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How does urban development look through a territorial lens?

Article 02 September 2020

A 2020 URBACT ‘City Lab’ explored future urban development from three territorial perspectives.

by URBACT

News 21 November 2014

Webcast Turin Social Innovation

Turin Social Innovation has been an inspiring, refreshing and last but not least a great success! Thanks to Fabrizio Barbiero, Nadia Bonghi, the rest...

Article 16 November 2014

Cities in Competition – High-quality Cultural Offer Improves Attractiveness

Many cities focus on their economic development in order to become more competitive. They forget though that the soul of a city, its capacity to be...

Article 09 November 2014

Mobility: How Can a City Make the Most of a Railway Hub?

Railway hubs can be at the same time a tool and an engine for a sustainable urban and territorial development of the surrounding areas. ENTER.HUB...

News 04 November 2014

Food-related Initiatives for Sustainable Local Development: Lessons from URBACT

This was the topic of one of the workshops organised by URBACT, during the Open Days in Brussels on the 9th of October. Its aim, understand how city...

News 17 July 2014

News from Maribor: Our GFIs are becoming a strong partner in city's everyday life!

Maribor is doing some good work within the My Generation at Work project! Please read on to find out more! When finalising LAP – Local action plan of...

Article 31 May 2012

Laying the foundations for inclusive growth in European cities

One of the three main objectives of the European Union’s strategy for the next decade is to achieve “inclusive growth”. Paul Soto, URBACT Thematic...

Article 28 March 2012

Special Report - OP-ACT, tackling decline in Europe's smaller cities

Confronting the problems of decline in small and medium-sized cities has been the challenge facing the URBACT project OP-ACT since it was launched in...

Article 22 March 2012

LINKS Project - How can eco-restoration become an asset for the local economy?

According to the URBACT project LINKS , in the economic current crisis eco-restoration can provide a new impetus for employment and boost the economy...