Posts Tagged ‘France’

Towards metropolitan collaboration in urban areas

After attending the Urban Futures Global Conference (UFGC) and the European Metropolitan Authorities (EMA) meeting, Iván Tosics reports cooperation at metropolitan level is key for the development of urban areas. Residents inside and outside the city are not generally interested in where the city border lies and how various services are organised. However, despite its “invisibility”, the […]

By Ivan Tosics, on October 10th, 2019 at 15:53

Fighting homelessness: the role of cities

Laura Colini, URBACT programme expert gives an overview of the Policy LAB and URBACT Knowledge Hub initiative’s collaboration with FEANTSA and the Mairie de Paris, following their December 2018 gathering to share information, exchange local practices and launch collaboration among small, medium and large administrations in Europe to combat homelessness. Inaccessible, inadequate, unaffordable, undignified, insecure […]

By Laura Colini, on February 7th, 2019 at 09:18

New urban planning: long-lasting innovation or just a temporary illusion? [PART 2]

Iván Tosics, URBACT Programme Expert from the Metropolitan Research Institut in Budapest asks whether new urban planning methods will stand the test of time. In the first part of this article, Ivan introduced the process of development of new public policies accross Europe and  gave concrete examples of new urban policies and planning. The new […]

By Ivan Tosics, on January 24th, 2019 at 09:45