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  • Urban planning

    Water Finds A Way - The Transfer experience of the Hydro-Heritage Cities

    In this HHC Network Final Report, Sandra Rainero (lead expert) and Chiara Lucchini (ad hoc expert) narrate what it means to transfer in creative and inspiring ways an innovative practice of

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    Chalandri: A taste of operational change

    Testing URBACT’s integrated and participatory approach in urban policy making. 

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    “Kanalisanje” Festival, the legacy of Hydro-Heritage Cities in Sombor

    The city of Sombor, Serbia, ends our URBACT Transfer Network project with a festival that celebrates the future of the Great Bačka Canal. 

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    Final Hydro-Heritage Cities meeting: Getting ready to kick off

    The Network met for last time in Rome concluding its transfer journey and investment plans, while presented in public the future of Hydro-Heritage management. 

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    WATER, HERITAGE & CITIES: Exploring New Urban Futures Through Hydro-Heritage

    ‘Omnes viae ad Romam ducunt’ Hydro-Heritage Cities public event, 18 June 2026, Rome - Urban Center Metropolitano, 14:30 – 18:40. Happy to see you there.  

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    COMMUNICATION AS LEGACY

    Outcomes from the joint EmpowerIngUs + Hydro-Heritage Cities online workshop on communication. Authored by Chiara Lucchini. 

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    Hydro-Heritage Cities Journal no. 3

    From Raindrops to Ripples: Reflecting, exploring and moving forward together. By Sandra Rainero

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Celebrating GeoNight (and day) through Rome’s hydro-heritage sites

    Rome's Hydro-Heritage Cities URBACT Group celebrates the Night (and day) of Geography with a testing action engaging academic institutions and young students. 

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    Charting new waters of policy change in Hydro Heritage Cities

    Sandra Rainero, the Network’s Lead Expert’s reflects on how water heritage is reshaping practice, partnerships and policy paths - and what the transfer process teaches us halfway through the journey. 

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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