| Title | Modelling of Regional Economic Metabolism |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 5186 |
| Authors | Silva, A; Augusto, B; Rafael, S; Reis, J; Lopes, M; Costa, S; Borrego, C |
| Title | Modelling of Regional Economic Metabolism |
| Year | 2020 |
| Published | Climate, 8, 4 |
| Abstract | The current linear economic system has led Europe to unsustainable development, aggravating several issues, such as climate change, limitation of resources, and pollution. As a sustainable alternative, circular economy (CE) has been promoted around the world. This economic system allows for the maximization of a product's life, thus decreasing its environmental impact and increasing its value. The main goal of this work is to scrutinise the concepts of CE over time, from the beginning of the concept, to its implementation in Europe and its application in Portugal. In addition, the requirement for strategies that led to studies on regional urban metabolism are addressed. Another goal is to examine Portugal and see how the country is dealing with the implementation of strategies for CE, moving from concept to practice. This part of the work resulted in the creation of the REMET-UA model, a tool to assess the regional economic metabolism, which also has the potential to evaluate synergies of materials in terms of fluxes between regions, maximizing the amount of information available at this scale for municipalities and enterprises to be used, having taken into account the purpose of circular economy. The results showed that REMET-UA is fully operational and corresponds to the goal for which the model was made. Future developments have been identified and are underway to improve the model and bring it as close to reality as possible. |
| https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/8/4/52/pdf?version=1585819334 |
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