Integrative review on circular economy in urban areas
Circular economy (CE) has gained relevance as the economic-environmental paradigm to be pursued by humanity. Despite its key role, managing urban areas towards a circular economy has adopted different meanings, approaches, and methods. Therefore, this study aims at conducting an integrative literatu...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
| Repositorio: | PARC (Campinas) |
| Idioma: | inglés portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8672770 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/parc/article/view/8672770 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Circular urban areas Circular city Circular economy Cradel to cradle Regenerative urban systems Áreas urbanas circulares Cidade circular Economia circular Cradle to Cradle Sistemas urbanos regenerativos |
| Sumario: | Circular economy (CE) has gained relevance as the economic-environmental paradigm to be pursued by humanity. Despite its key role, managing urban areas towards a circular economy has adopted different meanings, approaches, and methods. Therefore, this study aims at conducting an integrative literature review on the application of circular economy to urban areas, and at consolidating the main approaches based on the analysis of the collected information. Firstly, a systematic literature review offered a thorough understanding of the boundaries and divergences within the spatial expression of circularity. Four emphases stood out: (i) managing specific resource flows in urban areas; (ii) integrating flows for resource looping in urban areas; (iii) planning the transition from linear to circular urban areas; and (iv) conceptualizing circular urban areas. Subsequently, the Cradle-to-Cradle approach was considered to encompass the complexity and dynamics required for developing qualitative and quantitative requirements for circular urban areas. As a result, four criteria, fifteen categories and possible indicators identified in the literature link the various perspectives on the subject and provide an initial methodological organization for implementing CE in urban areas. This contribution synthesizes and connects the main conceptual trends and establishes a basis for future research on this topic. |
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