Il patrimonio pubblico nella transizione ecologica

Cities consume over 75% of natural resources, produce over 50% of global waste and emit 60-80% of greenhouse gases. In this unsustainable framework, the Circular Economy paradigm offers the opportunity to shape the urban system by means of rethinking the possibility to produce and use goods and services exploring new ways to ensure long-term prosperity. In particular, the application of the circular approach to the city level introduces actions related to the development of renewable energy communities, use of green materials, CO2 uptake and Proximity Cities. As part of a broader research which focused on the opportunities of sustainable public real estate management, this study proposes a methodology to build a Circular City Index capable of measuring social and environmental benefits generated by public policies that enable the territory to initiate an energy and ecological, both for civilian and military use