ǂA ǂframework for addressing circularity challenges in cities with nature-based solutions

Günter Langergraber (Author), Joana A. C. Castellar (Author), Bernhard Pucher (Author), Gösta F. M. Baganz (Author), Dragan Milošević (Author), Maria-Beatrice Andreucci (Author), Katharina Kearney (Author), Rocío Pineda-Martos (Author), Nataša Atanasova (Author)

Abstract

A novel framework is presented that aims to guide practitioners and decision makers toward a better understanding of the role of nature-based solutions (NBS) in the enhancement of resources management in cities, and the mainstreaming of NBS in the urban fabric. Existing frameworks describing the use of NBS to address urban challenges do not specifically consider circularity challenges. Thus, the new framework provides the following: (1) a comprehensive set of Urban Circularity Challenges (UCCs); (2) a set of more than fifty NBS units and NBS interventions thoroughly assessed in terms of their potential to address UCCs; and (3) an analysis of input and output resource streams, which are both required for and produced during operation of NBS. The new framework aims to facilitate the coupling of individual NBS units and NBS interventions with NBS that enable circular economy solutions.

Keywords

voda;gospodarjenje z viri;izzivi krožnega gospodarstva;krožna mesta;water;resources management;circularity challenges;circular cities;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2021
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
UDC:	628.1:711.4
COBISS:	85625091
ISSN:	2073-4441
Views:	256
Downloads:	87
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	voda;gospodarjenje z viri;izzivi krožnega gospodarstva;krožna mesta;
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	[31] str.
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ13
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ17, art. 2355
Chronology:	2021
DOI:	10.3390/w13172355
ID:	14031830