INT-HERIT
INT-HERIT
The INT-HERIT implementation network brings together 9 European cities facing challenges related to the revitalisation of their cultural heritage. These cities learn from each other and help each other to develop local strategies in order to make their cities an attractive place to live, work and...
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Turin: A European success story with URBACT and Urban Innovative Actions
Three of the cities selected in the first call of Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) are working or have worked within URBACT on topics similar to their...
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Scaling the commons: the experience of the European Commons Assembly
Few these days are not obsessed by reading the news. Profound and epic changes bearing political, economic and humanitarian crisis are unfolding in...
URBinclusion
URBinclusion
Socioeconomic disparities and other forms of inequalities are a major issue in European cities which are threatened by social polarisation increase. Poverty does not only create social differences between people and groups; it also leads to spatial differences.
URBinclusion implementation network...
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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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Densification beyond the city centre: urban transformation against sprawl
Densification of urban areas beyond the core of the cities is not an easy task but it is a challenge worth taking to fight against urban sprawl....
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There’s more to Digital Democracy than just a tweet
The US presidential election results came as a surprise to many of us especially because we hadn’t encountered any testament of sweeping support...
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It is time for cities to share their good practices now, more than ever
A call for Good Practice In early December URBACT launched a call for Good Practices , inviting Europe’s cities to put forward their most effective...
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The importance of procurement to city economies
This article explores why procurement is increasingly being seen as a way of addressing some of the economic, social and environmental issues facing...
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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...