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Making integrated urban development more manageable
Cities can better manage integrated urban development by recognising its complexity and breaking it down into its component concepts
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Bringing (more) sustainability to cities: 5 golden rules
How are cities putting sustainable urban development into practice? Here are 5 golden rules from URBACT's City Lab.
07 - 10 October 2019
European Week for Regions and Cities
The European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth...
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URBACT’s City Labs: Refreshing Europe’s urban policy principles
The 2007 Leipzig Charter established the EU’s urban policy principles. Ahead of its 2020 EU Presidency, Germany is refreshing this key document...
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How residents and businesses are re-energising their city centre
Many in Heerlen (NL) wanted change, but didn’t know how to effect it. Following a wealth of inspiration, participation and activation through URBACT...
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EU Green Week inspiration: 5 networks to watch
Ania Rok, URBACT programme expert, takes a close look at URBACT's 5 most environmentally friendly networks.
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Tropa Verde: recycling - the gift that keeps on giving
Yvan Corbat, URBACT Lead Expert, says rewarding good behaviour still works! Case in point, in Santiago de Compostela (ES) local citizens are rewarded...
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Pooling urban commons: the Civic eState
Naples’ Urban Civic Uses policy is characterised by the way artists, creatives, innovators and city inhabitants are entitled to organise themselves...
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Com.Unity.Lab: empowering local communities in priority neighbourhoods
Daniela Patti showcases examples of sustainable urban development in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Lisbon (PT) and explain how Lisbon’s experience...
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BIOCANTEENS: How one city went 100% organic without spending any more
For those familiar with Asterix comics, Mouans-Sartoux (FR) could be compared to a small sustainable city, surrounded by the rather unsustainable...