![]() ![]() People share their views but hardly reach a consensus on the best ‘narrative’ to apply to address socio-environmental problems. The result is a discussion that is messy and quite often lacking target. Already few times, I found myself involved in roundtables, seminars, policy tables, think-thanks, and workshops where all terms are used simultaneously. What we have in front of us is a constellation of terms that are often used interchangeably, depending on the setting and actors involved in the discussion. Meanwhile, degrowth has become rather common among urban and environmental activists, designers, and architects. Yet, there is hardly any public administration that has embraced the term degrowth (often preferring ‘municipalism’ instead). There are also cities that have not explicitly used the doughnut tool but have instead preferred to focus on other repertoires and terminologies, such as the Wellbeing Economy. Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Glasgow). Some cities have fully engaged with Kate Raworth’s concept of the doughnut economy and applied it to their institutional policy making process (e.g. Many cities in Europe, and elsewhere, have been flirting with the idea of post-growth. ![]() Post-originally published in City officials have discovered the potential of post-growth thinking for orienting urban policy making and interventions. Author: Federico Savini, University of Amsterdam ![]()
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