Print Email Facebook Twitter Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy Title Urban Regions Shifting to Circular Economy: Understanding Challenges for New Ways of Governance Author Obersteg, Andreas (Universität Hamburg) Arlati, Alessandro (Universität Hamburg) Acke, Arianne (OVAM—Public Waste Agency of Flander) Berruti, Gilda (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Czapiewski, Konrad (Polish Academy of Sciences) Dabrowski, M.M. (TU Delft Spatial Planning and Strategy) Heurkens, E.W.T.M. (TU Delft Urban Development Management) Mezei, Cecília (Institute for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Palestino, Maria Federica (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Varju, Viktor (Institute for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Wójcik, Marcin (University of Lodz) Knieling, Jörg (Universität Hamburg) Date 2019 Abstract Urban areas account for around 50% of global solid waste generation. In the last decade, the European Union has supported numerous initiatives aiming at reducing waste generation by promoting shifts towards Circular Economy (CE) approaches. Governing this process has become imperative. This article focuses on the results of a governance analysis of six urban regions in Europe involved in the Horizon 2020 project REPAiR. By means of semi-structured interviews, document analysis and workshops with local stakeholders, for each urban area a list of governance challenges which hinder the necessary shift to circularity was drafted. In order to compare the six cases, the various challenges have been categorized using the PESTEL-O method. Results highlight a significant variation in policy contexts and the need for these to evolve by adapting stakeholders’ and policy-makers’ engagement and diffusing knowledge on CE. Common challenges among the six regions include a lack of an integrated guiding framework (both political and legal), limited awareness among citizens, and technological barriers. All these elements call for a multi-faceted governance approach able to embrace the complexity of the process and comprehensively address the various challenges to completing the shift towards circularity in cities. Subject challengescircular economygovernanceperi-urban areasurban region To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:36735b08-b5a9-46d3-86a5-104b34d29db2 DOI https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v4i3.2158 ISSN 2183-7635 Source Urban Planning, 4 (3), 19-31 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 Andreas Obersteg, Alessandro Arlati, Arianne Acke, Gilda Berruti, Konrad Czapiewski, M.M. Dabrowski, E.W.T.M. Heurkens, Cecília Mezei, Maria Federica Palestino, Viktor Varju, Marcin Wójcik, Jörg Knieling Files PDF UP_4_3_Urban_Regions_Shif ... rnance.pdf 1.06 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:36735b08-b5a9-46d3-86a5-104b34d29db2/datastream/OBJ/view