Transitions in planning: transformative policy visions of the circular economy and blue bioeconomy meet planning practice

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Figure 1. Analytical framework.

Figure 2. The case study context.

Table 1. Case overview.

	Case 1	Case 2
Research setting	Evaluation project	Methodological experimentation
Substance area	Circular economy	Blue bioeconomy
Planning focus	Statutory and strategic planning	Strategic planning
Spatial scope	Regional – municipal	Regional

Figure 3. Identified circular economy sectors (larger the oval size marks centrality in planning practice).

Figure 4. Blue bioeconomy themes (included topics on the left and excluded on the right).

Table 2. Case study summary.

	Circular economy	Blue bioeconomy
Transformative visions	The shift from linear production and consumption systems to circular and slow material loops decoupling environmental impact from economic growth	Rejuvenation of water ecosystem capabilities and development of novel solutions to solve environmental crises and provide welfare benefits
Territorialization	Policy opening for reconfiguring planning activities and regulations though intermediary work and experimentation in temporary projects	A planning space to identify policy barriers, complement patchy governance frameworks and orchestrate actor-networks
Planning practice	Navigation between enabling and controlling roles of planning practice	Explicit focus on enabling role of planning and creating new systemic connections