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Targeted Participation: A Toolkit for Involving Disengaged Groups

From targeted participation to making it fun, the Urban Minded project shows what strategies and activities really work to involve people usually excluded from...

Urban Minded: Designing Cities that Support Mental Wellbeing

Karl Dickinson -
Poor city design correlates with poor mental health. Urban Minded sought to involve young women, among those worst affected, in determining how planning can...

Ljubljana: An Early Mover for Pedestrianisation

Laura Puttkamer -
This article is reproduced with the kind permission of Urban Solutions Journal. In it, Laura Puttkamer shares what she learnt about making transformation happen at...

From Constraints to Creativity – the Joy of Delivering Retrofit

Karl Dickinson -
What if the perceived barriers to retrofitting the built environment are actually helpful perimeters that steer each job in the right direction? That’s one...

CityChanger “Dog Poo Darren” Clark: Finding Meaning in Dirty Jobs

Karl Dickinson -
Environmental health officer “Dog Poo Daren” Clark found purpose in a job no one else wanted to do. He ended up improving public spaces...
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The CityChangers Podcast

The CityChangers Podcast #19: Just Streets

We sit down with Marco te Brömmelstroet and Adrian Fratila from the Just Streets project to talk about what justice has to do with...

The CityChangers Podcast #18: Cities of Making

Urban Future’s Karl Dickinson is in conversation with Adrian Hill, a social designer and lead researcher for the Cities of Making project, talking about...

The CityChangers Podcast #17: Heart & Seoul

How did Seoul turn a backed-up expressway into a tranquil urban stream? We take a look at the landmark Cheonggyecheon River Restoration project and...

The CityChangers Podcast #16: Why Politics Needs Young People 

Urban Future’s Cornelia Forsthuber-Aumayr talks to Maral Koohestanian – former Young Leader and now the youngest ever Deputy Mayor for the city of Wiesbaden,...
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Explainers

The world of better cities is wonderfully varied. If you’re new to some of the topics, our explainers may help. Each one explains a common concept in plain language.

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