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Amenta, L. (author), Qu, L. (author)This paper aims to demonstrate how ‘research by design,’ which is an approach bridging research, design, and planning, can help unpack the complexity of today’s metropolitan challenges by considering the resource flows and processes that were omitted by traditional ways of planning. This is crucial for circular developments. By reporting the...journal article 2020
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Amenta, L. (author), Attademo, Anna (author), Remøy, H.T. (author), Berruti, Gilda (author), Cerreta, Maria (author), Formato, Enrico (author), Palestino, Maria Federica (author), Russo, Michelangelo (author)Resource consumption and related waste production are still rapidly increasing all over the world, leading to social and environmental challenges and to the production of the so-called ‘wastescapes’. Peri-urban areas—in-between urban and rural territories—are particularly vulnerable and prone to develop into wastescapes because they are...journal article 2019
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Dabrowski, M.M. (author), Varju, Viktor (author), Amenta, L. (author)“Learning from abroad” is a widely recognised and used means to innovate and improve strategies and policies implemented by regions and cities. However, literature on knowledge transfer and related concepts, such as policy transfer, policy mobility or lesson-drawing, highlights the limitations of this process, especially when it entails the...journal article 2019
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Amenta, L. (author), van Timmeren, A. (author)Wastescapes are the result of unsustainable linear growth processes and their spatial consequences within the context of urban metabolic flows and related infrastructure. They represent the operational infrastructure for waste management and include Drosscapes, generating complex relations with the servicing and surrounding territory. In...journal article 2018
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Amenta, L. (author), De Martino, P. (author)Ports have historically followed a linear model of growth. Formation, expansion,<br/>reallocation, abandonment, and redevelopments are just some of the steps that are followed over time by ports from all over the world. Circularity – a goal that both ports and cities hope to achieve in the near future – is not a new topic anymore. Although the...review 2018