scholarly journals Study on the Delimitation of the Urban Development Boundary in a Special Economic Zone: A Case Study of the Central Urban Area of Doumen in Zhuhai, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biao Zheng ◽  
Guangsheng Liu ◽  
Hongmei Wang ◽  
Yingxuan Cheng ◽  
Zongliang Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Special Economic Zone ◽  
Economic Zone

scholarly journals Landfill Site Selection Using a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Method: A Case Study of the Salafcheghan Special Economic Zone, Iran

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Yousefi ◽  
Zahra Javadzadeh ◽  
Younes Noorollahi ◽  
Amin Yousefi-Sahzabi
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Special Economic Zone ◽  
Industrial Wastes ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Industrial Areas ◽  
Economic Zone ◽  
Influential Parameters

Sustainable waste management, particularly in industrial areas, is one of the major challenges of developing countries. Among the important issues in the overall process of industrial wastes management is the necessity of suitable site selection for waste disposal. Considering the effects that the disposal sites exert on their surrounding ecosystem and environment, these sites should be located in places with the minimum destructive effects and the lowest environmental impacts. The aim of this research is to outline important criteria for industrial zone waste disposal site selection and to select optimal and proper disposal sites in the Salafchegan special economic zone. This region, as one of the most important industrial areas and closest to the country’s political–economic center, enjoys a privileged and unique position for producing, exporting, and transiting goods and products. There are various parameters involved in the optimal selection of suitable industrial waste disposal sites. In this case study, issues such as the depth of groundwater, distance from surface- and groundwater, access routes, residential areas, industries, power transmission lines, flood-proneness, faults, slope, and distance from gardens and agricultural lands were taken into account. Following selection and preparation of the maps related to the influential parameters, assigning weights was done through the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and using expert comments. At this stage, the maps and weights related to them were introduced into an index overlay model to obtain new maps from combining the influential parameters. Thereafter, the areas with the first and second priorities were selected and out of each one, four sites were suggested for disposing of industrial wastes. The sites with the first and second priorities were specified as A1, A2, A3, and A4 and B1, B2, B3, and B4, respectively. The area, groundwater depth, distance from residential areas, distance from the Salafchegan special economic zone, the direction of the predominant wind, and the land use of the selected sites were also investigated.

scholarly journals Institutional Lens upon Industrial Symbiosis Dynamics: The case of Persian Gulf Mining and Metal Industries Special Economic Zone

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6192
Author(s):  
Shiva Noori ◽  
Gijsbert Korevaar ◽  
Andrea Ramirez Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Special Economic Zone ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Economic Zone

Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is a collaboration between nearby industrial plants to exchange waste material and energy and achieve economic and environmental benefits that cannot be obtained individually. IS emergence in a cluster requires both technical potentials for material and energy exchange and social readiness for collaboration. In this paper, to gain insight into IS dynamics in emerging industrial clusters; we investigate shared concepts governing actors’ behavior in the form of rules and regulations, and social norms and practices. We implemented the IS dynamics framework to reveal which dynamics are supported either by the legislation or actors’ preferences. The Persian Gulf Mining and Metal Industries Special Economic Zone in Iran is used as a case study. The case study revealed that previous successful collaborations in the cluster were often self-organized, but stakeholders preferred to initiate new IS collaborations if financial incentives and infrastructure are provided. Meanwhile, the institutional analysis showed that institutional arrangements (e.g., pricing and penalties) are not in favor of IS emergence. Even though stakeholders might engage in self-organized IS because of inherent problems such as resource scarcity, the lack of clear and effective institutions could hinder IS. This understanding can help both the government and stakeholders in their strategies for future collaborations under different economic and environmental policies.

Analysis on geo-effects of China’s overseas industrial parks: A case study of Cambodia Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 712-732
Author(s):  
Shufang Wang ◽  
Guangwen Meng ◽  
Jun Zhou ◽  
Liran Xiong ◽  
Yuxin Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Special Economic Zone ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
Economic Zone
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