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CONFERENCE, Siena — March 31, 2021

[SIENA] Webinar Series: “Sustainable declinATIONS – Paths, meetings, and reflections on environmental, social, and economic sustainability”

Siena’s Municipality, within URBiNAT activities and in collaboration with Siena's University, proposes a series of webinars titled: "sustainable declinATIONS

Sofia — March 26, 2021

[SOFIA] New Academic Paper: Urban morphology and mobility patterns- myths and real-life transformations of a large housing estate in Sofia

Newly published academic paper discussing the long-term urban planning impacts on the urban morphology and mobility patterns in the large housing estates designed and built at the periphery of Sofia in the period 1960-1990

CONFERENCE — March 17, 2021

URBiNAT at the IV ISA Forum of Sociology – Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality

CES researchers, Beatriz Caitana and Nathalie Nunes, presented two communications at the IV ISA Forum on URBiNAT's approaches in handling the complex combination and concentration of challenges and factors in inclusive urban regeneration: more than green, as an extended model for NBS in urban regeneration; and intersectional challenges in the emergence of social innovation for active citizenship.

OBSERVERS, Observers — March 16, 2021

Urban regeneration and the pandemic – Brazilian insights from Curitiba

URBiNAT Observer city Curitiba is recognized for its urban planning, mainly developed during the XXth century and aimed at spatial planning, impacting until today the quality of life in the city. However, much progress is needed, since it is no longer possible to analyze and plan the city in isolation, without considering the influence of its public policies on the municipalities of the metropolitan region.

BLOG — March 15, 2021

Digital enablers in URBiNAT cities and deprived urban areas

The use of digital enablers in URBiNAT cities and deprived urban areas is elaborated on in a newly-released URBiNAT report. The nine URBiNAT cities all use, or plan to use, digital enablers in the context of URBiNAT, and thus in relation to co-creation of NBS and Healthy corridors.

NBS — February 19, 2021

Digital enablers to unlock the potential of NBS in cities

How can digital enblers support citizen engagement and participation? This question is discussed in a new report released as part of the URBiNAT project.

BLOG, OPINION, Porto — February 11, 2021

Edu-communication and urban regeneration: young people mobilize to tell stories and visions of a sustainable future in the parish of Campanhã

OBSERVERS — February 3, 2021

[New URBiNAT Observer] Commission on Ecology, Environment and Animal Protection, Paraná State Legislative Assembly, Brazil

In March 2020, URBiNAT gained a new Observer partner: the Commission for the Environment, Ecology and Protection of Animals linked to the Legislative Assembly of State of Paraná (Brazil).

NBS, Siena — January 29, 2021

[SIENA] Le Mura : a beer “made in Siena”

Siena’s historic centre is characterised by valleys and green areas located within the city walls or just outside them. These spaces are used for agriculture and represent a landscape and and natural heritage of inestimable value that must be safeguarded and enhanced. The URBiNAT Healthy Corridor will be located in the district of Ravacciano but extends to other green areas surrounding the city, and the associations operating within them.