STAtrategic and holistic vision of the circular economy in cities

Abstract

The cities of today are transforming quickly, because to continue as we are, makes its development unfeasible in a sustainable way. Many and important are, then, the current challenges we have.

In this context, the Circular Economy acquires great importance as one of the greatest exponents of the resilience of cities, since it represents a new model of economic and social development, which identifies a series of processes of our economy in relation to production, consumption and recycling of the products we use, in order to respect and repair natural resources, the renewal and reuse of products and their components.

It is fundamental, how the circular economy is affecting the process of economic, social and political development. Hence the need for Institutional Governance to incorporate a sustainable / resilient development process into the strategies of Governance, which defines and addresses the circular economy, from a broad perspective, but at the same time strategic, since as can be easily verified how the circular economy is closely related to other keys to development, as well as many other challenges.

Finally, it is necessary that this new thinking, which represents the circular economy, also acquires systems of innovation, beyond the economy, capable of extending the principles that inspire it, to all the challenges / components of cities, with the so that it has an adequate fit in our system of economic development and job creation that guarantees the deployment and effectiveness of it.