Lars Wietschel , Christoph Helbig , Martin Hillenbrand , Andrea Thorenz
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Abstract
The global need for decarbonization strains critical raw material supply, reflected in increasing disruptions and threats. This demonstrates the need to enhance criticality towards integrated, time-dynamic assessments of criticality and resilience. This study reviews criticality, resilience, and raw material resilience literature. While we identify high conformity between vulnerability in criticality and performance degradation in resilience assessments, criticality additionally includes the likelihood of disruptions, and resilience emphasizes the required capacities to recover. The two concepts have not yet been integrated, wherefore we propose a time-dynamic indicator-based framework that considers three dimensions: the likelihood of disruption, the effect of disruption, and recovery from disruption. We illustrate the relevance by a Gallium case study from the perspective of the EU, faced with a hypothetical export ban. Our study contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of supply chain risks and mitigation opportunities and provides a foundation for the quantitative integration of criticality and resilience.
期刊介绍:
The journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling welcomes contributions from research, which consider sustainable management and conservation of resources. The journal prioritizes understanding the transformation processes crucial for transitioning toward more sustainable production and consumption systems. It highlights technological, economic, institutional, and policy aspects related to specific resource management practices such as conservation, recycling, and resource substitution, as well as broader strategies like improving resource productivity and restructuring production and consumption patterns.
Contributions may address regional, national, or international scales and can range from individual resources or technologies to entire sectors or systems. Authors are encouraged to explore scientific and methodological issues alongside practical, environmental, and economic implications. However, manuscripts focusing solely on laboratory experiments without discussing their broader implications will not be considered for publication in the journal.