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Several negative impacts that have characterised the development models of cities in the past have arisen particular concern from urban policymakers in recent years, especially regarding environmental issues. These challenges are making it always more difficult for cities to remain competitive, in terms of being able to attract people, businesses, and diverse economic activities. Moreover, these are seen as at the base of a fragile socio-economic situation, faced nowadays in different cities and countries around the world. Within the context of sustainable development, in Europe, the supranational political and economic body (EU) has continuously proposed theoretical approaches and concepts: one of the latest commitments has resulted in the introduction of the Circular Economy agenda into the mainstream policy debate. This master thesis focuses on exploring this emerging concept and its potential implications for cities/regions, with Hamburg as case study. The Circular Economy topic is addressed in this work by means of public policy framework at the local level with the overall objective to explore the necessary conditions to build and maintain the network of actors capable of developing 'circular solutions' and implementing them within the organic material stream in Hamburg, in the perspective of designing a public policy which envisions a long term scenario. Difficulties linked to the still ambiguous and evolving nature of the Circular Economy concept have required a deep analysis of theory and EU policy approach on the topic. Public policy conceptual framework has been applied to define the relevant actors with the scope of building the aforementioned network and explore its internal dynamics in a hypothetical scenario. Afterwards, a set of interviews with local experts and stakeholders has been conducted to identify the actors and the starting conditions within the given context. In addition, a Material Flow Analysis has been performed for further exploring these conditions. Within the identified network of stakeholders, innovative collaboration arrangements – based on a collaborative governance approach – are explored. In this context, the role of local public authority has been proved to be central to initiate and direct the decision-making process, coordinating actors and overseeing the design and implementation of a public policy. Due to the complexity of the topic, one of the main settings for building the empirical network is the inclusion of politics, industry, research and civil society actors with reference to the Quadruple Helix model. Results from the case study of Hamburg, have targeted the cluster policy at place as a framework for maintaining the network of actors and thus guarantee a platform for addressing problems in the future concerning the organic material stream management. Lessons learnt from the case of organic material stream can be further developed into a framework for similar projects of other cross-cutting policies in the future under the overall topic of Circular Economy as emerging policy from EU governmental body.

Several negative impacts that have characterised the development models of cities in the past have arisen particular concern from urban policymakers in recent years, especially regarding environmental issues. These challenges are making it always more difficult for cities to remain competitive, in terms of being able to attract people, businesses, and diverse economic activities. Moreover, these are seen as at the base of a fragile socio-economic situation, faced nowadays in different cities and countries around the world. Within the context of sustainable development, in Europe, the supranational political and economic body (EU) has continuously proposed theoretical approaches and concepts: one of the latest commitments has resulted in the introduction of the Circular Economy agenda into the mainstream policy debate. This master thesis focuses on exploring this emerging concept and its potential implications for cities/regions, with Hamburg as case study. The Circular Economy topic is addressed in this work by means of public policy framework at the local level with the overall objective to explore the necessary conditions to build and maintain the network of actors capable of developing 'circular solutions' and implementing them within the organic material stream in Hamburg, in the perspective of designing a public policy which envisions a long term scenario. Difficulties linked to the still ambiguous and evolving nature of the Circular Economy concept have required a deep analysis of theory and EU policy approach on the topic. Public policy conceptual framework has been applied to define the relevant actors with the scope of building the aforementioned network and explore its internal dynamics in a hypothetical scenario. Afterwards, a set of interviews with local experts and stakeholders has been conducted to identify the actors and the starting conditions within the given context. In addition, a Material Flow Analysis has been performed for further exploring these conditions. Within the identified network of ...

Governance of climate mitigation and adaptation has been discussed within polycentric and multi-level governance perspectives. Both perspectives on climate governance are intimately related but yet in some regards are distinctly different - as one perspective has evolved from empirical research within the United States and the other in the European Union. Within an increasingly global discourse on climate governance, there is a need in the literature to bring both discourses together. The findings are based on a systematic literature review of 42 climate governance papers published since 2000. This paper discusses how multi-level and polycentric climate governance perspectives converge and diverge along five dimensions. The five dimensions provide insights for applying a multi-level or polycentric governance perspective to empirical research.

Urban areas account for around 50% of global solid waste generation. In the last decade, the European Union has supported numerous initiatives aiming at reducing waste generation by promoting shifts towards Circular Economy (CE) approaches. Governing this process has become imperative. This article focuses on the results of a governance analysis of six urban regions in Europe involved in the Horizon 2020 project REPAiR. By means of semi-structured interviews, document analysis and workshops with local stakeholders, for each urban area a list of governance challenges which hinder the necessary shift to circularity was drafted. In order to compare the six cases, the various challenges have been categorized using the PESTEL-O method. Results highlight a significant variation in policy contexts and the need for these to evolve by adapting stakeholders' and policy-makers' engagement and diffusing knowledge on CE. Common challenges among the six regions include a lack of an integrated guiding framework (both political and legal), limited awareness among citizens, and technological barriers. All these elements call for a multi-faceted governance approach able to embrace the complexity of the process and comprehensively address the various challenges to completing the shift towards circularity in cities.

Urban areas account for around 50% of global solid waste generation. In the last decade, the European Union has supported numerous initiatives aiming at reducing waste generation by promoting shifts towards Circular Economy (CE) approaches. Governing this process has become imperative. This article focuses on the results of a governance analysis of six urban regions in Europe involved in the Horizon 2020 project REPAiR. By means of semi-structured interviews, document analysis and workshops with local stakeholders, for each urban area a list of governance challenges which hinder the necessary shift to circularity was drafted. In order to compare the six cases, the various challenges have been categorized using the PESTEL-O method. Results highlight a significant variation in policy contexts and the need for these to evolve by adapting stakeholders' and policy-makers' engagement and diffusing knowledge on CE. Common challenges among the six regions include a lack of an integrated guiding framework (both political and legal), limited awareness among citizens, and technological barriers. All these elements call for a multi-faceted governance approach able to embrace the complexity of the process and comprehensively address the various challenges to completing the shift towards circularity in cities.

Urban areas account for around 50% of global solid waste generation. In the last decade, the European Union has supported numerous initiatives aiming at reducing waste generation by promoting shifts towards Circular Economy (CE) approaches. Governing this process has become imperative. This article focuses on the results of a governance analysis of six urban regions in Europe involved in the Horizon 2020 project REPAiR. By means of semi-structured interviews, document analysis and workshops with local stakeholders, for each urban area a list of governance challenges which hinder the necessary shift to circularity was drafted. In order to compare the six cases, the various challenges have been categorized using the PESTEL-O method. Results highlight a significant variation in policy contexts and the need for these to evolve by adapting stakeholders' and policy-makers' engagement and diffusing knowledge on CE. Common challenges among the six regions include a lack of an integrated guiding framework (both political and legal), limited awareness among citizens, and technological barriers. All these elements call for a multi-faceted governance approach able to embrace the complexity of the process and comprehensively address the various challenges to completing the shift towards circularity in cities.

Urban areas account for around 50% of global solid waste generation. In the last decade, the European Union has supported numerous initiatives aiming at reducing waste generation by promoting shifts towards Circular Economy (CE) approaches. Governing this process has become imperative. This article focuses on the results of a governance analysis of six urban regions in Europe involved in the Horizon 2020 project REPAiR. By means of semi-structured interviews, document analysis and workshops with local stakeholders, for each urban area a list of governance challenges which hinder the necessary shift to circularity was drafted. In order to compare the six cases, the various challenges have been categorized using the PESTEL-O method. Results highlight a significant variation in policy contexts and the need for these to evolve by adapting stakeholders' and policy-makers' engagement and diffusing knowledge on CE. Common challenges among the six regions include a lack of an integrated guiding framework (both political and legal), limited awareness among citizens, and technological barriers. All these elements call for a multi-faceted governance approach able to embrace the complexity of the process and comprehensively address the various challenges to completing the shift towards circularity in cities. ; Urban areas account for around 50% of global solid waste generation. In the last decade, the European Union has supported numerous initiatives aiming at reducing waste generation by promoting shifts towards Circular Economy (CE) approaches. Governing this process has become imperative. This article focuses on the results of a governance analysis of six urban regions in Europe involved in the Horizon 2020 project REPAiR. By means of semi-structured interviews, document analysis and workshops with local stakeholders, for each urban area a list of governance challenges which hinder the necessary shift to circularity was drafted. In order to compare the six cases, the various challenges have been categorized using the PESTEL-O method. Results highlight a significant variation in policy contexts and the need for these to evolve by adapting stakeholders' and policy-makers' engagement and diffusing knowledge on CE. Common challenges among the six regions include a lack of an integrated guiding framework (both political and legal), limited awareness among citizens, and technological barriers. All these elements call for a multi-faceted governance approach able to embrace the complexity of the process and comprehensively address the various challenges to completing the shift towards circularity in cities.