USEAct Urban Sustainable Environmental Actions

Edited on 28/07/2025

01/05/2012 30/04/2015

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  • Action Planning Network
  • Abandoned Spaces
  • Disadvantaged neighbourhoods
  • Finance and resources
  • Participation
  • Urban renewal
  • Urban sprawl

The aim of USEAct is to define ways to achieve opportunities for people and businesses to settle in existing locations without consumption of further land, thanks to new planning and partnership approaches.

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Naples - Italy
  • Baia Mare - Romania
  • Barakaldo - Spain
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Dublin - Ireland
  • Nitra - Slovakia
  • Ostfold County
  • Riga - Latvia
  • Trieste - Italy
  • Viladecans - Spain

Timeline

Project launch
Project completed

Introduction

The USEAct project aims to achieve urban development and new or improved settlement opportunities for people and businesses taking up residence in existing locations, without consumption of further land and at the same time developing the construction and real estate economies, making the most of the historic building heritage and related character, reducing energy consumption in buildings and cutting back on further infrastructure building/management costs. We can reach these targets through the activity of the thematic network and the exchange of experiences and knowledge, towards the definition of integrated frameworks.

 

Lead Partner: City Council of Naples

 

Project coordinator: Gaetano Mollura

 

USEAct Team: Anna Arena, financial officer | Maria Luna Nobile, communication and capitalisation officer | Vincenzo Fusco, Local Action Plan coordinator

 

USEAct Lead Expert: Vittorio Torbianelli

 

USEAct Thematic Expert: Pauline Geoghegan

 

USEAct Ad hoc Experts: Didier Vancutsem, Adolf Sotoca, Maros Finka, Michael Fuller-Gee, Germana Di Falco

 

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