Networks and cities' news

Catch up on the latest updates from cities working together in URBACT Networks. The articles and news that are showcased below are published directly by URBACT’s beneficiaries and do not necessarily reflect the programme’s position.

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    General impacts of green spaces on physical and mental health (video)

    In early 2014 URBACT launched a suite of pilot transfer networks to explore a new way to support peer-to-peer learning amongst cities. The aim was to test the feasibility of a new type of URBACT network, built around the potential transfer of an established example of effective city practice or policy.

    Viktoria Soos

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  • How to plan healthy cities? (video)

    How to plan healthy cities? What is a healthy city? How does human health relate to planetary health?

    Viktoria Soos

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  • Green spaces and mental health (video)

    URBACT Good Practice Call 5 Dec 2016 - 31 March 2017

    Viktoria Soos

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  • Healing gardens in hospitals (video)

    What benefits do healing gardens and therapeutic gardens have in hospitals?

    Viktoria Soos

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  • Neighbourhood activities in Riga – an effective way for engaging residents in the local community’s activities

    The movement of neighbourhood associations is developing more actively in Riga. Residents of neighbourhoods unite to promote good ideas for improving the environment and quality of life in their neighbourhoods, and they are looking for ways of turning neighbourhoods into attractive venues for public events. We invited for a conversation Inese Auziņa, the board member of one of Riga’s neighbourhood associations – “Rada Brasa” [Brasa Creates].

    z.biteniece

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  • Playful Paradigm to re-think cities: join our participatory play lab at the European Week of Regions and Cities

    Thu 8 October | 11:30 – 13:00 CET | Registration deadline: 27/09/2020

    Let's build together upon the Good Practice of the Playful Paradigm URBACT Network!

    CREAA

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