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Circularity on what grounds? Advancing learning for circular area development at the interface of proximity and precarity.
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Cities . Apr2024, Vol. 147, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This paper contributes empirically and conceptually to ongoing debates on the social and spatial implications of the circular economy in cities. We aim to offer a perspective on what a practice-based approach delivers in terms of opportunities for urban learning for circular cities, a topic insufficiently addressed in ongoing problematisations of circularity. Our findings are grounded in explorative qualitative research that was carried out over a period of five years, including in-depth interviews, ethnographic observations at local community events and go-along conversations in the Binckhorst area in the Hague. We ask what happens when a long-standing self-supportive neighbourhood is taken apart based on a rather sanitised vision on circular area development with high building densities. Our exploration offers an alternative view on planning the Binckhorst's circular transition, whereby a focus on social practices is likely to render a more humane, inclusive and, not least, sustainable version of circularity. In particular, learning at the interface of proximity and precarity offers potential for reformatting current conditions toward a circular and just neighbourhood and shows how the horizon of potentiality for local circular economies can be broadened. • The social-spatial implications of the circular economy in cities are underexplored. • Longstanding social practices can provide the basis for circular area developments. • Practice-based approaches offer key insights into the workings of local value regimes. • A focus on social practices can render more just and sustainable circular cities. • Learning at the interface of precarity and proximity is particularly promising. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02642751
- Volume :
- 147
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Cities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175452205
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104787