Print Email Facebook Twitter Circular Cities Title Circular Cities: Mapping Six Cities in Transition Author Prendeville, S.M. (TU Delft Circular Product Design; Loughborough University London) Cherim, Emma (External organisation) Bocken, N.M.P. (TU Delft Circular Product Design) Date 2018 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. Subject Circular economyCitiesSharing economySustainabilityTransitionsUrban environmentalism To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6ab0269d-291e-47ae-a735-3c34cd2ebae6 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2017.03.002 Embargo date 2020-03-09 ISSN 2210-4224 Source Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 26, 171-194 Bibliographical note Accepted author manuscript Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 S.M. Prendeville, Emma Cherim, N.M.P. Bocken Files PDF EIST_2016_21_Revision_2_V0.pdf 1.03 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6ab0269d-291e-47ae-a735-3c34cd2ebae6/datastream/OBJ/view