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This open access book provides new perspectives on circular economy and space, explored towards the definition of regenerative territories characterised by healthy metabolisms. Going beyond the mere reuse/recycle of material waste as resources, this work aims to understand how to apply circularity principles to, among others, the regeneration of wastescapes. The main focus is the development over time, and in particular the way how spatial planning and strategies respond to new unpredictable urgencies and opportunities related with territorial metabolisms. The book specifically focuses on living labs environments, where it is possible to tackle complex problems through a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach - including the use of digital spatial decision support environment – which could be able to include all the involved stakeholders. Through a spatial scope of circularity, this book describes several examples including among others ideas from different contexts such as Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and Vietnam. Through including reflections on methodology and representation, as well as on solutions for circular and healthy metabolisms, the book provides an excellent resource to researchers and students.

Human geography --- Plant ecology --- Urban & municipal planning --- Waste management --- Open Access --- Circular Economy in Urban Development --- Circular Regeneration --- Living Labs --- Circular Urban Development --- Regenerative Territories --- Healthy Metabolism --- Waste Flows --- Sustainability in Contemporary Territories --- Spatial Dimension of Circularity --- Circular Urban and Territorial Metabolisms --- Spatial (re)Development and Regeneration --- Urban Planning and Infrastructures --- Regeneration of Wastescapes --- Urban Geography and Urbanism

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The book "Economic Sustainability of Culture and Cultural Tourism" focuses on the economic sustainability of cultural and cultural tourism projects, but it also takes into account other aspects. It consists of eleven articles, which address cultural heritage, culture, cultural/creative industries and (cultural) tourism. Analysis in the cultural heritage-related articles deals with specific topics such as crowdfunding, cost–benefit analysis in the evaluation of cultural heritage project funding, industrial heritage/brownfields, and social assessment methods for the economic analysis of cultural heritage. Cultural work is further analyzed, offering a comparative economic sustainability analysis in the UK as well as support mechanisms for cultural/creative industries in Canada. Creative industries in the peripheral areas of Italy and Greece are also zeroed in on in the context of their sustainability. Articles focusing on (cultural) tourism address the topics of dark tourism, tourists’ willingness to pay for cultural experiences, and the relationship between COVID-19 vaccinations and the volatility of travel and leisure companies. Additionally, the role of culture and heritage in tourism resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic is explored with interesting results.

Development economics & emerging economies --- cultural heritage --- financial sustainability --- crowdfunding --- Europe --- Hawaiian culture --- visitor perceptions --- economic sustainability --- willingness to pay (WTP) --- COVID-19 pandemic --- cultural and creative industries --- sustainability --- peripheral areas --- cultural heritage projects --- EU funds --- economic analysis --- cost–benefit analysis --- cultural investment --- stimulate tourism --- pandemic recovery --- Canada --- public policy --- grants and financial instruments --- arts management --- cultural policy --- COVID-19 --- pandemic --- stock market volatility --- travel and leisure --- vaccinations --- brownfield redevelopment --- cultural use --- public funds --- Hungary --- post-socialist transformation --- circular urban development --- cultural and creative industries policy --- cultural workers’ precarity --- COVID-19 pandemic recovery plan --- visual arts --- UK --- Ireland --- France --- Universal Basic Income (UBI) --- impact of COVID-19 --- travel --- wellbeing --- NATURA --- UNESCO --- sustainable development --- tourism --- dark tourism --- cultural heritage management --- tourism industry development --- sustainable tourism development --- heritage evaluation --- sociological analytical methods --- sociologic impact assessment --- social performance evaluation