The ‘Jugendbauhütte’ (Youth Mason’s Lodge) is a project of ‘Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz’ (German Foundation for Monument Preservation) organized by the International Youth Community Services (ijgd) that offers young people between 18 and 26 to do a voluntary year in monument preservation and care. The work places are museums and cultural institutions, archaeological institutions, organizations involved […]
Archives for 2011
Slow post-earthquake reconstruction in Abruzzo
After the Abruzzo earthquake, housing emergency experienced an innovative model of reconstruction in comparison with the last fifty years’ experience in Italy. After a first phase during which the population experienced temporary housing solutions for five-six months, two programs of residential settlements have been launched: the C.A.S.E. Plan (Antiseismic Sustainable Eco-friendly Complex) and the M.A.P. […]
What can we take away from the Cohesion forum?
The Cohesion Forum was held in Brussels from 31 January to 1 February 2011. It was organized by the European Commission and the main goal was closure the public consultation launched last November on the future, post-2013 Cohesion Policy. A number of European policy makers, ministers, regional presidents and heads of operational programmes participated in […]
How Cities from the Caribbean could turn into sustainable ones ?
The International Town-Planning Days are celebrated each November 8th, in 30 countries on 4 continents. Such celebration is the very occasion to discuss on the future of cities and territories. For the first time in France, these International Days occurred in French overseas territories, in Fort-de-France, Martinique, thanks notably to SFU (French Society of Town-planners), […]
Integrated urban development in German cities
Read more: Integrated urban development – URBACT website The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development URBACT NDP for Germany Deutscher Verband für Wohnungswesen, Städtebeau und Raumordnung e.V.
Replacing regional competition by regional cooperation
The provincial government of Styria in Austria has implemented a programme called RegioNext which regulates new forms for municipal cooperation. The regions (in Styria) are divided into ‘great regions’ and ‘small regions’. The intention of the programme is: ● to promote cooperation between neighbouring municipalities ● to increase the efficiency of public administration ● to […]
Exhibition of the HerO Network in Regensburg’s New Town Hall
In cooperation with its Managing Authority of the ERDF Operational Programme, the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, the Lead Partner Regensburg designed an exhibition on the HerO URBACT project: twelve panels give information on the HerO network’s objectives and activities, the HerO partner cities as well as the Bavarian ERDF programme. […]
A controversy in the heart of Bucharest: the Parliament Palace
Right in the historical centre of Bucharest stands an impressive building that strikes the eye by its particular style. It is the Palace of the Romanian Parliament, a “giant” built during the “golden age” of the dictatorial regime. Constructed with great human and economic costs, the now-called Palace of the Parliament symbolized Ceausescu’s absolute rule, […]
What can we do to ensure cities are sustainable now?
Cities are responsible for nearly 80% of carbon dioxide emissions, and in the EU transport accounts for around 25% of those emissions. So it follows that de-carbonising urban mobility is a critical challenge to ensure sustainable cities. Many believe that electro mobility can play an important part in multi-modal strategies to green transport. This is […]
Authors
Aidan Cerar
Aldo Vargas
Alice Ferguson
Alina Andreea Băileşteanu
Alison Partridge
Amy Labarrière
Ana Resende
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