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2013 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Flexibility in Natural Resource Recovery Systems: A Practical Approach to the “Tragedy of the Commons”
verfasst von : S. B. von Helfenstein
Erschienen in: Proceedings of the Institute of Industrial Engineers Asian Conference 2013
Verlag: Springer Singapore
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Abstract
“As overuse of resources reduces carrying capacity, ruin is inevitable” (Hardin 1998). In his controversial paper of 1968, Garrett Hardin introduced the concept of the tragedy of the commons in which the freedom of individuals to maximize their personal utility of common resources/goods (water, air, land, and so forth) leads to the destruction of those resources. While this problem is initially one of economic, socio-political, and ecological systems, in the end, it also an engineering problem since many current and future solutions depend on engineering systems design and implementation. Focusing on a single area of concern—construction and demolition (C&D) waste—I examine current U.S. practices in waste management and resource recovery. I then present a case study demonstrating the real-world use of flexibility in C&D natural resource recovery systems and explore its practical implications for a proposed paradigm shift that could resolve this one aspect of the tragedy of the commons.