Coastal City and Zero Waste Masterplan: Exploring a Strategy of Resilience and Inclusion

The Covid-19 pandemic has once again caused citizens around the world to attach importance urgency of waste management crisis and need for environmental action in general, this should act as a wake-up call taking boundary between human consumption non-sustainable activities capacity natural environment seriously. Governments Netherlands Japan designed implemented policies facilitate transition circular economy promote sustainable management. This paper reviews practices two countries, explores strategy based on coastal cities, using examples different zero cities examine how have adapted masterplan.