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Interpreting Circularity. Circular City Representations Concealing Transition Drivers

Marin, Julie, De Meulder, Bruno·2018·Sustainability
DOI 10.3390/su10051310
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Embodying circular economy transition as a sustainable city concept, circularity in cities is increasingly the subject of policy innovations, urban strategies, and research & development agendas. It seems evident that a circular city should include more than the sum or multiplication of urban circular economies. Nevertheless, prevailing discourses remain till today business focused, and how circular economy creates economic, social, and environmental resilience in cities has yet to be explored. This paper conceptualizes the notion of urban circularity. It introduces an analytical framework sorting existing circularity concepts that are based on design and planning characteristics. Adopting comparative case study research on four contemporary forward-looking spatial representations of ‘circular’ places, this paper articulates their circularity interpretation. Demonstrating how diverging sustainability framings and political positions are embedded within the studied spatial representations, this paper aims to bring clarity in contemporary circular city approaches for policymakers as well as for spatial practitioners. The paper concludes with an agenda for multi-perspective and multi-dimensional circular city design, which is anchored in place specific and multi-scalar transition relations. It suggests urban landscape design as a disciplinary field to act as a pivot in transdisciplinary circularity design and research.

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Figure 1 Vandenbroeck's framework for urban metabolism spatial practices (2017). ( a ) objectivist versus constructivist spatial conceptualization, ( b ) proximity versus connectivity ( c ) four metabolic ways of looking at the world. Figure 1. Vandenbroeck's framework for urban metabolism spatial practices (2017). ( a ) objectivist versus constructivist spatial conceptualization, ( b ) proximity versus connectivity ( c ) four metabolic ways of looking at the world.
Figure 1 Vandenbroeck's framework for urban metabolism spatial practices (2017). ( a ) objectivist versus constructivist spatial conceptualization, ( b ) proximity versus connectivity ( c ) four metabolic ways of looking at the world. Figure 1. Vandenbroeck's framework for urban metabolism spatial practices (2017). ( a ) objectivist versus constructivist spatial conceptualization, ( b ) proximity versus connectivity ( c ) four metabolic ways of looking at the world.CC-BY · From the PDF
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Figure 3 ( a ) R-urban strategy principles by Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée (AAA) [48]; and, ( b ) Simplified scheme of resource flows by authors. Figure 3. ( a ) R-urban strategy principles by Atelier d'Architecture Autog é r é e (AAA) [48]; and, ( b ) Simplified scheme of resource flows by authors.
Figure 3 ( a ) R-urban strategy principles by Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée (AAA) [48]; and, ( b ) Simplified scheme of resource flows by authors. Figure 3. ( a ) R-urban strategy principles by Atelier d'Architecture Autog é r é e (AAA) [48]; and, ( b ) Simplified scheme of resource flows by authors.CC-BY · From the PDF
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Figure 5 ( a ) Living Breakwaters by the SCAPE team [57] the Project aims to reduce risk and erosion, rebuild structural habitat for marine species, and foster social life on shore through NYC schools and the Billion Oyster project; and, ( b ) Simplified scheme of resource flows by authors. Figure 5. ( a ) Living Breakwaters by the SCAPE team [57] the Project aims to reduce risk and erosion, rebuild structural habitat for marine species, and foster social life on shore through NYC schools and the Billion Oyster project; and, ( b ) Simplified scheme of resource flows by authors.
Figure 5 ( a ) Living Breakwaters by the SCAPE team [57] the Project aims to reduce risk and erosion, rebuild structural habitat for marine species, and foster social life on shore through NYC schools and the Billion Oyster project; and, ( b ) Simplified scheme of resource flows by authors. Figure 5. ( a ) Living Breakwaters by the SCAPE team [57] the Project aims to reduce risk and erosion, rebuild structural habitat for marine species, and foster social life on shore through NYC schools and the Billion Oyster project; and, ( b ) Simplified scheme of resource flows by authors.CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 6 Comparative study of the four circularity imaginaries, interpreting Vandenbroeck's framework. Figure 6. Comparative study of the four circularity imaginaries, interpreting Vandenbroeck's framework.
Figure 6 Comparative study of the four circularity imaginaries, interpreting Vandenbroeck's framework. Figure 6. Comparative study of the four circularity imaginaries, interpreting Vandenbroeck's framework.CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 7 Spatial circularity drivers framework. Interpretation of Vandenbroeck's framework for urban metabolism spatial practices, elaborated by author. Figure 7. Spatial circularity drivers framework. Interpretation of Vandenbroeck's framework for urban metabolism spatial practices, elaborated by author.
Figure 7 Spatial circularity drivers framework. Interpretation of Vandenbroeck's framework for urban metabolism spatial practices, elaborated by author. Figure 7. Spatial circularity drivers framework. Interpretation of Vandenbroeck's framework for urban metabolism spatial practices, elaborated by author.CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 8 Proposed transdisciplinary framework for forward-looking spatial circularity design research, placed in Korhonen et al.'s theoretical framework for positioning circular economy research [3] (p. 549). Urban landscape design as a hinge between different disciplines. By authors. Figure 8. Proposed transdisciplinary framework for forward-looking spatial circularity design research, placed in Korhonen et al.'s theoretical framework for positioning circular economy research [3] (p. 549). Urban landscape design as a hinge between different disciplines. By authors.
Figure 8 Proposed transdisciplinary framework for forward-looking spatial circularity design research, placed in Korhonen et al.'s theoretical framework for positioning circular economy research [3] (p. 549). Urban landscape design as a hinge between different disciplines. By authors. Figure 8. Proposed transdisciplinary framework for forward-looking spatial circularity design research, placed in Korhonen et al.'s theoretical framework for positioning circular economy research [3] (p. 549). Urban landscape design as a hinge between different disciplines. By authors.CC-BY · From the PDF

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Authors
Marin, J., & De Meulder, B.
Affiliations
Department of Architecture, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
ORCID
Marin, Julie
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2018-04-24
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
1310
ISSN
2071-1050
DOI
10.3390/su10051310
Cited by
120
References
3
Language
en
Licence
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Funders
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

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