Uncovering the Holistic Pathways to Circular Cities—The Case of Alberta, Canada

Marjanović, Marjan; Wuyts, Wendy; Marin, Julie; Williams, Joanna

doi:10.54175/hsustain1020006

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“…It is clear from this review that the kind of practical, empirical indicators that the authors are seeking are scarce. Marjanović [60] concurs that the development of circularity at the city level is still in its infancy and lacks shared definitions and approaches.…”

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Measuring Circularity in Cities: A Review of the Scholarly and Grey Literature in Search of Evidence-Based, Measurable and Actionable Indicators

Kapoor,

Amydala,

Ambooken

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Circularity in cities is key to Earth’s sustainable and resource-efficient future. In contrast to the broad framework of circular economy, circularity is a technical concept associated with avoiding disposal and prolonging the useful life of products and materials, and thereby extracting fewer resources. In search of metrics and indicators to measure the impacts of circular processes in cities in real time, the authors reviewed the literature on the circular economy and circularity, in search of evidence-based circularity indicators suitable for cities to use to benchmark the environmental and climate benefits of six waste prevention cascades. This paper reports on a systematic literature review using the PRISMA protocol to screen, evaluate, and review published and grey literature sources. From more than 15,000 papers screened, after application of criteria, fewer than 25 papers were found that presented evidence-based, measurable, and actionable indicators or indicator sets for benchmarking the performance of circular processes in cities. The authors concluded that the practical commitment to evidence-based tracking of circularity (in cities) is weak. Practical progress towards a circular economy and physical and economic circularity will require stakeholders to strengthen and test the very small number of indicators and indicator sets that are relevant and useful for cities and regions to use for measuring their progress towards becoming more circular, and increase evidence-based monitoring for circularity and the circular economy.

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Measuring Circularity in Cities: A Review of the Scholarly and Grey Literature in Search of Evidence-Based, Measurable and Actionable Indicators

Kapoor,

Amydala,

Ambooken

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…The growth of cities is evident from historical material consumption accounts (e.g., refs and ). Urban growth also gathers the interest of urban planners, policymakers, and scholars, whose research started exploring a circular approach to urban development. ,− …”

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“…Urban growth also gathers the interest of urban planners, policymakers, and scholars, whose research started exploring a circular approach to urban development. 4 , 11 − 13 …”

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How Can Material Stock Studies Assist the Implementation of the Circular Economy in Cities?

Wuyts

Miatto

Khumvongsa

et al. 2022

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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City and regional planners have recently started exploring a circular approach to urban development. Meanwhile, industrial ecologists have been designing and refining methodologies to quantify and locate material flows and stocks within systems. This Perspective explores to which extent material stock studies can contribute to urban circularity, focusing on the built environment. We conducted a critical literature review of material stock studies that claim they contribute to circular cities. We classified each article according to a matrix we developed leveraging existing circular built environment frameworks of urban planning, architecture, and civil engineering and included the terminology of material stock studies. We found that, out of 271 studies, only 132 provided information that could be relevant to the implementation of circular cities, albeit to vastly different degrees of effectiveness. Of these 132, only 26 reported their results in a spatially explicit manner, which is fundamental to the effective actuation of circular city strategies. We argue that future research should strive to provide spatial data, avoid being siloed, and increase engagement with other sociopolitical fields to address the different needs of the relevant stakeholders for urban circularity.

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Interactions between a circular city and other sustainable urban typologies: a review

Pegorin,

Caldeira-Pires,

Faria

2024

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Urban systems play a central role in the transition to the circular economy, and cities' role in consumption makes them essential for sustainable development. The transition to a circular city can help urban centers become consumers of waste and generators of the resources necessary for their maintenance through optimized and prolonged life cycles. In this sense, this article aims to identify the characteristics of a circular city and compare them to other sustainable urban typologies: sustainable city, green city, smart city, resilient city, eco-city, low-carbon city, and city with nature-based solutions. It follows a qualitative approach with a narrative review of the literature in articles from the Scopus database and reports from international organizations. This article demonstrates that a circular city adopts the 10R framework principles of a circular economy by implementing strategies to regenerate, share, optimize, cycle, and replace resources. It also highlights that the study of the methodologies and strategies for transition to a circular city interconnect with all sustainable urban typologies. Thus, the transition to a circular city contributes to urban sustainability in all dimensions.

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Uncovering the Holistic Pathways to Circular Cities—The Case of Alberta, Canada

Cited by 10 publications

References 72 publications

Measuring Circularity in Cities: A Review of the Scholarly and Grey Literature in Search of Evidence-Based, Measurable and Actionable Indicators

Measuring Circularity in Cities: A Review of the Scholarly and Grey Literature in Search of Evidence-Based, Measurable and Actionable Indicators

How Can Material Stock Studies Assist the Implementation of the Circular Economy in Cities?

Interactions between a circular city and other sustainable urban typologies: a review

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