The project REsource Management in Peri-urban Areas: Going Beyond Urban Metabolism was funded by the EU under a H2020 scheme. Its main objective was to provide local and regional authorities with an innovative transdisciplinary and open-source geodesign decision support environment (GDSE) developed and implemented in living labs in six metropolitan areas. The GDSE allows creating integrated, place-based eco-innovative spatial development strategies aiming at a quantitative reduction of waste flows in the strategic interface of peri-urban areas. These strategies promote the use of waste as a resource, thus support the on-going initiatives of the European Commission towards establishing a strong circular economy.
As research assistant I managed, analysed and visualized GIS data. I analysed food and construction materials flows, based on data from companies in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area and other partner cities from Orbis database. I also worked on the visualization of an Urban Mining Model, including building material stocks, in collaboration with Metabolic. The work on quantitative sustainability assessment, including the development of socio spatial indicators (access to the waste management system, impact of waste facilities on property values) was documented in the journal paper: Tonini, D., Wandl, A., Meister, K., Muñoz Unceta, P., Taelman, S.E., Sanjuan-Delmás, D., Dewulf, J., Huygens, D., Quantitative sustainability assessment of household food waste management in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, in Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 160, 2020.
You can find more information about REPAiR in the project’s website: http://h2020repair.eu/ including documentation on the GDSE tool.
