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PUBLICATIONS — March 9, 2023

[Academic Paper 🇫🇷] Urban gardening: the challenge of soil quality for communities

The desire to reorganise the territorial aspects of food production and the strong societal demand for urban gardens are currently bringing renewed attention to the issues of land use.

NBS, PUBLICATIONS, Høje-Taastrup — March 2, 2023

[Høje-Taastrup 🇩🇰] Cards & Reflection Method for Citizen Involvement

A Design Thinking Method for easy and effective involvement of citizens in city planning processes developed and tested with Høje Taastrup Municipality in Denmark.

NBS, PUBLICATIONS, Nantes — March 1, 2023

[Academic Paper 🇫🇷] Nature-based solutions in a neighbourhood of large social housing estates

In the context of the renovation of large housing estates, NBS are proposed to transform open spaces. Philippe Bodénan and Béatrice Béchet have studied these new methods of spatial design in the Nantes Nord district.

February 6, 2023

[Save the date: Feb. 16, 2023] Webinar: Participative governance approach for urban regeneration

URBiNAT together with CES Thematic Line “Urban Cultures, Sociabilities and Participation” are organizing a webinar dedicated to the theme “Participative governance approach for urban regeneration”.

NBS, Porto — January 30, 2023

[Portugal 🇵🇹] Launch of the NBS HUB Portugal

Together with the City of Portimão and NetworkNature, URBiNAT launched a nature-based solutions (NBS) hub in Portugal. The launch event took place on January 26th to 28th, 2023 at the Museu de Portimão, Portugal.

January 26, 2023

[WEF2023 Davos] Revamping Investment for Nature Regeneration

Together with the EU NBS Research and Innovation Task Forces and others, the platform Water and Humanity participated in the co-organization of a Luncheon on the sidelines of World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos on Revamping Investment for Nature Regeneration.

NBS, Nova Gorica — January 6, 2023

[Nova Gorica 🇸🇮] Workshops with local children and a guided walkthrough along the Koren river

As part of the co-implementation of the URBiNAT project, the Municipality of Nova Gorica together with the Centre of Architecture of Slovenia, held a series of workshops at the Nova Gorica Nursery School and Fran Erjavec Primary School.

Porto — January 2, 2023

[Porto 🇵🇹] New tender launched for construction of Alameda de Cartes Park

A new public tender for the construction of the Alameda de Cartes Park, in Campanhã, was published in the Diário da República (Official State Gazette).

Porto — December 17, 2022

[Porto 🇵🇹] Saturday invites healthy walks in Campanhã

Saturday, December 17th, between 9 am and 1 pm, anyone interested can participate in a walk, from three pedestrian routes to choose from.

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