Klaus Krumme

University of Duisburg-Essen | uni-due · Joint Centre Urban Systems (JUS)

Ecological Functional Unit (EFU) approach to sustainable development planning differs from the conventional approaches related to development planning in that it attempts to base the use of natural resources, be it conservation or economic development or others, on the ecosystem’s natural functioning, itself determined by the ecological key process...

In times of global economic instability and new dimensions of environmental and social change, the demand for sustainability sets new standards to supply chain management. Conventional solution patterns increasingly fail in the face of the rising complexity and performance challenges of the organizational and operational structure of supply chains....

Regional impact scenarios of climate change confirm a high risk of supply deadlocks in respect to the water energy food (WEF) security nexus particularly for arid and semiarid regions. Management strategies addressing the WEF nexus show an urgent demand for truly systemic solutions, also considering effects of interlinked demographic development an...

The dimensions of the triple bottom-line approach to sustainable development contain inherent conflicting goals in implementation. In cases of urban development around the world, this is exemplary for settings in major port cities. Here, mostly economically oriented infrastructure requirements of the ports meet more comprehensive concerns of sustai...

In view of the threats of climate change, the urban centres of Indonesia, especially in the coastal regions, face existential challenges. Mitigation and adaptation must lead to a concretion of the transformation of land use, economic practices, lifestyles, and urban development. This requires the integration of diverse ecological, social, cultural,...

In view of the threats of climate change, the urban centres of Indonesia, especially in the coastal regions, face existential challenges. Mitigation and adaptation must lead to a concretion of the transformation of land use, economic practices, lifestyles, and urban development. This requires the integration of diverse ecological, social, cultural,...

Nature connectedness is recognized for its potential to promote pro-environmental behavior and well-being. While urban green spaces are the main form of direct contact with nature for many people, it is largely unclear which types of natural settings and qualities in urban areas most effectively strengthen human relationships with nature. Wildernes...

Current planning practice in Germany is insufficiently prepared for a solution-oriented approach to competing user interests. The planning instruments provide leeway for public participation (§3 BauGB), but do not define how participation is to take place. This means freedoms, but also procedural insecurity. In administrative contexts, this manoeuv...

Sustainability Assessment of Urban Systems - edited by Claudia R. Binder March 2020

The United Nations’ Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight the importance of cities for sustainable development globally. With SDG 11 a specific urban goal exists and also many of the other SDGs have strong ties to urban areas. However, implementing the SDGs on an urban level is not a straightforward process. This articl...

Supply chain effectiveness and general societal prosperity, as well as economic and ecological productivity will be highly affected in the next decades, entailing challenges for the supply chain and logistics sector. Thereby this sector plays a significant role within the transformation process of economic systems, yet the capacities of it remain u...

Advancing sustainable logistic processes requires transitions on consumer side too, i.e., changes in knowledge, attitudes, and lifestyle behaviors. With this perspective, the scientific field of sustainability communication has demonstrated the importance of tailor-made (sub-)target group communication that goes beyond the frequently used “one-size...

This chapter provides a first overview of the need for an intertwined view of modern logistics services and consumer lifestyles in holistically understood supply chains. The research subjects are placed in the overall context of a necessary transformation into a sustainable economic system. The authors briefly define research gaps and systematicall...

The chapter presents conceptual theory building based on an extensive literature review of contemporary knowledge stocks, both of the previous answers of supply chain management (SCM) and logistics regarding the sustainability challenge as well as of sustainability science on sustainable systems conceptualization. Grounded in the identified concept...

This book has provided research approaches and results for integration of essential socioeconomic and environmental aspects, as well as vital interdependencies of logistics services and sustainable lifestyles, for sustainable production, supply and consumption systems. The research has been focusing on stationary retail, e-commerce, and new forms o...

Regional impact scenarios of climate change show a high risk of supply deadlocks in respect to food security. Moreover, the impact of climate system on food security is induced by consumption systems due to shifting demand patterns within fast urbanization processes. Therefore, the transformational management of food supply chains shows an urgent d...

The complexity of the term sustainability is encouraging both policy makers and industry, to expand their methodology of solving environmental, social, and economic issues. In the field of applied science, sustainability-related research is thematic and policy driven; therefore involving the widest possible range of stakeholders is of importance. H...

In food supply chains, products and services are continuously expanded and adapted according to changing customer demands. As concerns for environmental and social issues within societies grow, sustainable business practices in supply chains are coming to the fore. Altogether customers’ growing demand for local food has led to an increased importan...

This edited volume aims to describe the transformation of supply chain management (SCM) and logistics services by merging sustainable logistics, SCM, sustainable consumption and lifestyle research. This assessment of the transformation potential serves the development of sustainable business models and optimized decision-making systems for achievin...

To face the challenges of a sustainable development, advanced capabilities are needed to fertilize sustainable corporate development on the level of operations management. Thus, this chapter describes the approach of participatory systems mapping (PSM) to fill knowledge gaps for required dynamic capabilities (DCs) in the field of sustainable supply...

Societal, economic and ecological prosperity will be highly affected in the next decades due to socio-demographic developments and climate change. The design of more sustainable logistics business types can address such challenges to build more resilient supply chains. Therefore, the discussion with regard to transformational potentials of logistic...

Das vorliegende essential enthält eine Reihe von Tools, welche sich im Rahmen des dreijährigen, BMBF-geförderten Projekts „Innovative Logistik für Nachhaltige Lebensstile (ILoNa)“ als besonders hilfreich für die praktische Umsetzung einer Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie von Logistikunternehmen herausgestellt haben. Eine Besonderheit liegt dabei in der kon...

NaWiKo Synthese Papier der Projekte RegioTransKMU und ILoNa (bei de Projekte wurden mit den Mitteln des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung unter den Förderkennzeichen 01UT1406B und 01UT1403A gefördert)

To improve food security a conceptual integration beyond the scope of production in the agricultural sector due to examination of critical supply chain system compartments and levels of services (“integrated food production and supply systems”) is proposed. For creating systematic results, a platform integrating various perspectives of experts has...

After the discovery of oil, countries in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) have seen rapid urbanization and shifts in standards of living, highly dependent on non-renewable resources, specifically fossil fuels. Such rapid change combined with a lack of management skills is making the region vulnerable under several challenges in the co...

This conceptual paper focuses on the connection between system resilience and sustainable development. Setting an inclusive frame and beginning with stating the nature of complexity related to the sustainability challenge and the resultant uncertainty of planning and management within socioeconomic domains, the article describes the demand for a sy...

Both practitioners and academics do deal for some time with the challenge of sustainability in respect to logistics and supply chain management (SCM). In both groups the discussion is widely dominated by the possible reactive adjustments of logistics in response to problem-specific issues of our socio-economic system, such as climate change impacts...

Water, energy and food are prerequisites for prosperity and wellbeing of the societies. Despite the strong interlinkages among these sectors decisions for future developments are usually made without sufficient consideration of these interdependencies. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the most fundamental causalities and decision variables wh...

This research aims to advance theoretical understanding around the management of supply chain disruptions through a multi-stage Delphi study on supply chain resilience. Stage one focused on polling academic experts followed by a second stage with practitioners from automotive, electronics and food industries. We examine the types of disruptions tha...

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BIORegMeru is an acronym for a pilot development project based on a bioregional approach to sustainable development. The new strategy developed at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany is planned to be implemented as a pilot project in Meru District of Kenya by the university’s Sustainable Development Group based in the Faculty of Biology and...

Die Idee der Nachhaltigkeit, der nachhaltigen Entwicklung, prägt die internationale Diskussion um die Lösung der globalen ökologischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Probleme besonders seit der UNKonferenz in Rio 1992. Nachhaltigkeit zielt in diesem Zusammenhang darauf ab, die ökologischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Aspekte gleichermaßen und in...

Radical integrative and pro-active ecosystem based approaches to conservation are needed to find realistic solutions for social and ecological sustainability in the protected areas and their bioregions in the African Savannas. The Savanna regions of Africa are richly endowed with natural resources, which include widely divergent ecological and soci...

The Bavarian Wood (Germany) and Bohemian Wood (“Sumava”, Czech Republic) national parks represent the largest connected protected forest ecosystem in Middle Europe (circa 93.000 hectares). Due to its relatively original character it serves as an outstanding habitat for some of Europe’s most endangered species, such as the Lynx or the Capercaillie....