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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    Small green space interventions aiming at health benefits can trigger massive change

    Spending only two hours a week in nature can do a lot for our health, according to a research from the University of Exeter. It was found that positive health benefits peak around 4 hours of exposure to nature. But spending more than 5 hours had no further benefits. The positive impacts were evident for both young and old, men and women, and for people with different health status. Furthermore, it is not necessary to do physical exercise for health benefits, it is sufficient to simply sit on a bench.

    Tamas Kallay

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  • Planning for urban security with games: the case of the UrbSecurity project in Leiria

    Civic participation is essential for sustainable urban development, but few tools and solutions are available to foster in practice. One of the new approaches that's being tested is the use of serious goal-oriented dynamic games. UrbSecurity has   implemented one of these approaches with surprising results.

    Patricia Moital

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  • Citizen participation? What an idea!

    Article by Christophe Gouache, Lead Expert of the Active Citizens URBACT network and designer at Strategic Design Scenarios

    Christophe Gouache

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    9 ways to support the development of sustainable tourism

    Understanding the focus of the Integrated Action Plans of the Tourism-friendlyCities network.

    Anamaria Vrabie

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  • Gender, power and housing

    Gender and urban development are intimately interrelated in many ways. At the transnational meeting in March 2022 the network made visible gendered power structures in housing in a panel organized by URBACT expert Laura Colini.

    annika.dalen@umea.se

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  • Transfer Story – Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

    The Municipality of Banská Štiavnica joined the transfer network in order to explore volunteerism in the town and abroad and to learn from the experience of others. At the time, we thought that volunteerism is not active in Banská Štiavnica and our aim was to start volunteering activities in our town but as the time passed and the ULG was established, we realised that volunteerism is in practice on high level however is not visible or promoted.

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    s.georgiou

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