Høje-Taastrup, Khorramabad, Nantes, Nova Gorica, Porto — April 3, 2022 Zoom on URBiNAT Cities As always there is a tremendous amount going on in our partner cities right now. This zoom on Nantes, Porto, Høje-Taastrup, Nova Gorica, and Khorramabad is just a brief overview of what the cities have been working on and what is to come!
NEWS COVERAGE, Nantes — March 10, 2022 [In the News 🇫🇷] At the heart of a huge “nature in the city” project in the Nantes Nord district Interview with IRSTV's researchers Béatrice Bechet, researcher and director of IRSTV, and Philippe Bodenan, researcher, Nantes University Campus, Ecole Centrale.
PUBLICATIONS, Brussels, Høje-Taastrup, Nantes, Nova Gorica, Porto, Siena, Sofia — March 8, 2022 [Research Paper] Inclusive Urban Regeneration with Citizens and Stakeholders: From Living Labs to the URBiNAT CoP Peer-review publication: Inclusive Urban Regeneration with Citizens and Stakeholders: From Living Labs to the URBiNAT CoP
DIGITAL ENABLERS, Nantes, Porto, Sofia — December 1, 2021 [Digital Enablers] Super Barrio: A video game to boost participatory design, available on Google Play Developed as part of the URBiNAT project, SuperBARRIO is a video game that boosts participatory design processes. Designed as an open source video game for smartphones and tablets, it is a digital tool for architects and public entities to engage the citizens in the design of public space, to educate in sustainability and inclusiveness, and to collect data about the citizen’s needs, desires and proposals.
NBS, NEWS COVERAGE, Nantes — October 15, 2021 [Nantes 🇫🇷] Public discussions to discuss URBiNAT implementations in and around Nantes Nord Mobile Living Lab Housing, shops, employment, nature, health ... and the Nantes-Nord Healthy Corridor. On Tuesday 12 October, 100+ residents met to discuss with the elected representatives and the town planner achievements to date and transformations to come with a view to opening up and improving the district. An update on URBiNAT activities and the wider Projet Global which will last 15 years.
NBS, Nantes — June 13, 2021 [In the News 🇫🇷] More gardening and urban agriculture initiatives in the districts of Nantes Nord
BLOG, COVID-19, Nantes — May 18, 2021 [COVID-19 🇫🇷] Challenges, responses and solidarity in Nantes The seven URBiNAT cities share their impressions of the repercussions, challenges, responses and alternatives that emerged with the COVID-19 pandemic. In this series of seven posts, we share the main measures implemented by local municipalities, and some stories to inspire alternative and cooperative ways to live together (in) the city. The full set of article will be available in URBiNAT’s deliverable related to the compilation and analysis of human rights and gender issues to be released in 2021.
NEWS COVERAGE, Nantes — December 1, 2020 [NANTES 🇫🇷] Les thématiques du projet URBiNAT au programme de la Fête de la Science 2020
NEWS COVERAGE, Nantes — November 26, 2020 [In the News 🇫🇷] Nature at the heart of the renovation of the district of Nantes Nord Nantes, European Capital of Innovation 2019, is constantly reinventing itself and experimenting to bring its inhabitants well-being and social cohesion. Its participation in the European Urbinat programme, which aims to bring nature back to the city, is proof of this. It is in the Quartier Nantes Nord that plants could soon be in full bloom.