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The Cohesive City
Cities are the ultimate expression of shared space. Open and tolerant, the optimum European city model is built on social justice and economic...
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The trade-off between environmental and social sustainability
It is easy (and unfortunately quite usual) to consider environmental issues in their own, separated from all other considerations. This way of...
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URBACT Infoday in Portugal
The Portugese Infoday took place in Lisbon on 20-21 January 2015. Participants were able to learn about URBACT, Network experiences and about URBACT...
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Final Conferences of URBACT Networks: It’s time to celebrate, draw lessons and share results
The next three months will be very intense and exciting for the URBACT Community with the celebration of the Final Conferences of the URBACT Networks...
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USEAct Sixth meeting in Buckinghamshire! SAVE THE DATE!
The 6th USEACT Seminar in Buckinghamshire “Capitalization and MA’s Workshop” - Phase II of the network USEACT – Urban Sustainable Environmental...
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JOBTOWN in Nagykálló: A City's Alliance for Youth Employment
In an interview with the Hungarian partners of the JOBTOWN network , we learn about Nagykálló and how they are working in new and collaborative ways...
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Data Driven Cities
Big data and open data are buzz concepts in urban governance. But what do they mean? Where is the current good practice? And how can cities get...
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The case of Urban Food Systems
Against the backdrop of climate change, cities are facing increasing environmental challenges that threaten the quality of life and opportunities...
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Genova’s Old Port contributing to Genova’s global image strategy
The strategic positioning of cities on a national and global scale depends increasingly on the image they manage to convey of welcoming places that...
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A rough guide to European Urban Policy
Urban policy is not of itself an EU level responsibility under the treaties of the European Union but in the Lisbon treaty of 2009, the notion of...