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Title Circular Cities: Mapping Six Cities in Transition
ID_Doc 20498
Authors Prendeville, S; Cherim, E; Bocken, N
Title Circular Cities: Mapping Six Cities in Transition
Year 2018
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.eist.2017.03.002
Abstract Urbanisation and climate change are urging cities to chart novel paths towards sustainable futures. Many cities are turning to the alluring 'circular economy' (CE) concept to guide this redirection. The CE concept re-imagines how flows of resources moving through economies might be 'closed'. Here, we explore this new 'circular city' agenda by asking: How are cities adopting CE as a strategy?. We found that political leadership, building adaptable future visions, using experimental approaches (such as living labs), developing contextual knowledge about resource use, and engaging with diverse stakeholders to be important. However, we also expose that there is a lack of consensus on what a circular city constitutes and a need to further untangle the how and why of the circular city concept. The research contributes to the field by outlining emergent cases, identifying a set of common policy strategies, conceptualising a circular city and identifying areas for future research. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Author Keywords Circular economy; Cities; Transitions; Sustainability; Sharing economy; Urban environmentalism
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000427188700012
WoS Category Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://repository.tudelft.nl/file/File_a3d9483d-68bf-490d-b263-b150fd7e5673
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