Pathways of urban symbiosis for resilient green transition

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Abstract

This work examines the role of urban symbiosis for ensuring essential factors for the resilient and green transition. Urban symbiosis emphasises the value adding collaborative models, and resource dependencies between businesses, research, city organisation(s) and citizens.
Critical metals play key roles in technologies elementary for a green transition of societies, e.g. electric vehicles, photovoltaics, etc. Today, many of these critical raw material are recycled because of their low content in end-use, which brings techno-economic challenges for their recovery. In this context, cities as concentrations of reusable products and secondary materials can play a significant role in recirculating critical resources, thereby supporting the resilience of societies and diminishing the extraction of virgin sources. While cities can set standards, provide incentives, and enforce regulations that encourage urban symbiosis, companies are instrumental in driving the innovation and business models necessary for a circular economy.
The work illustrates alternative transition pathways in an exemplary case relating to e-bike batteries.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of ISPIM Connects Osaka – Connecting and Empowering Society, Osaka, Japan on 2-4 December 2024.
PublisherInternational Society for Professional Innovation Management ISPIM
Number of pages1
ISBN (Electronic)978-952-65069-7-5
Publication statusPublished - 2 Dec 2024
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
EventISPIM Connects Osaka: Innovation's Role in Connecting and Empowering Society - Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
Duration: 2 Dec 20244 Dec 2024
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Conference

ConferenceISPIM Connects Osaka
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityOsaka
Period2/12/244/12/24
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