Construction minerals as part of an urban circular economy? A multi-scalar study of the city of Oslo and its hinterland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12913561 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bjørnar Sæther (University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 483-494 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-1386 • E-ISSN: 1752-1378 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cjres/rsae030 |
| OpenAlex | W4402574357 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 43 |
Flows of construction minerals in the Oslo region are studied in a multi-scalar perspective. Urban densification and construction of infrastructure result in large volumes of gravel and stone which according to law is waste. Waste is landfilled in the hinterland putting pressure on socio-ecological qualities. Lack of regional planning promoting circularity implies municipalities in the hinterland have to regulate land for landfills. Norway has a competitive advantage in construction minerals and prices on virgin, compared to recycled construction minerals are relatively low. Combined with a planning regime supporting linear resource governance, the consumption of virgin construction minerals and farmland in the hinterland is de facto stimulated. Differences are identified between the Oslo region and some city regions in the core of Europe concerning the level of progress towards a circular economy. A distinction between resource-rich and resource-strapped regions is proposed as part of an explanation of such differences
Circular economy · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Geometry · Scalar (mathematics · Mathematics · Mining and Resource Management · Sustainable Industrial Ecology
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The Metabolism of Cities
Conceptualizing the circular economy
Post-Growth Ambitions and Growth-Based Realities in Sustainable Land-Use Planning
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Socio-technical imaginaries of a circular economy in governmental discourse and among science, technology, and innovation actors
Introduction
Ethnography
The Changing Metabolism of Cities
Strategies for circular economy in the Nordics
The social context and politics of large scale urban architecture
The State of the Circular Economy
In the Nature of the Non‐City
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Diversifying the compact city
Cities and the Multilevel Governance of Global Climate Change
Society's Metabolism
Expanding Analyses of Path Creation
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The limits of the loops
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |