Achieving the Circular Economy Exploring the Role of Local Governments, Business and Civic Society in an Urban Context

• Other Authors: Palm, Jenny (Editor), Bocken, Nancy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Technology: general issues; circular economy; business ecosystem; glocality; mobile phone repair; the Netherlands; China; Poland; sharing economy; sharing cities; sustainable urban governance; sharing business models; sustainable business models; textile industry; energy footprint; decoupling; logarithmic mean Divisia index; Shaoxing; design; industrial ecology; infrastructure; participatory action research; socio-ecological-technical systems; cooperation; game theory; multi-criteria decision analysis; scenario analysis; urbanization and climate change; multilevel logistic regression; citizens; extra mitigation behavior; EU member states; profitability analysis; municipal solid waste processing; incineration; waste recycling; torrefaction; COVID-19; n/a
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Urbanisation and climate change are pushing cities to find novel pathways leading to a sustainable future. The urban context may be viewed as a new experimentation space to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Urban symbiosis and the circular economy are emerging concepts attracting more...