URBACT Good Practices

The collaborative management of urban commons to counteract poverty and socio-spatial polarisation

Integrated approach to urban regeneration of a disadvantaged district through a citizen participation process and three strategic intercorrelated pathways.

Turning wasteland into public green spaces 

Citizens shaping their city's development 

A local initiative connecting pensioners and the young, now extended throughout the town

A case of revitalising degraded residential urban neighbourhoods through community planning

Inclusive, green and social infrastructure at the edge of the city 

Energy community based on a cooperatively owned solar power plant

Appointing community representatives amongst the residents of the target area Edgbaston Reservoir, to become permanent ambassadors, communicating with the City Council, and understanding their challenges – enabling Birmingham in this way to rebuild trust