PUBLICATIONS, Sofia — June 18, 2021 [Academic Paper] Integrating URBiNAT research project’s results into the planning system of Sofia Municipality ABSTRACT: This report summarizes the key challenges faced by the UACEG team during the implementation of activities in the URBiNAT co-creation process of the Healthy Corridor in Nadezhda district in Sofia. Important links between the healthy corridor plan and the changing planning system in-between two planning and programming periods have been discussed.
DIGITAL ENABLERS — June 15, 2021 Protected: [Digital Enablers] Digital enablers for citizen engagement and co-creation of NBS: Key takeaways for policy makers and city administration In a newly-released URBiNAT report on digital enablers, Portfolio of Purposes, Methods, Tools, and Content: Forming Digital Enablers of NBS, key takeaways for various stakeholder groups are outlined. In the following, we zoom in on a few specific implications and key takeaways for policymakers, including city administration.
NBS, Nantes — June 13, 2021 [NANTES] More gardening and urban agriculture initiatives in the districts of Nantes Nord
BLOG, Porto — June 10, 2021 [PORTO] Exhibition: Cities in the city From 14 May to 27 June 2021 The Ci.CLO Gallery in Porto will be showing a series of photos by Carlos Barradas who has been documenting the local implementation of the URBiNAT project in the district of Campanhá, Porto., since the summer of 2020.
COVID-19, Siena — June 9, 2021 [COVID-19] Challenges, responses and solidarity in Siena As COVID-19 tore across Europe and the world it struck at the heart of our societies, taking lives and revealing in a harsher, more uncompromising light the extent of social, economic, and environmental disparities within our communities. In some sense, the pandemic spread indiscriminately. Yet, it is clear that factors such as income level, housing type, neighborhood, and other socioeconomic variables would (once again..) determine starkly different levels of exposure or risk. Individuals, families, and communities have not suffered the effects of the pandemic in the same way. But what does this really mean? How have people coped with the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 mitigation policies? What lessons can we draw from this period?
June 8, 2021 [WEBINAR series] The Social & Solidarity Economy & NBS video archive On 2, 4 & 7 June URBiNAT hosted an Online Seminar Series on the role of the Solidarity Economy to enhance the impact of NBS being implemented as part of urban regeneration programmes. The complete webinar series can be viewed again here.
COVID-19, Brussels — June 4, 2021 [COVID-19] Challenges, responses and solidarity in Brussels We are increasingly aware of how the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis unveiled pre-existing unequal conditions, and how it affected individuals, families and communities in significantly different ways depending on their place and socioeconomic conditions. But what does this really mean? How did the people cope with the impacts imposed by COVID-19 mitigation policies? What lessons can we draw from this period? Seven URBiNAT cities - Sofia, Nantes, Porto, Brussels, Siena, Høje-Taastrup and Nova Gorica - give us a picture of some aspects related to the repercussions, challenges, responses and alternatives that emerged with the pandemic. In this series of seven posts, we share the main measures implemented by local municipalities, and some stories that can inspire alternative and cooperative ways to live together (in) the city.
COVID-19, Nova Gorica — June 4, 2021 [COVID-19] Challenges, responses and solidarity in Nova Gorica As COVID-19 tore across Europe and the world it struck at the heart of our societies, taking lives and revealing in a harsher, more uncompromising light the extent of social, economic, and environmental disparities within our communities. In some sense, the pandemic spread indiscriminately. Yet, it is clear that factors such as income level, housing type, neighborhood, and other socioeconomic variables would (once again..) determine starkly different levels of exposure or risk. Individuals, families, and communities have not suffered the effects of the pandemic in the same way. But what does this really mean? How have people coped with the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 mitigation policies? What lessons can we draw from this period?
COVID-19, Høje-Taastrup — June 4, 2021 [COVID-19] Challenges, responses and solidarity in Høje-Taastrup As COVID-19 tore across Europe and the world it struck at the heart of our societies, taking lives and revealing in a harsher, more uncompromising light the extent of social, economic, and environmental disparities within our communities. In some sense, the pandemic spread indiscriminately. Yet, it is clear that factors such as income level, housing type, neighborhood, and other socioeconomic variables would (once again..) determine starkly different levels of exposure or risk. Individuals, families, and communities have not suffered the effects of the pandemic in the same way. But what does this really mean? How have people coped with the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 mitigation policies? What lessons can we draw from this period?
