Innovative Techniques and Approaches towards More Circular and Inclusive Cities

Dear Colleagues,

The development of environmentally friendly products and processes that respond to the challenges regarding circular economy has an evident social and economic interest. Successful outcomes require that we gain and integrate the knowledge acquired at different levels, from laboratory to real scales, but also involving multi-disciplinary and multi-actor approaches along the whole value chain.

This Special Issue, entitled “Innovative Techniques and Approaches Towards More Circular and Inclusive Cities” will bridge the gap in the lack of networked studies to successfully apply circular economy principles in cities, adopting the triple helix perspective of science–society–policy. We welcome original research papers and short reviews that reflect the state-of-the-art on multidisciplinary approaches to move towards more sustainable and democratic cities. The scope of this Special Issue covers, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Urban metabolism and innovative circular economy schemes;
• Bioeconomy and waste refinery (fuels and value-added products from waste and bio-based raw materials);
• Advanced techniques based on digital technologies;
• Circularity quantification and assessment methodologies;
• Citizen-driven transformations;
• Methodologies for gender dimension analysis;
• New challenges due to COVID-19 sanitary alert.

This Special Issue will prioritize case studies or proof-of-concept applications with well-demonstrated high-social-impact results.

Prof. Dr. Ainhoa Alonso
Prof. Dr. Cristina Martín
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Valle
Prof. Dr. Konstantina Papadopoulou
Guest Editors

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• Circular economy
• Waste and wastewater management
• Bioeconomy
• Digital technologies
• Sustainable cities
• Democratic models