Hubs for Circularity: Geo-Based Industrial Clustering towards Urban Symbiosis in Europe

Alva, Francisco Mendez; Boever, Rob De; Eetvelde, Greet Van

doi:10.3390/su132413906

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“…In urbanization economies, companies belong to different industries, which gives opportunities for firms to exchange their large variety of inputs and outputs. Similar ideas on the benefits of agglomeration have also been introduced in gray literature, under the concepts of "zero waste industrial hubs", "hubs for circularity" (Mendez Alva et al, 2021), and "circular city ports" (Architecture Workroom Brussels, 2021).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…By studying the successes and failures of IS case studies, researchers identified the local environmental factors that facilitated resource exchanges, such as accessibility to nearby infrastructure, skilled labor, or by-products. Later studies addressed the issue of location more explicitly, by identifying the locations of industrial symbiosis clusters on a map, using surveys and interviews (Domenech et al, 2019), or using spatial statistical methods to analyze spatial data on industrial facilities (Mendez Alva et al, 2021).…”

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“…Building on these two perspectives, a limited number of spatial data analysis studies have emerged, identifying the potential locations of circular hubs. Studies have identified clusters of circular industrial activity at both the national and European scale, and efforts have also been made to identify potential locations of urban mining facilities (Hodde, 2021;Mendez Alva et al, 2021;Misra et al, 2019;Xue et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, existing spatially explicit CE studies are not identifying future potential locations of circular hubs. Instead, they are mapping existing phenomena -circular clusters (Mendez Alva et al, 2021; and material stock (Deetman et al, 2020;Sprecher et al, 2021;Stephan & Athanassiadis, 2017Tanikawa et al, 2015;Tanikawa & Hashimoto, 2009;van Oorschot et al, 2023). Spatially explicit studies from the industrial perspective identify existing industrial clusters for CE, but don't speculate where these clusters will be in the future.…”

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Spatial approaches to a circular economy

Tsui

2023

Architecture and the Built Environment

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Rapid urbanization has exerted unsustainable pressures on the environment, and implementing circular economy (CE) in cities has been seen by policy makers as a potential solution for resource scarcity. Scholars have therefore called for an understanding of the spatial aspects of CE that go beyond urban governance strategies, engendering the recent integration of spatial disciplines, such as urban planning and regional economics, into the study of CE. Using the Netherlands as a case study, this research asks the question, "what determines the locations and scales of closing material loops in a circular economy?”, using both quantitative and qualitative spatial analysis methods, and both present- and future-oriented perspectives. Novel data sources on locations of material stocks and flows were used, including waste statistics and material stock maps. Research results were presented in five chapters, each corresponding to an academic paper. Current locations and scales are identified by analyzing the locations of waste reuse clusters in the Netherlands, and future locations and scales are addressed by identifying the optimal locations and service areas of circular construction hubs in Amsterdam. As an overall conclusion, I identified 5 conceptual and methodological tensions that occur when determining locations and scales for closing material loops: urban manufacturing vs urban mining, clusters vs hubs, spaces vs people vs materials, present vs future, and quantitative vs qualitative.

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Circular Industrial Clustersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2023

Architecture and the Built Environment

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“…Currently, from the perspective of dynamic evolution, the cluster development of cities has become an important trend in urban development. From the objective results, the urban clusters formed by cluster development have become new economic growth poles, and this has led to the accelerated introduction of a series of urban cluster development plans [9][10][11]. At the same time, years of ultra-high speed and rough development have brought enormous pressure on resources and the environment, making China's green development increasingly important under the new normal [12,13].…”

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Analysis of the impact of high-density urban design on regional ecological environment and evaluation in eastern China

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Wang,

Cao

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As the world's largest developing country, China's rapid economic development has caused more serious damage to the environment, and environmental pollution has become the number one problem in China's development. How to correctly deal with the coexistence of economy and environment is very important for the construction of our country. This paper analyzes the impact of urban design on regional ecology and how these influences can be evaluated, using a high-density city in eastern China as an example. This study takes the layout structure, spatial structure, facility support, flow organization and environmental ecology of the urban space as the direct carrier, and the cultural integration and technical response as the indirect carrier, and carries out the corresponding urban design in the above-mentioned space through the corresponding principles, strategies and methods. The impact of these elements on the urban ecological environment was also analyzed. The results of the study show that the ranking of ecological environment quality score in Anhui Province has been rising, and the number of the top five regions has increased from 20% to 80%.

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Spatial Parameters for Circular Construction Hubs: Location Criteria for a Circular Built Environment

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Implementing a circular economy in cities has been proposed by policy makers as a potential solution for achieving sustainability in the construction sector. One strategy that has gained interest by both policy makers and companies is to develop “circular construction hubs”: locations that collect, store, and redistribute waste as secondary resources. However, there is limited literature taking a spatially explicit view, identifying the spatial parameters that could affect the locations of hubs both for now and in the future. This study therefore aims to categorize different types of circular hubs for the construction industry, collect spatial parameters required for finding suitable locations for each type of circular hub, and translate the spatial parameters into a list of data and spatial analysis methods that could be used to identify potential future locations. The study used the Netherlands as a case study, extracting spatial parameters from two sources: Dutch governmental policy documents on circular economy and spatial development and interviews with companies operating circular hubs. Four types of circular construction hubs were identified: urban mining hubs, industry hubs, local material banks, and craft centers. The spatial parameters were extracted for each type of hub from four perspectives: resources (such as material type, business model), accessibility (such as mode and scale of transportation), land use (such as plot size, land use), and socio-economic (such as labor availability). The parameters were then translated into a list of spatial data and analysis methods required to identify future locations of circular construction hubs.

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Hubs for Circularity: Geo-Based Industrial Clustering towards Urban Symbiosis in Europe

Cited by 7 publications

References 40 publications

Spatial approaches to a circular economy

Spatial approaches to a circular economy

Analysis of the impact of high-density urban design on regional ecological environment and evaluation in eastern China

Spatial Parameters for Circular Construction Hubs: Location Criteria for a Circular Built Environment

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