eco-efficiency in ecological modernization policy and management are derived from the critique. Eco-efficiency serves as an important technical tool, practical instrument, or indicator in environmental policy and management, but is not …
Strategic thinking for sustainable development
The idea of this editorial research article is to start making sense out of the seemingly limitless debate on the environmental dimension of sustainable development. We have evaluated a collection of international peer‐reviewed papers. These contributions have been debated at the conferences of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS). Our main research objective here is to consider the often posed question of why the pr…
Quantifying the relationship of resilience and eco-efficiency in complex adaptive energy systems
Circular Economy
Circular economy as an essentially contested concept
The Circular Economy (CE) is currently a popular notion within the policy and business advocacy groups. Despite being visionary and provocative in its message, the research on the CE concept is emerging. The two intertwined objectives of the paper are; first to identify, discuss and develop the various definitions provided by the emerging literature. Secondly, to suggest an initial research approach with which research on CE can be conducted. Our…
Economics (11 works) · Sustainable Industrial Ecology (11 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Environmental resource management (10 works) · Sustainable Supply Chain Management (8 works) · Environmental Impact and Sustainability (7 works) · Industrial ecology (7 works) · Sustainability (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Environmental Science (6 works)