Open AccessRotterdam’s sustainability strategy: a case study on municipal policies
Author(s) -
Dominik Różewicz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
semestre económico/semestre economico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-4345
pISSN - 0120-6346
DOI - 10.22395/seec.v23n54a11
Subject(s) - sustainability , port (circuit theory) , environmental planning , resilience (materials science) , business , engineering , environmental science , ecology , physics , electrical engineering , biology , thermodynamics
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.