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Circular City Ports - Workbook 1, Circular initiatives in the Delta

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02 Investigat<strong>in</strong>g city ports Interviews<br />

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The <strong>in</strong>terviews were used as an enrich<strong>in</strong>g tool <strong>in</strong> order<br />

to ga<strong>the</strong>r deeper <strong>in</strong>formation and knowledge<br />

regard<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> practices analyzed and <strong>the</strong> dynamics<br />

tak<strong>in</strong>g place <strong>in</strong>side <strong>the</strong> <strong>Ports</strong>. The aim was to<br />

develop a series of talks with different figures tak<strong>in</strong>g<br />

actions already toward more circular dynamics,<br />

cover<strong>in</strong>g different roles <strong>in</strong> this transition. Therefore,<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>terviews have been done start<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>the</strong> local<br />

economical actors already strategiz<strong>in</strong>g toward<br />

circularity, understand<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> port authority po<strong>in</strong>t<br />

of view regard<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> future steps to be undertaken,<br />

enrich<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> content exchang<strong>in</strong>g with figures<br />

work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>novation and research field. In this<br />

sense, it was possible to have a more comprehensive<br />

view from political and decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g realm<br />

<strong>in</strong> relation with a more technical and specialized on<br />

site knowledge, <strong>in</strong>terrelated with <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>novation and<br />

research <strong>in</strong> development processes.

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