Abstract The Construction Industry is responsible for over 30% of the extraction of natural
resources, as well as 25% of solid waste generated in the world. This happens because the …

Circular Economy (CE) considers resources in a continuously cyclical way. Yet literature
lacks a review of Construction and Built Environment (CBE) under CE. By presenting the first …

Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

The circular economy has moved quickly from niche conversations to mainstream attention.
Reports, white papers, academic articles, and guidance are produced in rapid succession …

The construction sector represents one of the most significant sources of waste generation in
the European Union (EU), with nearly one billion tonnes of construction and demolition …

In China's building sector, annual embodied carbon emissions (EC) account for a larger
proportion than operational emissions, unlike in developed economies. Investigating future …

The considerable environmental impacts, resource consumption and waste generation
emanating from buildings are a cause of great concern and political attention. Interest in the …

Extracting pieces of concrete from obsolete buildings and reusing them, as is, in new
assemblies is today rarely considered a strategy for improving the sustainability of the …

Built environment consumes vast volumes of natural resources and also poses several
environmental threats owing to mining, construction emissions, and waste disposal …

Concerns about the increasing global consumption of non-renewable resources as well as
shortages of primary raw materials and reduction of space available for final disposal of …