Engaging cities to reject housing exclusion as a ‘fact of life’
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The article is based on the joint URBACT-UIA web conference ‘No one left behind’ of 26 June 2020.
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URBACT at URBAN FUTURE Global Conference (UFGC), in Vienna (AT)
Passionate City Changers from all over the world meet in Vienna: The URBAN FUTURE Global Conference (UFGC), one of Europe’s largest events for...
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Let us build the new politics starting from our everyday lives
The Rethink Activism Festival Back in September, Sager der Samler (translated: Uniting Causes), in collaboration with many other stakeholders,...
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Take a deep breath (or better not)
How European cities are fighting air pollution? In November 2017 the European Environment Agency (EEA) launched the European Air Quality Index...
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Experimenting with governance
Innovative governance work is notable is several of the 97 URBACT Good Practices . Common themes emerge around how cities are beginning to innovate...
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From participative to personal budgets: the power of responsibility sharing
We can improve public services for local communities and individuals by giving them more control rather than imposing top down governmental...
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Google Maps: Is Toronto showing the way to future city governance?
Do you ever feel that Facebook, Google and Twitter are taking over your life? Well, that may be happening for real to some Toronto citizens. In a...
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Can nature make your city climate-resilient?
Among the headlines of summer 2017: disastrous floods in the South of England, Istanbul and Berlin, extreme water scarcity in Rome, wild fires...
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Health in Public Spaces: The challenge of inactive citizens for cities
One of the main challenges for cities in the coming decade is how to make their citizens become physically active again. Physical inactivity and...
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The Warm Welcome Society greeting new citizens to Aarhus
By Mari-Louise Olsson Hattesen, Citizen Service, City of Aarhus, 4th November, 2016 The Warm Welcome Society introduces new citizens to diverse...
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Cities using their purchasing power to facilitate social innovation
Some cities are developing new approaches to ensure that resources are available to experiment with new solutions to their problems. They are using...