How does urban development look through a territorial lens?
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A 2020 URBACT ‘City Lab’ explored future urban development from three territorial perspectives.
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Enhancing the vitality of small cities: “let’s make it a priority!”
How can small towns thrive today? Here we highlight an array of local actions to help small and medium sized cities become more vibrant.
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4 ways cities are breathing life back into empty spaces
URBACT’s new online resource Remaking the city presents a selection of space-related city solutions: remakingthecity.urbact.eu Cities across Europe...
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From URBACT to H2020: how 2 cities are scaling up citizen-powered projects for greener communities
Manchester (UK) and Poznań (PL) are just 2 of many European cities building on their URBACT experiences in integrated, sustainable urban development...
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Local food in urban forks
Agri-food production can help with social inclusion says Miguel Sousa the Agri-Urban Lead Expert following the workshop held during URBACT City...
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Re-grow City: turning disadvantage into opportunity
Regeneration practitioner and academic, Dr Hans Schlappa is the lead expert on Re-growCity . This network focuses on small and medium sized towns...
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BIOCANTEENS: How one city went 100% organic without spending any more
For those familiar with Asterix comics, Mouans-Sartoux (FR) could be compared to a small sustainable city, surrounded by the rather unsustainable...
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BeePathNet: enriching the urban jungle with bees
Klemen Strmšnik shares his enthusiasm for Ljubljana’s (SI) green endeavours and the on going success of the BeePathNet project linking 6 European...
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Welcoming international professionals and students
Willem van Winden takes a look at how the university city of Groningen (NL), in the North, is working towards welcoming, nurturing and integrating...
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'Cities in Action-Stories of Change’ publication just released!
Discover how 40 URBACT cities across Europe have brought positive impact in their population in terms of urban mobility, jobs and skills, reuse of...
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Plan your own temporary use journey!
Marcelline Bonneau introduces the concept of Temporary Use and URBACT’s REFILL networks achievements over the past 2 and a half years.