The aim is to describe, understand and evaluate urban-regional circular spaces and to contribute to their development, using and expanding existing resource-related, spatial science and transdisciplinary competences.
We are guided by the following research questions:
- Which spatial characteristics and conditions are relevant with regard to potentials and effects of circular concepts, with a focus on physical spatial characteristics, taking into account societal (e.g. institutional, political or cultural) framework conditions?
- How can Industrial Ecology methods, such as material flow analysis, process chain analysis, life cycle assessment and land use valuation approaches, be combined with spatial analysis methods to develop spatial models of materiality in the built environment that assist in designing, substantiating and evaluating circular business models, in particular with regard to resource conservation, grey emissions and land use effects?
- How can technical and social innovations in circular construction be described and systematised and assessed in terms of their potential to strengthen circularity?
- How to integrate spatial analysis, evaluation and modelling approaches into the development and realisation circular business models, process chains or modes of action in such a way that corresponding real-world processes can be triggered and strengthened?
Publikations
Schiller, G.; Gruhler, K.; Zhang, N.; Blum, A. (2024): From Material Cadastres to a Materiality Informed City Information Modelling. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1363 (2024) 1: 012084, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1363/1/012084
Zhang, N.; Gruhler, K.; Schiller, G. (2024): Assessing the impact of technical innovation on circular economy in the built environment by using cMFA-based system dynamics approach. In: Journal of Building Engineering 92 (Online First) : 109782, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109782 (Online First 2024)
Schiller, G.; Gruhler, K. (2024): Strengthening Circular Urbanization Based on Regional Material Cadastres. In: Ha-Minh, Cuong; Pham, Cao Hung; Vu, Hanh T. H.; Huynh, Dat Vu Khoa (eds.) : Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering and Structures, CIGOS 2024, 4-5 April, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Singapore : Springer, 2024, (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE, volume 482)), S.1278-1286, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1972-3_141
Blum, A. (2024): Baby-Boomer, Einfamilienhäuser und Ressourcen. Demographische Herausforderungen der Entwicklung und Weiternutzung bestehender Siedlungsstrukturen. In: Nachrichten der ARL 53 (2024) 02-03/2023, S.21-26, https://www.arl-net.de/system/files/pdf/2024-03/nachrichten_2023_02_03_gesamt.pdf
Gruhler, Karin; Schiller, Georg: Grey energy impact of building material recycling – a new assessment method based on process chains. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling 18 (Online First): 200139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2023.200139 (Online First 2023)
Schiller, Georg; Roscher, Julia: Impact of urbanization on construction material consumption: A global analysis. In: Journal of Industrial Ecology (Online First). https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13392 (Online First 2023)
Zhang, Ning; Gruhler, Karin; Schiller, Georg (2023): A review of spatial characteristics influencing circular economy in the built environment. In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30 (2023) 19, S.54280-54302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26326-5
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