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The regenerative city and wealth creation/conservation: the role of urban planning

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  • Luigi Fusco Girard

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The existing organisational structure of the city produces economic prosperity but also growing ecological and social entropy, thus generating many kinds of waste. The 'regenerative city' is here proposed as the new paradigm to boost city wealth. The main determinants of city wealth are considered in relation to their contribution to the comprehensive landscape of the city. Circular processes and synergies are considered as key elements to regenerate the city's wealth in its physical space. The paper addresses the multidimensional notion of city wealth. The role of institutional capital is examined for stimulating circular and synergistic processes in city organisation. Urban planning is proposed as a fundamental tool for reducing the widespread entropy and for implementing a new circular economic model in the territory/space and thus for increasing city wealth. A new economy and financial base can be supported through creative urban planning. Innovative planning, geared towards developing a prosperous city requires new and shared choices, based on appropriate evaluation processes.

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  • Luigi Fusco Girard, 2014. "The regenerative city and wealth creation/conservation: the role of urban planning," International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 13(2/3/4), pages 118-140.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgenv:v:13:y:2014:i:2/3/4:p:118-140
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    1. Henrique Sala Benites & Paul Osmond & Deo Prasad, 2023. "A neighbourhood‐scale conceptual model towards regenerative circularity for the built environment," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(3), pages 1748-1767, June.
    2. Antonia Gravagnuolo & Mariarosaria Angrisano & Luigi Fusco Girard, 2019. "Circular Economy Strategies in Eight Historic Port Cities: Criteria and Indicators Towards a Circular City Assessment Framework," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(13), pages 1-24, June.
    3. Marco Acri & Saša Dobričić & Maja Debevec, 2021. "Regenerating the Historic Urban Landscape through Circular Bottom-Up Actions: The Urban Seeding Process in Rijeka," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-29, April.
    4. Antonia Gravagnuolo & Mauro Varotto, 2021. "Terraced Landscapes Regeneration in the Perspective of the Circular Economy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-20, April.

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