Communities of practice at the center of circular water solutions

• DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1450
• Publication Date: 2020-05-12T06:18:47Z
• Authors: Andrea Fulgenzi; Stijn Brouwer; Kate Baker; Jos Frijns
• Keywords: Circular Economy; Dispose pattern

Abstract The circular economy (CE) is an emerging system that moves away from the traditional linear view of “make, use, and dispose” to one restorative regenerative keep resources, such as water, at its highest value utility all times. Water essential CE due importance for human life because energy material it contains. However, move toward more water solutions accompanied by both technological social challenges which, this article argues, stakeholder participation learning are essential. Enabling diverse stakeholders engage share different perspectives, interests, needs, ultimately co‐produce knowledge, communities practice (CoPs) seen a suitable approach discuss technologies in their institutional context. Although CoPs being used widely many sectors disciplines, there insufficient focus lack consensus on how evaluate understand whether co‐production knowledge effective efficient. This gives overview CE, explores rationale CoPs, proposes CoP evaluation framework draw together methods evaluating processes transition CE. categorized under: Human > Imagined Represented Engineering Planning Life Conservation, Management, Awareness