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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 223, Issue -, Pages 147-162Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.269
Keywords
Small island developing states; Sustainable development goals; Uncertainty; Waste management; Strategic planning; Participatory back-casting
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- Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University
- United Nations Office for Project Services
- Magdalen College Oxford
- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [EP/N017064/1]
- EPSRC [EP/N017064/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Waste management is particularly challenging for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) due to their high per-capita infrastructure costs, remoteness, narrow resource bases and high dependence on tourism. The lack of integrated planning frameworks considering these SIDS-characteristics has stalled progress on sustainable waste management. To address this challenge, this paper proposes an integrated methodology for long-term waste management planning to deliver on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in SIDS. This explicitly combines multi-level participatory SDG visioning and back casting with waste infrastructure modelling. This methodological development is piloted using a national-scale demonstration on Curacao. Three island-specific waste management portfolios (Inaction, Circular Economy, Technology-led), developed through stakeholder back-casting, are modelled for SDG delivery using a national accounting model under different socio-economic futures. The results highlight the importance of waste prevention and material re-use strategies within islands that engage local populations. Evidence-based identification and evaluation of waste management strategies, grounded in participatory processes, can itself contribute to SDG delivery. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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