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Today, most large port hubs include the circular economy transformation challenge, together with smart digitalization and Internet of Things (IoT), in their strategic priorities. However, many ports do not seem to have progressed beyond incremental, small-scale sustainable innovations or the support of rather fragmented sustainability initiatives. The challenges are complex, since ports do not only have to reconsider their own core activities but also their role in the supply chain of shippers, to lift themselves out of the linear lock-in. Opportunities are also created, and port authorities and businesses need to embrace circular learning and turn these projects into sustainable business models. This strategic change or refocus requires new insights into innovative governance and business frameworks, the link between strategy and commercially viable business models, systems innovation, intensified stakeholder collaboration and co-creation, altered traffic segments and hinterland focus, amongst others. These Special Issue articles address current CE transition concerns salient to port strategists and managers, such as first strategic changes towards circular ports, building awareness on the importance of sustainability data and available space, and how port authorities can develop circular business models.

Economics, finance, business & management --- port masterplanning --- corporate sustainability --- traffic flow modeling --- discrete-event simulation --- sustainability reporting --- inland ports --- Triple Bottom Line --- materiality analysis --- stakeholder management --- boundary setting --- ecological perspective --- port-city system --- coordinated development --- system dynamics --- circular economy --- circular supply chain management --- secondary seaports --- port authority --- stevedores --- port-related emission --- cargo-handling equipment --- emission inventory --- external container trucks --- air quality --- maritime transport --- emission from ships --- sustainable port --- energy sources --- ship’s crew and port pilots qualification --- green shipping --- environmentally friendly fuels --- ports --- port of Amsterdam --- case study --- circular economy ecosystem --- port cities --- public value --- strategic management --- incinerator capacity --- green ports --- scale development --- stakeholders --- corporate social responsibility --- strategy --- maturity --- patterns --- transition --- process --- circular initiative --- case studies --- Belgium --- n/a --- ship's crew and port pilots qualification

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Today, most large port hubs include the circular economy transformation challenge, together with smart digitalization and Internet of Things (IoT), in their strategic priorities. However, many ports do not seem to have progressed beyond incremental, small-scale sustainable innovations or the support of rather fragmented sustainability initiatives. The challenges are complex, since ports do not only have to reconsider their own core activities but also their role in the supply chain of shippers, to lift themselves out of the linear lock-in. Opportunities are also created, and port authorities and businesses need to embrace circular learning and turn these projects into sustainable business models. This strategic change or refocus requires new insights into innovative governance and business frameworks, the link between strategy and commercially viable business models, systems innovation, intensified stakeholder collaboration and co-creation, altered traffic segments and hinterland focus, amongst others. These Special Issue articles address current CE transition concerns salient to port strategists and managers, such as first strategic changes towards circular ports, building awareness on the importance of sustainability data and available space, and how port authorities can develop circular business models.

port masterplanning --- corporate sustainability --- traffic flow modeling --- discrete-event simulation --- sustainability reporting --- inland ports --- Triple Bottom Line --- materiality analysis --- stakeholder management --- boundary setting --- ecological perspective --- port-city system --- coordinated development --- system dynamics --- circular economy --- circular supply chain management --- secondary seaports --- port authority --- stevedores --- port-related emission --- cargo-handling equipment --- emission inventory --- external container trucks --- air quality --- maritime transport --- emission from ships --- sustainable port --- energy sources --- ship’s crew and port pilots qualification --- green shipping --- environmentally friendly fuels --- ports --- port of Amsterdam --- case study --- circular economy ecosystem --- port cities --- public value --- strategic management --- incinerator capacity --- green ports --- scale development --- stakeholders --- corporate social responsibility --- strategy --- maturity --- patterns --- transition --- process --- circular initiative --- case studies --- Belgium --- n/a --- ship's crew and port pilots qualification

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Ecological protection and high-quality development in the basin of the Yellow River, known as China’s “Mother River” and “the cradle of Chinese civilization”, have been receiving increasing attention because of the important role they play in China’s economic and social development, and its cultural heritage. Under ongoing climate change and intense human activities, the Yellow River basin is facing crucial challenges, e.g., flooding, water security, water resource shortage, water pollution, and ecological environment degradation, which seriously affects the sustainable development of the regional economy and society. Meanwhile, significant differences in key characteristics across the upper, middle, and lower reaches call for joint management efforts, including integrated management, water conservancy, and ecological environment restoration. This Special Issue focusses on the current state, challenges, and suggestions relating to Yellow River basin management and sustainable development under pressure, aiming to help improve ecological protection and achieve high-quality development. The following topics, including the management, restoration and protection of the Yellow River basin, and harmonious regulation of the human–water relationship were systematically studied.

Business strategy --- Management of specific areas --- Gini coefficient --- fairness principle --- double-level --- water-saving potential --- Weihe River basin --- Budyko framework --- runoff changes --- climate change --- underlying surface parameters --- human activities --- Yellow River --- cultivated land --- Object-Oriented Feature Extraction --- wheat --- corn --- water use level --- SBM-DEA model --- window-DEA model --- economic and social development --- matching degree --- yellow river basin --- water–energy–food --- harmony equilibrium --- harmonious regulation --- the Yellow River --- bank collapse --- sediment transportation --- numerical simulation --- curved channel --- cohesive --- cross-sectional shape --- asymmetry --- water and sediment factor --- transverse distribution --- wandering river channel --- Wuliangsuhai Lake --- ecological water demand --- ecological water supplement --- ecological function --- heavy metals --- sediment interstitial water --- sediment --- chemical fraction --- ecological risk --- water quality characteristics --- cause --- groundwater --- middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River --- water rights allocation --- coordinated development --- water–ecology–energy–food --- emergy method --- Yinchuan city --- return period --- Pearson-III distribution --- “7.20” rainstorm --- Yiluo River basin --- Xiaohua section --- soil erosion --- influencing factors --- RUSLE --- the optimal parameters-based geographical detector --- scale effects --- the Yellow River Basin --- Sanhe region --- early sites --- spatial and temporal distribution --- human-territorial relationship --- GIS --- high-quality development --- environmental regulation --- local government competition --- panel threshold regression model --- Yellow River basin --- the ancient Yellow River distributary --- early settlements --- aggregation characteristics --- Zhengzhou --- n/a --- water-energy-food --- water-ecology-energy-food --- "7.20" rainstorm