Urban sustainability via urban productivity? A conceptual review and framework proposal

Spiliotopoulou, Maria; Roseland, Mark

doi:10.1080/13549839.2021.2005008

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“…Thus, an adaptable city with the appropriate infrastructure is of high importance [17]. The recent strides made towards urban sustainability [18,19], urban adaptation [20], urban regeneration [21,22] and resource looping have been incorporated into the recently expanded concept of circular economy and urban circular development [4,[23][24][25][26].…”

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The Sound of a Circular City: Towards a Circularity-Driven Quietness

Tsaligopoulos

Kyvelou

Chiotinis

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The circular economy paradigm can be beneficial for urban sustainability by eliminating waste and pollution, by circulating products and materials and by regenerating nature. Furthermore, under an urban circular development scheme, environmental noise can be designed out. The current noise control policies and actions, undertaken at a source–medium–receiver level, present a linearity with minimum sustainability co-benefits. A circular approach in noise control strategies and in soundscape design could offer numerous ecologically related co-benefits. The global literature documenting the advantages of the implementation of circular economy in cities has highlighted noise mitigation as a given benefit. Research involving circular economy actions such as urban green infrastructure, green walls, sustainable mobility systems and electro-mobility has acknowledged reduced noise levels as a major circularity outcome. In this research paper, we highlight the necessity of a circularity and bioeconomy approach in noise control. To this end, a preliminary experimental noise modeling study was conducted to showcase the acoustic benefits of green walls and electric vehicles in a medium-sized urban area of a Mediterranean island. The results indicate a noise level reduction at 4 dB(A) when simulating the introduction of urban circular development actions.

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The Sound of a Circular City: Towards a Circularity-Driven Quietness

Tsaligopoulos

Kyvelou

Chiotinis

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Sustainability planning, implementation, and assessment in cities: how can productivity enhance these processes?

Spiliotopoulou

Roseland

2022

Discov Sustain

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In this “urban century”, planetary realities and increased environmental and social awareness have led to significant international agreements and the recognition that local communities play a crucial role in successfully implementing long-term sustainability goals. Through two case studies in British Columbia, Canada, this research focused on how the concept, principles, and practices of holistic urban productivity can help address urban sustainability planning, implementation, and assessment processes. The research findings showed a range of challenges in urban sustainability such as the persistence on utilitarian approaches to resource management and community planning, the prioritization of short-term policies, a general resistance to systemic thinking, and various shortfalls in municipal capacity. These obstacles reflected the reality and complexity of urban sustainability processes and highlighted the need to redesign current decision-making. Addressing issues that transcend humanmade borders requires new configurations, non-hierarchical decision-making processes, and using local knowledge as a key guiding tool. Our recommendation is that cities embrace systems thinking in sustainability planning and implementation by focusing more on holistic evaluation of policy impact and finding synergies among policies and stakeholders in all sectors.

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Urban sustainability via urban productivity? A conceptual review and framework proposal

Cited by 2 publications

References 70 publications

The Sound of a Circular City: Towards a Circularity-Driven Quietness

The Sound of a Circular City: Towards a Circularity-Driven Quietness

Sustainability planning, implementation, and assessment in cities: how can productivity enhance these processes?

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