Prato Circular City
Credits | Image “Prato, palazzo pretorio, terrazza superiore, vedute 04 san domenico 1” by Sailko is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
| Design & Development:: | City of Prato |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Location: | Prato, Italy |
| More info: | pratocircularcity.it |
The city of Prato (around 200.000 inhabitants) is famous worldwide for its textile district, representing about 3% of European textile production. Prato Circular City is an ongoing project, started in 2018 and promoted by the Municipality of Prato, to enhance the city’s transition towards a circular economy. Historically, the town was strongly characterized by a homogeneous production district, a fertile ground for this transition. Textile recycling techniques led to Prato being considered one of Italy’s most progressive and innovative industrial cities. Therefore, today, the city aims to be at the forefront of the circular transition of the built and industrial environment. However, rather than shaping this as a top-down and linear initiative, Prato has developed an integrated and holistic approach, considering the circular economy a horizontal priority within its long-term urban agenda. With this project, the city aims to achieve three main objectives:
- Strengthen the image of Prato as a “circular city” and promote shared,integrated and participatory actions towards the understanding of the circular economy,
- Establish a permanent table with the stakeholders of the territory to promote shared circular economy actions and build a governance model of the circular city.
- Create circular city governance.