The Role of Urban Manufacturing for a Circular Economy in Cities

Tanya Tsui, David Peck, Bob Geldermans and Arjan van Timmeren
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Tanya Tsui: Architectural Engineering and Technology, Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CE Delft, The Netherlands
David Peck: Architectural Engineering and Technology, Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CE Delft, The Netherlands
Bob Geldermans: Architectural Engineering and Technology, Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CE Delft, The Netherlands
Arjan van Timmeren: Urbanism, Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CE Delft, The Netherlands

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-22

Abstract: In recent years, implementing a circular economy in cities (or “circular cities”) has been proposed by policy makers as a potential solution for achieving sustainability. One strategy for circular cities is to reintroduce manufacturing into urban areas (or “urban manufacturing”), allowing resource flows to be localized at the city scale. However, the extent to which urban manufacturing contributes to circular cities is unclear in existing literature. The purpose of this paper is therefore twofold: to understand whether urban manufacturing could contribute to the circular economy, and to understand the drivers and barriers to circular urban manufacturing. By reviewing existing literature and interviewing experts, we identified the caveats for the contribution of urban manufacturing to circular cities, as well as the spatial, social, and material-related drivers and barriers for circular urban manufacturing.

Keywords: circular economy; circular cities; urban manufacturing; drivers; barriers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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