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Industrial Symbiosis and Circular Urban Practices

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Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning (INPUT 2023)

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In the period 2014–21, world consumption of resources increased by about 13%, higher than population growth which was instead of 8% and slightly less than the annual growth of world GDP of 2.2%. This complex global condition confirms the need to continue promoting the transition to a circular economy, on multiple scales, to reduce the environmental impact through a system in which resources are used efficiently and sustainably, as an alternative to the current model of linear economy. The circular economy, which is based on the concept of the “3Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”, is expressed thanks to the industrial symbiosis (IS), i.e. the collaboration and sharing of data and resources between different industries or companies within a given territory or the same geographical area. In particular, the IS aims to create collaborative relationships between companies and territories in order to share resources, reduce waste and improve production efficiency. In other words, the IS is functional for the circular economy, and consequently the circular city, by virtue of the progressive international metropolisation. In particular, IS manifests itself with industry 4.0 through the positive integration of digital innovation between businesses, communities and territories and the multi-dimensionality of IS - provincial/metropolitan city, regional and/or national/international - confers a strategic role to face the challenges of sustainable development.

In this synthetic framework, the aim of the present paper is to represent a set of circularity indicators through spatial autocorrelation in order to evaluate the IS maturity level in province/metropolitan cities and to promote circular transition.

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Acknowledgments

This study was carried out within the “e.INS – Ecosystem of Innovation for Next Generation Sardinia” funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research under the Next-Generation EU Programme (National Recovery and Resilience Plan – PNRR, M4C2, INVESTMENT 1.5 – DD 1056 of 23/06/2022 , ECS00000038). This publication was produced while attending the PhD programme in Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Cagliari, Cycle XXXVIII, with the support of a scholarship co-financed by the Ministerial Decree no. 352 of 9th April 2022, based on the NRRP - funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU - Mission 4 “Education and Research”, Component 2 “From Research to Business”, Investment 3.3, and by the company MLab srl. Also, this publication was produced while attending the PhD programme in Circular Economy at the University of Trieste, Cycle XXXVIII, with the support of a scholarship financed by the Ministerial Decree no. 351 of 9th April 2022, based on the NRRP - funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU - Mission 4 “Education and Research”, Component 1 “Enhancement of the offer of educational services: from nurseries to universities” - Invest- ment 4.1 “Extension of the number of research doctorates and innovative doctorates for public administration and cultural heritage”.

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  1. DICAAR - Department of Civil, Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Ginevra Balletto & Martina Sinatra

  2. DEAMS - Department of Economics, Business, Mathematics and Statistics “Bruno de Finetti”, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Francesca Sinatra & Giuseppe Borruso

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Conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, materials and resources, software and validation: all authors. Data curation: Balletto and Sinatra M. In particular: Balletto wrote Sects. 1, 2; Sinatra M. and F. wrote Sects. 3, 3.1 and 4; Borruso wrote Sects. 3.2; Balletto and Borruso wrote Sects. 5.

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Balletto, G., Sinatra, M., Sinatra, F., Borruso, G. (2024). Industrial Symbiosis and Circular Urban Practices. In: Marucci, A., Zullo, F., Fiorini, L., Saganeiti, L. (eds) Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning. INPUT 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 463. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54096-7_2

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