Circular City Ports - Synthesis

04 Overview of the material flows of Rotterdam
in 2015
Study ‘Circulair Rotterdam’ by Metabolic
and Circle Economy
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Quantified studies on the metabolism of urban areas
give val¬uable insights. This study of Metabolic and
Circle Economy is one of them: four flows or sectors
have been chosen for its environmental impact and
potential for job creation (construction, agri-food,
healthcare and consumption goods). Beside the
quantitative research, a collaborative session was
done with companies and stakeholders from each
sector. Here, possible projects were discussed for
their feasibility and bene¬fit-cost calculation were
made. However, the challenge remains; how to give
access to data, that allows actors to move towards
more circularity?
04 Business-to-business relationships visible
at a glance
Toile Industrielle in Dunkirk
This flow diagram shows the interdependence of
companies and the extent of their local roots. This
approach has a twofold advantage: to identify the
potential of territorial development, and to anticipate
the impacts of changes on economic markets.
Thus, it supports political and economic decisions
by representing simulations of impacts on local industrial
ecosystems. And it also makes possible to
visualize at a glance the opportunities to be seized
in a territory and to see Dunkirk as a favorable
breeding ground. This prospective tool encourages
the development of new subsidiaries such as industrial
ecology.