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Digital Technologies for Urban Metabolism Efficiency: Lessons from Urban Agenda Partnership on Circular Economy

doi: 10.3390/su13116043
handle: 11574/203368 , 11570/3211604
Digital technologies engaged in urban metabolism for efficiency provide policymakers, urban managers, and planners with useful instruments to collect, monitor, analyze, and evaluate the circularity of environmental, social, and economic resources to improve their effectiveness and quality. At present, the digital technology-based approach is strategic for circular cities engaged in the development of smart and sustainable actions in the fields of mobility, energy, environment, waste, telecommunications, and security. Through the ‘Circular Resource Efficiency Management Framework’ developed by the European Commission, this paper generates insights into the digitalization practices of the circularity of urban metabolism by analyzing the initiatives implemented by the municipalities of Kaunas, Flanders region, Porto, Prato, The Hague, and Oslo, which constitute the Partnership on Circular Economy (PCE) of the Urban Agenda of the European Union. The results of the analysis provide a wide range of practices such as real-time monitoring stations for water and energy consumption, digital cameras for controlling vehicle flows, web platforms for sharing goods and services, and tracking sensors for public transport, which aim to optimize the efficiency of the circularity of urban metabolic flows. This study increases the understanding and awareness of digital technologies in this paradigm shift.
- QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - QLD QUT Australia
- NANCHANG UNIVERSITY China (People's Republic of)
- Nanchang University China (People's Republic of)
- QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - QLD QUT Australia
- University of Naples - L'Orientale Italy
urban metabolism, 330, urban metabolism; smart urban metabolism; digitalization; circular city; circular economy; sustainability; urban development; city 4.0; smart city; urban sensors, 577, TJ807-830, smart urban metabolism, TD194-195, digitalization, Renewable energy sources, city 4.0, GE1-350, Circular city; Circular economy; City 4.0; Digitalization; Smart city; Smart urban metabolism; Sustainability; Urban development; Urban metabolism; Urban sensors, circular city, Environmental effects of industries and plants, circular economy, sustainability, urban development, Environmental sciences, urban sensors, smart city
urban metabolism, 330, urban metabolism; smart urban metabolism; digitalization; circular city; circular economy; sustainability; urban development; city 4.0; smart city; urban sensors, 577, TJ807-830, smart urban metabolism, TD194-195, digitalization, Renewable energy sources, city 4.0, GE1-350, Circular city; Circular economy; City 4.0; Digitalization; Smart city; Smart urban metabolism; Sustainability; Urban development; Urban metabolism; Urban sensors, circular city, Environmental effects of industries and plants, circular economy, sustainability, urban development, Environmental sciences, urban sensors, smart city
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