REFLOW Handbook
  • REFLOW Handbook
  • About REFLOW
    • REFLOW’s ambition
  • About this Handbook
  • Steps towards a circular city
  • Policy Frameworks
    • Cities and Sustainability within EU policy-making
    • Cities and Circular Economy within EU policy-making
    • Cities and Circular Economy within the EU Urban Agenda
  • City models and urban governance
    • Smart Cities
      • Barcelona
      • Warsaw
    • Sharing Cities
      • Milan
    • Green Cities
      • Oslo
      • Copenhagen
    • City as Commons
      • Bologna
      • Ghent
    • Fab Cities
      • Paris
    • Circular Cities
      • Brussels
      • Amsterdam
      • Prato
  • Tools and methods for your pilot
    • REFLOW Collaborative Governance Approach
      • Strategic Infrastructuring
      • Operational Infrastructuring
      • Relational Infrastructuring
      • Key takeaways
    • Toolkits & Handbooks
      • Systemic Design Toolkit
      • Circular Design Guide
      • Make Works Handbook
      • Making Sense Toolkit
      • PSS Toolkit
      • Circular Economy Playbook
    • Other Resources
      • Circular Governance Studies and Reports
      • Fab Labs and Makerspaces
  • Bibliography
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Circular Governance Studies and Reports

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The insights provided are built on desk research covering the topic of circular city governance, combined with a number of interviews with experts from different organizations (including OECD, P2P Foundation, Universities, Cities’ officials and technical figures, consultancies and local enterprises across Europe), as well as with a ‘loose’ cross-comparison of the case studies presented in this Report. When it comes to desk research, a number of recent studies provide well-structured indications for ‘good governance’ in the circular city:

(Jonker and Montenegro Navarro 2018)

has developed a rich library of tools and resources aimed at supporting local governments in the definition of circular economy plans and strategies. Among them, the Report '' (Ellen MacArthur Foundation 2019) offers a straightforward framework of policy levers that may turn out to be key for enabling a meaningful transition to the circular economy.

We have considered a number of specific studies and conceptual frameworks for collaborative governance, including environmental governance and conflict resolution (); collaborative governance (); cross-sector collaboration (), quadruple helix governance (); Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance () and polycentric governance for urban commons (; ).

We found particularly relevant the work developed by Prof. Ezio Manzini and DESIS Network around the concept of Collaborative Cities, which offers a design-driven perspective to structure creative and collaborative urban environments for collective city-making.

Useful links and resources:

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Circular City Governance: an explorative research study into current barriers and governance practices in circular city transitions across Europe
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation
City governments and their role in enabling a circular economy transition
Agrawal and Lemos 2007
Ansell and Gash 2007
Bryson, Crosby and Stone 2006
Carayannis and Campbell 2009
Emerson, Nabatchi and Balogh 2015
Iaione and Foster 2016
Bauwens and Niaros 2015
How to build a circular economy | Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Circular EconomyWorld Economic Forum
Sustainability Services & Strategies | Accenture
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