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THE VIEW OF...
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“Good design and planning should not necessarily cost more. If anything it should save money in the long run.” Being interviewed is Matthew Carmona, Professor of Planning and Urban Design at The Bartlett School of Planning, UCL and Lead Expert of URBACT’s HOPUS project. For example during a visit to Rome Carmona visited a suburban extension dominated by roads and parking. “All in all there was a lack of vitality and the sorts of social spaces that you expect in an Italian city. But all of those things can be provided by just thinking differently about the reorientation of buildings, how to integrate the highways within the plan and so forth. This does not cost more to deliver, it just requires a different way of thinking and designing. It’s about having a place based view of the outcomes.” Read article
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URBAN RESEARCH
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Young people have been found less willing to buy a house in recent months. For middle-aged people willingness to buy is relatively stable, but it is lower than before the economic crisis of 2009. Read article
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In October 2011, the Dutch Planning Bureau for Living (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, PBL) and the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released for the fourth time the regional population and household forecast. The prognosis seeks the most likely future development to reflect the population and the number of households in the period 2011-2040. With the regional population and household projections PBL and CBS try to outline the most probable future based on current knowledge and understanding. Read article
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URBAN NEWS
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The URBAN-NEXUS project is underway. A diverse group of research and knowledge dissemination institutes from across Europe have joined forces in order to promote sustainable urban development and to create long lasting partnerships between stakeholders. On 17 and 18 November a kick-off meeting was organised in Sofia, Bulgaria. The consortium will be led by Nicis Institute and brings together 13 other leading knowledge institutes, research organisations and governmental agencies from 9 EU-countries. EMI and EUKN both assist Nicis in this consortium. Read article
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On the 24th of November the second lecture as part of the EMI Public Lecture Series was held in Brussels. The aim of the lecture was to discuss elements of effective approaches towards juvenile crime prevention in European cities. A variety of people were present: policy officers from the European Commission, policy makers from municipalities, social workers, police officers, EU representatives of European cities and researchers. The lecture consisted of 2 interesting key-note speeches and an interactive session. Of course there was also the possibility to network. Read article
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EMI introduces something new: a blog written by citizens of European cities. EMI offers individual inhabitants a platform to give their personal views and to share their knowledge on urban topics. Policy makers and researchers can gain insights into what really matters to the inhabitants of a city. Our first ´Talking Cityzen´ is Alexandru Ghita, urban planner in Bucharest. He gives his personal view on the development of Bucharest over the past 20 years. Read article
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URBAN PRACTICE
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The Shelter project aims to map the structure of project teams that are employed by Social Housing Organisations in the energy upgrading of existing housing schemes. The intention is to identify the optimum team structure in the expectation that using the optimum team will lead to significant improvements in the final energy performance of the projects to which it is applied. This is akin to investigating models of integrated project delivery. Read article
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URBAN NETWORK
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Representatives of 16 European cities as well as research institutions and the city network Climate Alliance came together in Dublin to launch the TURaS (Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability) project which aims to enable European cities and the surrounding rural areas to build resilience in the face of significant sustainability challenges. Read article
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The IMISCOE Research Network functions not only as a framework for developing research on international migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe, but also provides training to PhD students working within these themes. Yearly IMISCOE awards the Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award to applicants with the best dissertation in the field of migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe. Justus Uitermark is the winner of this year’s award for his dissertation titled ‘Dynamics of Power in Dutch Integration’. Read article
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URBAN SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
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It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the 4th annual conference of the European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN), which will take place in Warsaw under the Polish EU Presidency, on 8 and 9 December 2011. The conference will be organised in close cooperation with the Polish Ministry of Regional Development, the City of Warsaw and the Dutch Ministry of the Interior. Read article
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World Future Energy Summit is the world’s foremost annual meeting committed to advancing future energy, energy efficiency and clean technologies by engaging political, business, finance, academic and industry leaders to drive innovation, business and investment opportunities in response to the growing need for sustainable energy. Read article
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Cities are increasingly expected to undertake concrete actions to adapt to sea level rise, floods, droughts and other natural disasters exacerbated by climate change and climate variability. The impact of climate change differs for rural and urban areas, coastal cities, mountain cities and low-latitude cities. What concrete activities should coastal cities undertake?
This course offers management tools for urban policy makers, planners and environmentalists. Read article
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The European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN) shares knowledge and
experience on tackling urban issues. The key objective is to
enhance the exchange of knowledge and expertise on urban
development throughout Europe, bridging urban policy, research and
practice.
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