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URBACT cities are driving Europe’s acceleration towards a circular economy

Article 26 July 2022

Urban circular economy solutions could keep global temperature rise below 2°C, writes Dr. Eleni Feleki, Lead Expert from the URGE Network.

by Eleni FELEKI

Article 21 May 2017

REFILL MATCH-MAKERS

The REFILL project is all about the reuse of vacant spaces. A key question is how these spaces are filled to best use. This article describes the...

Article 09 May 2017

The co-working revolution

What can cities do to create open workspaces where entrepreneurs can connect and grow jobs? An explosion of new workspace

Article 29 November 2016

Squatting for cultural use toward commons: The case of Rog factory in Ljubljana

During their 100-150 years of history industrial (or in a broader sense, non-residential) buildings face many challenges. Not only technology may...

Naples Montesanto area - a typical narrow street

Article 29 March 2016

Waking up the sleeping giants? The mission of URBACT 2nd Chance network

Walking in the extremely densely built Montesanto Area in Naples visitors are shocked by the narrow streets in which people can hardly move between...

23 October 2015

Less money, more innovation! Regeneration of deprived residential areas since the crisis

Since the crisis local municipalities are forced to change their approach to the regeneration of deprived residential areas. They have several...

Article 11 May 2015

Post-Crisis Urban Planning: Innovative Local Solutions to Fight Environmental Degradation

Due to the financial crisis the heavily indebted public actors are not able any more to launch large-scale programmes to handle difficult...

Article 30 November 2014

Rebuilding Málaga on Community Power

"Each city is like a different world," says Fernando Barreiro, Lead Expert of the USER network, "but there are many things they can learn from each...