Rotterdam’s sustainability strategy: a case study on municipal policies

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Published: 2020-07-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22395/seec.v23n54a11
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Sustainability, energy transition, circularity, climate resilience

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Dominik Różewicz
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5076-0882

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Rotterdam houses the largest port in Europe. It is a crucial element of the city’s economy, but also a major CO2 emissions generator. Rotterdam’s municipality developed a strategy to responsibly reconcile various interests. The present article aims to show the sustainability strategy adopted in Rotterdam and its primary elements through qualitative research; municipality’s documents were analyzed and the connections between them were stated. This leads to the conclusion that Rotterdam has developed a comprehensive and coherent strategy for sustainable development. The strategy is divided in four elements: energy transition, circularity, climate resilience and a healthy living environment. All elements were developed in response to the city’s existing problems.

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Vol. 23 No. 54 (2020): January-June

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Author Biography

Dominik Różewicz, University of Warsaw

B.A. in American Studies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Postgraduate Student of Spatial Planning, University of Warsaw, Poland. Email: d.rozewicz@student.uw.edu.pl. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5076-0882

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Różewicz, D. (2020). Rotterdam’s sustainability strategy: a case study on municipal policies. Semestre Económico, 23(54), 225-237. https://doi.org/10.22395/seec.v23n54a11

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