Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governance
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Resumo: | Urban areas account for around 50% of global solid waste generation. In the last decade, the European Union has supported numerous initiatives aiming at reducing waste generation by promoting shifts towards Circular Economy (CE) approaches. Governing this process has become imperative. This article focuses on the results of a governance analysis of six urban regions in Europe involved in the Horizon 2020 project REPAiR. By means of semi-structured interviews, document analysis and workshops with local stakeholders, for each urban area a list of governance challenges which hinder the necessary shift to circularity was drafted. In order to compare the six cases, the various challenges have been categorized using the PESTEL-O method. Results highlight a significant variation in policy contexts and the need for these to evolve by adapting stakeholders’ and policy-makers’ engagement and diffusing knowledge on CE. Common challenges among the six regions include a lack of an integrated guiding framework (both political and legal), limited awareness among citizens, and technological barriers. All these elements call for a multi-faceted governance approach able to embrace the complexity of the process and comprehensively address the various challenges to completing the shift towards circularity in cities. |
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Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governancechallenges; circular economy; governance; peri-urban areas; urban regionUrban areas account for around 50% of global solid waste generation. In the last decade, the European Union has supported numerous initiatives aiming at reducing waste generation by promoting shifts towards Circular Economy (CE) approaches. Governing this process has become imperative. This article focuses on the results of a governance analysis of six urban regions in Europe involved in the Horizon 2020 project REPAiR. By means of semi-structured interviews, document analysis and workshops with local stakeholders, for each urban area a list of governance challenges which hinder the necessary shift to circularity was drafted. In order to compare the six cases, the various challenges have been categorized using the PESTEL-O method. Results highlight a significant variation in policy contexts and the need for these to evolve by adapting stakeholders’ and policy-makers’ engagement and diffusing knowledge on CE. Common challenges among the six regions include a lack of an integrated guiding framework (both political and legal), limited awareness among citizens, and technological barriers. All these elements call for a multi-faceted governance approach able to embrace the complexity of the process and comprehensively address the various challenges to completing the shift towards circularity in cities.Cogitatio2019-09-27info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/up.v4i3.2158oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2158Urban Planning; Vol 4, No 3 (2019): Facilitating Circular Economy in Urban Planning; 19-312183-7635reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/2158https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v4i3.2158https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/2158/2158Copyright (c) 2019 Andreas Obersteg, Alessandro Arlati, Arianne Acke, Gilda Berruti, Konrad Czapiewski, Marcin Dąbrowski, Erwin Heurkens, Cecília Mezei, Maria Federica Palestino, Viktor Varjú, Marcin Wójcik, Jörg Knielinghttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessObersteg, AndreasArlati, AlessandroAcke, ArianneBerruti, GildaCzapiewski, KonradDąbrowski, MarcinHeurkens, ErwinMezei, CecíliaPalestino, Maria FedericaVarjú, ViktorWójcik, MarcinKnieling, Jörg2022-12-20T11:00:14Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/2158Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:07.888755Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governance |
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Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governance |
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Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governance Obersteg, Andreas challenges; circular economy; governance; peri-urban areas; urban region |
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Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governance |
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Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governance |
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Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governance |
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Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governance |
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Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governance |
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Obersteg, Andreas |
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Obersteg, Andreas Arlati, Alessandro Acke, Arianne Berruti, Gilda Czapiewski, Konrad Dąbrowski, Marcin Heurkens, Erwin Mezei, Cecília Palestino, Maria Federica Varjú, Viktor Wójcik, Marcin Knieling, Jörg |
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Arlati, Alessandro Acke, Arianne Berruti, Gilda Czapiewski, Konrad Dąbrowski, Marcin Heurkens, Erwin Mezei, Cecília Palestino, Maria Federica Varjú, Viktor Wójcik, Marcin Knieling, Jörg |
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Obersteg, Andreas Arlati, Alessandro Acke, Arianne Berruti, Gilda Czapiewski, Konrad Dąbrowski, Marcin Heurkens, Erwin Mezei, Cecília Palestino, Maria Federica Varjú, Viktor Wójcik, Marcin Knieling, Jörg |
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challenges; circular economy; governance; peri-urban areas; urban region |
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challenges; circular economy; governance; peri-urban areas; urban region |
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Urban areas account for around 50% of global solid waste generation. In the last decade, the European Union has supported numerous initiatives aiming at reducing waste generation by promoting shifts towards Circular Economy (CE) approaches. Governing this process has become imperative. This article focuses on the results of a governance analysis of six urban regions in Europe involved in the Horizon 2020 project REPAiR. By means of semi-structured interviews, document analysis and workshops with local stakeholders, for each urban area a list of governance challenges which hinder the necessary shift to circularity was drafted. In order to compare the six cases, the various challenges have been categorized using the PESTEL-O method. Results highlight a significant variation in policy contexts and the need for these to evolve by adapting stakeholders’ and policy-makers’ engagement and diffusing knowledge on CE. Common challenges among the six regions include a lack of an integrated guiding framework (both political and legal), limited awareness among citizens, and technological barriers. All these elements call for a multi-faceted governance approach able to embrace the complexity of the process and comprehensively address the various challenges to completing the shift towards circularity in cities. |
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