RiConnect
RiConnect
RiConnect is an Action Planning Network of 8 metropolises which aim is to rethink, transform and integrate mobility infrastructures in order to reconnect people, neighbourhoods, cities and natural spaces. We will develop planning strategies, processes, instruments and partnerships to foster public...
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How transport adds to public space meeting people’s needs?
Space4People, challenging the use of public space!
Space4People
Space4People
Space4People dealt with public space use in its cities and worked with its main use function: transport. Our focus was on walkability, quality of stay, mix of functions to achieve attractive public space for diverse user groups and a sustainable urban mobility scheme supporting such public spaces...
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Healthy Cities
Healthy Cities
This Action Planning network aims to deepen the relationship between health and the urban environment, planning actions that focus on improving the population’s health, while developing a rigorous health impact assessment around it. Urban Planning can become a health generator on many grounds. This...
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KAIRÓS
KAIRÓS
KAIRÓS is an URBACT Action Planning Network focused on cultural heritage as a driver for sustainable urban development and regeneration. In ancient Greek KAIRÓS means the propitious moment, and this is the moment to test an innovative policy framework, combining a sound integrated approach with a...
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Transition to circular economy: the ‘’power’’ of the building sector towards better cities
What does circular economy in the building sector mean to you in theory and where are we standing today? Which are the key challenges, the needs and...
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UrbSecurity - An Action-Plan Network for planning safer cities
UrbSecurity is a network of 9 cities which proposes an innovative approach to urban security and safety by integrating it with urban planning, social...
UrbSecurity
UrbSecurity
This Action Planning Network analyses strategies and projective concepts of cities’ design that could contribute to prevent segregation and anti-social behavior, and consecutively to improve citizen’s quality of life and their perception of urban security and safety. The main objective is to...
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Thriving Streets: Designing mobility for attractive cities
Ten European cities join forces in the new ‘Thriving Streets’ network. Their approach: transform streets to create people-friendly places, encourage...