Summary For half a century, system scientists have relied on urban metabolism (UM) as pragmatic framework to support the needed transition toward sustainable development. It has been suggested that information and communication technology (ICT) and, more specifically, smart cities can be leveraged in this transition. Given recent advances cities, (SUM) is considered technology‐enabled evolution of UM framework, overcoming some its current limitations. Most significantly, SUM works at high...

Urban metabolism is a concept employed to understand the flow of energy and materials through urban areas. However, applying this approach at city level has been limited by lack data scale. This paper reviews current application proposes "smart metabolism" (SUM). Through integrating ICT smart-city technologies, SUM model can provide real-time feedback on material flows, from household district. highlighted an example its in Stockholm Royal Seaport, Sweden.

This article connects the literatures of policy evaluation, mixes and sustainability transition. It utilises client-oriented evaluation to examine national policies in Finland from perspective low-carbon buildings In Finland, energy efficiency has traditionally received less focus climate strategies compared renewable energy. Since 2007, addressing gained force. Sixteen new instruments were implemented during 2007–2014 several revisions made building code requirements. To what extent these...

This paper analyses how Finland's circular economy policy attends not only to the promotion and acceleration of innovation, but also reconfiguration resource intensive systems. Socio-technical transitions research has historically focused on niche innovation processes. Yet recently, increasing attention been placed processes that seek destabilise disrupt incumbent systems practices. Furthermore, social justice aspects system phase out policies have brought fore. Our qualitative analysis...

Collaborative consumption—through sharing services—has been promoted as an important step in transforming current consumption patterns toward more sustainable practices. Whilst there are high expectations for services, few studies on the potential environmental benefits and impacts of services. This study aims to analyze a peer-to-peer (P2P) product platform integration with package drop-off/pick-up service urban district Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm, Sweden. A life cycle approach is adopted,...

Ongoing sustainability challenges create pressure on planning practices and institutional arrangements. Transformative policy visions, such as the circular economy bioeconomy, promises for designing sustainable pathways in society. Moreover, research agendas transitions, transition management, are developing toolkits attempting to shift practice by applying evidence-based policy-making processes. In this paper, we ask what happens when visions exposed practices, vice versa, an analytical...

The circular economy operates as an umbrella concept for attempts to find sustainable alternatives linear 'take-make-dispose' production and consumption systems. Making a transformation has sparked interest in business models means decouple value creation the use of virgin raw materials. However, so far, little attention been given differentiating capacities enhance circularity. Using Finnish biogas case study, this paper shows how operating within single economic domain uniform...

Abstract Transformative innovation policy (TIP) implies not only new directionality for but also rethinking its means and scope. This requires further investigation into the role of horizontal cross-sectoral programmes that may be relevant upscaling destabilising regimes. paper studies national implementation, in Finland, European Union (EU) programme COVID-19 recovery, Recovery Resilience Facility (RRF), as an example a programme. It is interest, because EU has set certain conditions...

This paper presents preliminary findings from a big data analysis and GIS to identify the efficiency of waste management transportation in City Stockholm.The aim this is inefficiencies collection routes city Stockholm, suggest potential improvements.Based on large set consisting roughly half million entries fractions, weights, locations, series new generation maps was developed.This outcome an extensive curation process, followed by batch geocoding curated entries.Thereafter, were generated...