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The European Union called for the need to change the current model of production and consumption. From the linear model it seeks to move to the circular economy model. In this model traditional “take-make-use-dispose” approach is replaced by a reduction in input raw materials, a product durability, reusability, upgradability and reparability and waste reduction. The EU “circular economy package” adopted in 2018, brings specific requirements in the area of waste management. It requires an increase in recycling and a reduction in landfilling. The Czech legislation, following EU scheme, took into account the requirements of the circular economy in the “waste package” approved in December 2020.

This book chapter interconnects theoretical debates on ‘public space’ and the issue of actual and possible effects of climate change on life in cities. Specifically, it focuses on how current environmental situation possibly influences the ways public space is understood in political decision making on urban level, and how sociological theory of the city includes it to the concept of public space. The chapter addresses wider audience beyond the discipline of sociology.\n