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Combining horizontal and vertical integration
There are many different interpretations and meanings attached to the integrated approach. These include balancing environmental quality, social...
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The trade-off between environmental and social sustainability
It is easy (and unfortunately quite usual) to consider environmental issues in their own, separated from all other considerations. This way of...
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Bayonne: Restoring Buildings and Citizen Participation with URBACT
Europe’s old towns reflect the continent’s long and articulated history. Their beauty attracts visitors from all over the world, making their...
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Busy Sidewalks (not only for Pedestrians?)
From strolling and hangout to transportation and street vending, sidewalks have had many roles in since the late 19th century. While they have been...
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Rebuilding Málaga on Community Power
"Each city is like a different world," says Fernando Barreiro, Lead Expert of the USER network, "but there are many things they can learn from each...
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Mobility: How Can a City Make the Most of a Railway Hub?
Railway hubs can be at the same time a tool and an engine for a sustainable urban and territorial development of the surrounding areas. ENTER.HUB...
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Suceava: Gearing up for Electro-mobility through URBACT
Electric vehicles appear today as a way forward to reduce tailpipe carbon emissions and noise pollution, as well as a promising source for economic...
Sustainability
Zero Carbon Cities
Zero Carbon Cities
The Zero Carbon Cities Action Planning Network will support partner cities to establish science-based carbon reduction targets, policies and action plans, including governance and capacity building to enable them to contribute to the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement and the EU’s...
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Urb-En Pact
Urb-En Pact
The 8 partner cities and organisations involved in the Urban Energy Pact project embrace the ambitious goal of becoming net zero energy (NZE) territories no later than 2050.
Urb-En Pact aims to define local action plans for the implementation of a local and sustainable energy balance by producing...
Ongoing