Session: The UrbanWINS project - A new way of thinking the waste management and prevention systems. Lecture: Applying the urban metabolism analyst model to Leiria municipality, Portugal
Other conference contribution, 2018
The EU Waste Framework Directive has two key objectives: to prevent and reduce the negative impacts caused by the generation and management of
waste and to improve resource efficiency. Talking about waste and resource efficiency, Circular Economy and Urban Metabolism are two terms that have been widely used in recent years. However, their links with cities strategy and management it is not so obvious.
UrbanWINS project aims overcame this gap through the development of planning processes and strategies able to link waste prevention and management with the policies of the cities and citizens perceptions. The project, through an innovative and collaborative process, implements in 8 European Pilot Cities several dimostrative actions.
waste and to improve resource efficiency. Talking about waste and resource efficiency, Circular Economy and Urban Metabolism are two terms that have been widely used in recent years. However, their links with cities strategy and management it is not so obvious.
UrbanWINS project aims overcame this gap through the development of planning processes and strategies able to link waste prevention and management with the policies of the cities and citizens perceptions. The project, through an innovative and collaborative process, implements in 8 European Pilot Cities several dimostrative actions.
urban metabolism
resources
circular economy
Author
Divia Jimenez Encarnacion
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Water Environment Technology
Symposium on Urban Mining and Circular Economy
Bergamo, Italy,
Bergamo, Italy,
Subject Categories
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary