This edited volume examines the relationship between environmental sustainability and economic systems across resource management, production, policy and circular transition. It brings together interdisciplinary contributions rather than treating environmental performance as a separate technical issue.

The collection addresses resource efficiency, waste and circularity, environmental management, ecosystem pressures and the policy instruments through which economic activity can be redirected. Its breadth reflects the need to connect biophysical limits with institutional and organisational change.

Daniela Perrotti’s editorial participation situates the volume within her broader work on urban metabolism and the translation of environmental evidence into planning and policy. The book also complements later editorial activity focused more specifically on the next generation of metabolic studies.