Circular economy, circular regenerative processes, agrowth and placemaking for tourism future
Purpose – This conceptual paper explores the possibility to envision circular regenerative processes embracing agrowth and placemaking within tourism; an industry remarkably connected to the Anthropocene and its detrimental impacts on the planet. Drawing on theorisations of circular economy, on the...
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| description | Purpose – This conceptual paper explores the possibility to envision circular regenerative processes embracing agrowth and placemaking within tourism; an industry remarkably connected to the Anthropocene and its detrimental impacts on the planet. Drawing on theorisations of circular economy, on the concept of agrowth, and on theories of placemaking, this viewpoint offers a novel conceptual framework to imagine a regenerative future for tourism. Design/methodology/approach – The authors connect the ancient archetype of “circularity”, largely used to make sense of life on Earth, with the Greek concept of oikonomia. The resulting notion of a circular oikonomia is then intersected with theories of placemaking. In doing so, the authors are driven by the idea of de-growth, as an “a-growthism” urging the abandonment of the faith towards growth for an enduring stable regenerative agrowth. Findings – The authors offer a novel conceptual framework to counteract the negative impacts of Anthropocene and envision future scenarios in which tourism can make a difference by enacting enduring regenerative processes for places and human and non-human entities. Originality/value – The originality of this study lies in the conceptual framework proposed to imagine the future of tourism, hospitality and mobilities in circular regenerative terms. This study envisions stable and enduring regenerative processes of natural assets, materials, products, services and resources as well as a tourism space made up of lively, multiple, transformative relationships and interactions among people and the environments people live in and travel to. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a78ce54008e40fcb4e709d80a9564132023-06-23T06:36:21ZengEmerald PublishingJournal of Tourism Futures2055-59112022-09-018334234510.1108/JTF-01-2022-0004Circular economy, circular regenerative processes, agrowth and placemaking for tourism futureLucia Tomassini0Elena Cavagnaro1NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsUniversity of Groningen – Campus Fryslân, Groningen, The NetherlandsPurpose – This conceptual paper explores the possibility to envision circular regenerative processes embracing agrowth and placemaking within tourism; an industry remarkably connected to the Anthropocene and its detrimental impacts on the planet. Drawing on theorisations of circular economy, on the concept of agrowth, and on theories of placemaking, this viewpoint offers a novel conceptual framework to imagine a regenerative future for tourism. Design/methodology/approach – The authors connect the ancient archetype of “circularity”, largely used to make sense of life on Earth, with the Greek concept of oikonomia. The resulting notion of a circular oikonomia is then intersected with theories of placemaking. In doing so, the authors are driven by the idea of de-growth, as an “a-growthism” urging the abandonment of the faith towards growth for an enduring stable regenerative agrowth. Findings – The authors offer a novel conceptual framework to counteract the negative impacts of Anthropocene and envision future scenarios in which tourism can make a difference by enacting enduring regenerative processes for places and human and non-human entities. Originality/value – The originality of this study lies in the conceptual framework proposed to imagine the future of tourism, hospitality and mobilities in circular regenerative terms. This study envisions stable and enduring regenerative processes of natural assets, materials, products, services and resources as well as a tourism space made up of lively, multiple, transformative relationships and interactions among people and the environments people live in and travel to.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JTF-01-2022-0004/full/pdfCircular economyCircularityRegenerative tourismPlacemakingDe-growthSustainability |
| spellingShingle | Lucia Tomassini Elena Cavagnaro Circular economy, circular regenerative processes, agrowth and placemaking for tourism future Journal of Tourism Futures Circular economy Circularity Regenerative tourism Placemaking De-growth Sustainability |
| title | Circular economy, circular regenerative processes, agrowth and placemaking for tourism future |
| title_full | Circular economy, circular regenerative processes, agrowth and placemaking for tourism future |
| title_fullStr | Circular economy, circular regenerative processes, agrowth and placemaking for tourism future |
| title_full_unstemmed | Circular economy, circular regenerative processes, agrowth and placemaking for tourism future |
| title_short | Circular economy, circular regenerative processes, agrowth and placemaking for tourism future |
| title_sort | circular economy circular regenerative processes agrowth and placemaking for tourism future |
| topic | Circular economy Circularity Regenerative tourism Placemaking De-growth Sustainability |
| url | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JTF-01-2022-0004/full/pdf |
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