Re-weaving threads for a circular economy
Spatio-temporal dynamics of the textile and clothing sector in Rotterdam
Minalies Rezikalla (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Younghyun Kim ( Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
Karel Van den Berghe (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Mariangela Lavanga ( Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
Willem Korthals Altes (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Amanda Brandellero ( Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
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Abstract
The ambition of achieving a circular economy (CE) brings with it renewed challenges in implementing systemic change in a context reluctant to abandon ‘business as usual’, but in which the urgency to transform linear production patterns into circular ones grows ever stronger. Taking a holistic ecosystem approach to circularising economies, re-localising key supply chain activities offers opportunities, while also challenging the system. This article maps the businesses active in the textile and clothing (T&C) sector in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) between 1996 and 2022 to uncover the geography of the circular T&C supply chain in and around Rotterdam and to find potential hotspots for localised resource flows. The T&C sector offers insights into the potential re-territorialisation of manufacturing supply chains and the spatial distribution of CE in Rotterdam.
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