Circular economy: a new prism for urban planning and the sustainable development of territories

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Circular economy, new style or fashion effect?

The circular economy aims to strengthen the resilience of the territory, to limit its dependence on incoming resource flows. The closure of territorial resource flows optimizes the use of materials and energy for the benefit of the local economy. The circular economy is a fundamental lever of the sustainable city. Upheaval?

The intuition, relayed by the international platform of the circular economy, is that the circular economy is generating territorial innovation, both by remodeling local organization and governance, and by promoting new technologies. sectors and activities that can not be relocated.

What are the challenges for territorial development? What impetus and place for communities, developers, landlords, urban operators, urban planners, developers, architects and service companies?

Dominique Alba, Director General of Apur, will speak at 16:00 on "Circular land and the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2024".