- Governance
- Public policy
- Territory
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 inventoriesAxis 4: Policy levers
4.1 – Monitor new knowledge, create an inventory and carry out priority-setting exercises for levers and strategies4.2 – Foster effective circular economy governance
Collaborators
Valérie Lacombe
UQAMLink.s
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Summary of project results
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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