Circular Cities
Description
Circular Cities Hub:
"The consumption of resources (materials, energy, water, buildings and land) can be tackled by creating circularity in resource flows in urban systems both throughout a city’s life-cycle (or the life-cycle of its inhabitants) and within the city-region. Systems integration, flexibility, intelligence, cooperative behaviour, localisation, recycling and renewable resources are the key concepts under-pinning the Circular City.
In a circular city:
- resources can be cycled between urban activities;
- resources can be cycled within city regions;
- resources can be re-used / recycled over time.
Examples of circular activities are emerging across cities globally: Swedish eco-cycle model; life-time buildings, smart cycling apps; localised resource systems; urban symbiosis; flexible infrastructure; recyclable buildings; smart city-wide resource monitoring systems, etc.. " ((http://circularcitieshub.com/about-2/))
More information
* Article: Circular Cities: Mapping Six Cities in Transition. SharonPrendeville, Emma Cherim and Nancy Bocken. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, April 2017
URL = https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_8