URBACT stories

Plan your own temporary use journey!

Marcelline Bonneau, URBACT Expert, shares stories and her views on the re-use of space.

Why is Lisbon’s community economic development approach so important in Europe today?

Bairros (Neighbourhoods) and areas of priority interventions BIP/ZIP.

The dilemma of fighting urban poverty: invest into poor people or into poor places?

This article provides an insight into URBACT’s work on urban poverty and its contribution to the Urban Poverty Partnership of the Urban Agenda for the European Union. At URBACT City Festival 2018, the walkshop 5 “Tackling urban poverty from the ground up” on 14 September will deal with these issues. 

Housing at the URBACT City Festival 2018: from the EU Urban Agenda to Lisbon (PT)

Affordable and adequate housing is one of the theme Lab sessions at URBACT City Festival taking place in Lisbon, 13-14 September 2018. This text serves the purpose of introducing to the housing debates in Lisbon, linking them to the work of the EU urban agenda (EU UA) on affordable housing.

Take a deep breath (or better not)

How European cities are fighting air pollution?

In November 2017 the European Environment Agency (EEA) launched the European Air Quality Index showing in real time the quality of air the EU citizens are breathing. Depending on where you live, this might not be your favorite map. Air pollution is not a new problem and one that adversely affects almost every single one of us. Are there reasons to be optimistic?

The costs of dirty air

Two cities united by a love of good food

As URBACT opens its first call for Transfer Networks here’s a story of how a Good Practice from one city was adapted and transferred to a completely different local context.