| Title | Circularity on what grounds? Advancing learning for circular area development at the interface of proximity and precarity |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 5339 |
| Authors | Buizer, M; Lata, IB; van de Weijer, J |
| Title | Circularity on what grounds? Advancing learning for circular area development at the interface of proximity and precarity |
| Year | 2024 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | This paper contributes empirically and conceptually to ongoing debates on the social and spatial implications of the circular economy in cities. We aim to offer a perspective on what a practice-based approach delivers in terms of opportunities for urban learning for circular cities, a topic insufficiently addressed in ongoing problematisations of circularity. Our findings are grounded in explorative qualitative research that was carried out over a period of five years, including in-depth interviews, ethnographic observations at local community events and goalong conversations in the Binckhorst area in the Hague. We ask what happens when a long-standing self-supportive neighbourhood is taken apart based on a rather sanitised vision on circular area development with high building densities. Our exploration offers an alternative view on planning the Binckhorst's circular transition, whereby a focus on social practices is likely to render a more humane, inclusive and, not least, sustainable version of circularity. In particular, learning at the interface of proximity and precarity offers potential for reformatting current conditions toward a circular and just neighbourhood and shows how the horizon of potentiality for local circular economies can be broadened. |
| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104787 |
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