The third Network Journal of Cities After Dark highlights the activities conducted at transnational and local level between September 2024 and December 2024.
As the network approaches its halfway point, the partners of Cities After Dark have defined the first draft of their Integrated Action Plans (IAPs). The drafts outline the overall logic and the integrated approach of the plan, detailing actions that will pave the way to the implementation of night policies at urban level.
Measuring the Impact of the Night-Time Economy
Measuring the impact of night-time economy is crucial for shaping policies and strategies that support this sector, as also emerged from the analysis of the local contexts of the partners of Cities After Dark.
The fourth online thematic seminar aimed at highlighting some of the most interesting approaches carried out at global level to measuring the impact of night-time economy. These methods use different datasets and serve various purposes, from supporting policy decisions to designing new initiatives and strategies on night-time economy.
15-Minute City and the Night-Time Economy
The 15-minute city concept, popularized by Carlos Moreno, has gained significant traction in urban planning in recent years, spreading a model of city where essential services are accessible within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. While this concept offers solutions to several challenges such as improving quality of life, reducing social isolation, and addressing traffic and pollution, the global discussion around the 15-minute city didn’t take fully into account the nocturnal dimension of the cities.
Under the Spotlight: The Action of the Cities at Local Level
The partners of Cities After Dark continue to refine areas of intervention, specific objectives and actions which are turning into reality the shared vision of the nighttime economy developed within the Integrated Action Plans.
Insights shared during transnational meetings and online thematic seminars are proving decisive for inspiring the members of the ULG and different departments of the cities involved in the networks and in connecting their action to the latest trends of the debate on night-time economy.
Cities After Dark Going Global: The events in Sydney, Hamburg and Cairo
In these months Cities After Dark has gained global attention for the innovative approach to the collaborative governance of the night-time economy promoted by the first network of cities ever funded by the European Union on this topic.
The participation in several European and global events was an opportunity for presenting the activities carried out by the partners of the network, but also for establishing collaborations with networks and public institutions active on night-time economy.
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