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COST Action "Implementing nature based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city (Circular City Re.Solution)"
- Project Leader
- Langergraber Günter, Project Leader
- Duration:
- 01.07.2018-21.04.2023
- Programme:
- COST (Grant Holder oder Local Organiser Support)
- Type of Research
- Applied Research
Further information: https://circular-city.eu/
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute for Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control
- Funded by
- COST Office, 149 avenue Louise, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Abstract
- Resource depletion, climate change and degradation of ecosystems are challenges faced by cities worldwide and will increase if cities do not adapt. In order to tackle those challenges, it is necessary to transform our cities into sustainable systems using a holistic approach. One element in achieving this transition is the implementation of nature-based solutions (NBS). They can provide a range of ecosystem services beneficial for the urban biosphere such as regulation of micro-climates, flood prevention, water treatment, food provision and more. However, most NBS are implemented serving only one single purpose. Adopting the concept of circular economy by combining different types of services and returning resources to the city, would increase the benefits gained for urban areas. This COST Action aims to establish a network testing the hypothesis that: “A circular flow system that implements NBS for managing nutrients and resources within the urban biosphere will lead to a resilient, sustainable and healthy urban environment”. To tackle this challenge five working groups (WGs) give their contribution on closing the resource cycle within the urban biosphere. The five WGs will deal with the built environment, urban water, resource recovery, urban farming and transformation tools connecting the WGs and the socio-economic impact. The network of researches, companies and stakeholders spread over Europe brings together a large diversity of disciplines and is therefore well equipped taking holistic approach on embedding NBS within circular economy.
- Keywords
- Urban water supply and sanitation; Vegetation technology;
- Living walls; Circular economy; Micro-climate; Nature-based solutions; Ecosystem services;
- Publications
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* Karić, N; Maia, A S; Teodorović, A; Atanasova, N; Langergraber, G; Crini, G; Ribeiro, A R L; Đolić, M (2022): Bio-waste valorisation: agricultural wastes as biosorbents for removal of (in)organic pollutants in wastewater treatment.
Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 9, p-100239; ISSN 2666-8211
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Langergraber, G. (2022): Nature-Based Solutions and Circular Cities.
In: Bus, A., Czajkowska, J., Karczmarczky, A., Jaskuła, J. (Eds.), 3rd International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering – Book of Abstracts, 28 June – 1 July 2022, Poznań, Poland, p.85
[3rd International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering 2022, Poznan, Poland, 28.06.2022 - 01.07.2022] -
Langergraber, G., Atanasova, N. (2022): The Role of Wetlands and Nature-based Solutions in Circular Cities.
In: Nivala, J.; Carvalho, P. (Eds.), Conference Proceedings - 17th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control (ICWS 2022), 6-10 November 2022, Lyon, France, pp.451-454; ISBN: 978-2-9585706-0-6
[17th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control ICWS 2022, Lyon, France, 06.11.2022 - 10.11.2022] -
Pineda-Martos, R., Andreucci, M.B., Atanasova, N., Baganz, G.F.M., Calheiros, C.S.C., Castellar, J.A.C., Ɖolić, M.B., Istenić, D., Lorenzo López, A.M., Ribeiro, A.R.L., Langergraber, G. (2022): How Nature-Based Solutions Can Contribute to Enhance Circularity in Cities.
In: Vasconcelos C., Calheiros, C.S.C. (Eds.), Enhancing Environmental Education Through Nature-Based Solutions, Integrated Science, vol 4, pp.313-343; Springer, Cham, Switzerland; ISBN 978-3-030-91843-9 FullText -
* Atanasova, N; Castellar, J A C; Pineda-Martos, R; Nika, C E; Katsou, E; Istenič, D; Pucher, B; Andreucci, M B; Langergraber, G (2021): Nature-based solutions and circularity in cities.
Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1, 319-332; ISSN 2730-597X FullText -
Langergraber, G., Castellar, J.A.C., Pucher, B., Baganz, G., Milosevic, D., Zeeman, G., Andreucci, M.B., Pineda-Martos, R., Kearney, K., Atanasova, N. (2021): Nature-based Solutions for Addressing Circularity Challenges in Cities.
In: Bugajski, P., Kotowski, T., Młyński, D. (Eds.), 2nd International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering (COEE2021) – Book of Abstracts, 30 June – 1 July 2021, Wrocław, Poland, pp.86-87
[2nd International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering (COEE2021), Wroclaw, Poland, 30.06.2021 - 01.07.2021] -
Langergraber, G; Atanasova, N (2020): Editorial.
Blue-Green Systems, 2(1), 137-137; ISSN 2617-4782 FullText -
* Langergraber, G; Pucher, B; Simperler, L; Kisser, J; Katsou, E; Buehler, D; Garcia Mateo, M C, Atanasova, N (2020): Implementing nature-based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city.
Blue-Green Systems, 2(1), 173-185; ISSN 2617-4782 FullText -
* Oral, H V; Carvalho, P; Gajewska, M; Ursino, N; Masi, F; van Hullebusch, E D; Kazak, J K; Exposito, A; Cipolletta, G; Andersen, T R; Finger, D C; Simperler, L; Regelsberger, M; Rous, V; Radinja, M; Buttiglieri, G; Krzeminski, P; Rizzo, A; Dehghanian, K; Nikolova, M; Zimmermann, M (2020): State of the Art of Implementing Nature Based Solutions for Urban Water Utilization Towards Resourceful Circular Cities.
Blue-Green Systems, 2(1), 112-136; ISSN 2617-4782 FullText -
* Pearlmutter, D; Theochari, D; Nehls, T; Pinho, P; Piro, P; Korolova, A; Papaefthimiou, S; Garcia Mateo, M C; Calheiros, C; Zluwa, I; Pitha, U; Schosseler, P; Florentin, Y; Ouannou, S; Gal, E; Aicher, A; Arnold, K; Igondová, E; Pucher, B (2020): Enhancing the circular economy with nature-based solutions in the built urban environment: Green building materials, systems and sites.
Blue-Green Systems, 2(1), 46-72; ISSN 2617-4782 FullText FullText_BOKU -
Masi, F., Langergraber, G., Santoni, M., Istenič, D., Atanasova, N., Buttiglieri, G. (2020): . In: : , Elsevier Inc., ; ISSN 2468-9289; https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apmp.2020.07.004. (2020): Possibilities of nature-based and hybrid decentralized solutions for reclaimed water reuse.
In: Verlicchi, P. (Ed.), Wastewater treatment and Reuse – Present and future perspectives in technological developments and management issues. Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection, Volume 5, pp.145-187; Elsevier Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA; ISBN 9780128201701 FullText
- Vorträge
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Langergraber, G. (2022): Beitrag Ressourcen-orientierter Sanitärsysteme für „zirkuläre Städte“.
DWA WebSeminar "Wasserbewusste Stadtentwicklung durch ressourcenorientierte Sanitärsysteme (NASS)" , 29.04.2022, virtuell -
Langergraber, G. (2022): COST Action Circular City - Implementing nature based solutions for creating a resourceful circular city.
Water Projects Europe workshop on "The role of Wetlands and other Nature-Based Solutions in tackling water scarcity in the Circular Economy era" @ ICWS 2022, 7 November 2022, Lyon, France -
Langergraber, G. (2022): Concept for using NBS to create circular cities.
Workshop "Nature Based Solutions – a way to make our cities circular" @ the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, 11-15 September 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark -
Langergraber, G.; Atanasova, N. (2022): Results from the COST Action Circular City.
Circular City / C2C-CC joint workshop on "Done – What's Next?", 19 September 2022, Aarhus, Denmark -
Langergraber, G. (2021): Contribution of nature-based solutions to circular economy in cities.
Open Bioeconomy Week 2021 [virtual], 25-27 May 2021, Finland -
Langergraber, G. (2021): Nature-based solutions and circular cities.
Workshop "Nature-based solutions in Cities" [virtual], 10-14 May 2021, Macao (virtuell) -
Langergraber, G. (2021): Nature-based solutions for water management in circular cities.
TOXICROP webinar, 14+15 April 2021, webinar -
Langergraber, G. (2021): Nature-based solutions and circular cities .
Summer school "Circular cities", 9 September 2021, Ghent University, Belgium (Vortrag online)