Urban Mining analyses study the potential of recovering materials and resources found in buildings and constructions of a city during dismantling, demolition, or renovation processes. The city becomes, thus, a territory where mining can be used to look for and generate new resources from reusing, recycling, and up-cycling processes. In the context of the CENTRINNO […]
This conference paper was written together with Carolina Ferro, Ida Jusic, Mitalee Parikh and Tomas Diez Ladera (Fab City Foundation), and Carlotta Fontana and Francesco Cingolani (Volumes Paris) for the Fab17 Research Papers Stream (Fab17), Bali, Indonesia, on the 19th October 2022. The article, presented by Carolina Ferro at the conference, provides a conceptual discussion […]
Circular economy; cities and territories; socio-ecological transition; resource flows Chapter co-authored with Cecilia Furlan, Alexander Wandl and Chiara Cavalieri, published in Amenta L., Russo M., van Timmeren A. (eds) Regenerative Territories. GeoJournal Library, vol 128. Springer, Cham Abstract: Nowadays, the circularity concept dominates the debate on resource management in cities and territories. The idea is often used as […]
CENTRINNO is a research project focused on industrial historical sites under transformation. It will showcase the potential of these cultural landscapes to become new and inclusive hubs of entrepreneurship, manufacturing and innovation for city residents and small producers while fostering sustainability and social inclusion. The project is funded by the EU H2020 program and is […]
Stakeholder; Waste collection; LCA; Local impacts; Multi-criteria decision analysis; Circular Economy Journal paper co-authored with Davide Tonini, Alexander Wandl, KozmoMeister, Sue Ellen Taelman, David Sanjuan-Delmás, Jo Dewulf and DriesHuygens, published in Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 160. Abstract: Food waste represents the largest fraction of the municipal solid waste generated in Europe and its management […]
Reflow is a research project that seeks to understand and transform urban material flows, co-create and test regenerative solutions at business, governance, and citizen levels to create a resilient circular economy. Funded by EU H2020, the project involves 27 European partners. Diverse approaches to circularity are tested in six pilot cities across Europe focusing on […]
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 […]