Circular Cities Hub and the UCL Circularity Hub

Overview

The Circular Cities Hub is part of the UCL Circularity Hub and an entity in its own right, founded in 2015 and partly funded by the UCL Grand Challenge Initiative. The Circular Cities Hub brings together international academics, practitioners and policy-makers working in fields relevant to the design, implementation, governance and management of circular cities. It provides the interface between academics and key urban stakeholders, enabling cutting-edge research to impact directly on the delivery of circular cities. The Hub was co-founded with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. It currently engages in research-led funded projects, consultancy and produces publications.

This is a UCL venture supported by RIDGE and the Research Vice Provost.

People

Professor Jo Williams
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Outputs

What is a circular city?

Circular cities are resilient, waste-free, low carbon, resource-efficient, resilient and ecologically regenerated urban systems. These circular urban systems are transformed through the creation of circular resource flows ( recycling, reuse and energy recovery); integration of blue-green infrastructure and activities which Regenerate ecosystem services; the creation of adaptable infrastructure and processes enabling transformation of urban communities in response to hazards and long-term socio-economic, cultural, technological and environmental change.

Listen to Dr Jo Williams, Director of the UCL Circular Cities Hub discuss her work relating ideas on the circular economy to urban planning on The Bartlett Planning Podcast below.