Themes
  • Governance
  • Public policy
  • Territory
Amount granted
$15,000

Description

This project is led within the context of the latest report by the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement, entitled L'état des lieux et la gestion des résidus ultimes, which identifies circular economy as the first strategy to implement to reduce ultimate waste in Québec.

Based on an approach rooted in urban geography and political science, it aims to develop operationalizable tools for the design and implementation of area circular economy initiatives by local and regional governments. With these tools, cities will not only be able to identify optimal areas of excellence adapted to their particular territorial contexts but also target public interventions (e.g., zoning) to create conditions conducive to the circularity initiatives they seek to set in motion.

The project explores the key question of the processes, policies and instruments that could enable cities and regions to design and deploy circular economy policies tailored to their spatial and socio-economic contexts.

Affiliated research axes

Axis 2: Planning Optimization

2.3 – Establish and maintain local, national and international circularity inventories

Axis 4: Policy levers

4.1 – Monitor new knowledge, create an inventory and carry out priority-setting exercises for levers and strategies
4.2 – Foster effective circular economy governance

Member(s)

  • Juste Rajaonson

    Ph.D. Professor
  • Fanny Tremblay-Racicot

    Ph.D. Assistant Professor
  • Thi Thanh Hien Pham

    Professor
  • Chedrak Chembessi

    Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Collaborators

Valérie Lacombe

UQAM

Link.s

  • Summary of project results

  • Exploring political and territorial levers for the development of circularity strategies

    Webinar with the RRECQ
  • Exploring circular economy transition pathways : A roadmap analysis of 15 Canadian local governments

    Article published in Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
  • Mapping of circular economy initiatives in the Greater Montreal area

    Report submitted by Concertation Montréal
  • Transitioning to a Circular Economy in a Mid-Sized City : Takeaways from the Circular and Sustainable Innovation District Project of Victoriaville, Canada

    Book chapter published in Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Understanding and Avoiding Strategic Traps in Circular Economy Transition for Cities

    Book chapter published in Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Policy instruments and institutional frameworks specific to local strategies for transition to a circular economy : analytical framework and Guelph-Wellington case study

    Conference at the 91st ACFAS Congress
The RRECQ is supported by the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Fonds de recherche - Québec