Nordbyen is covering two residential areas characterized by many children and young people, many residents on welfare, many residents with non-Danish ethnic background and many residents with social og economic problems. Furthermore the area is marked by a high degree of outward migration.

The project is part of an integrated effort to develop Nordbyen ('North Town'). Prior to the application to this pool, all stakeholders i Nordbyen has been involved in order to prioritize current action areas. It has resulted in an application where funding is applied for 1) a community house 2) the creation of new urban spaces by the church, the school, the inn and the grocery store, and 3) an addition to the school. In the second supported sub-project, the ambition is to create an attractive urban space which can provide new activities to the area. New models of co-operation between private and public landowners are tested in order to establish coherent common spaces uniting public and private areas.

The project is a co-operation between The Network ('Netværket') and The Municipality of Randers. The Network represents residents and stakeholders in the area. The co-operation has consisted of developing ideas in interest groups. The collected data has been processed by the Urban Planning Office/The Municipality of Randers. Physical installations etc. is conducted by external entrepreneurs and project department of the municipality.

Part of the idea of the project is to measure different parameters of the area before and after the implementation in order to read the effect of the project.

Municipality of Randers
Denmark
Nils Högel, tel. 0045 89 15 15 15

28/04/2006

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Urban Policy

Social inclusion & integration