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How to Open Urban Swimming to People with Disabilities

This article was written for CityChangers.org by Laura Puttkamer, a writer, journalist, communications consultant, and founder of parCitypatory. In it, she explains how a...

Taking Root: The Tale of London’s Transient Story Garden

London’s mobile Skip Garden was co-constructed by local communities from construction waste. Now named the Story Garden, it has finally found a permanent home. The...

CityChanger Deborah Saunt: Decent City-making with Social Value

Co-founder of DSDHA, Deborah Saunt, explains how social value optimises the investment in public spaces, and why redevelopment projects are improved by random conversations. When...

The Battle for Pedestrian Spaces: a Photo Essay from Ghent

This article was written for CityChangers.org by Caroline Tilleman, a communications expert and self-confessed avid pedestrian. In it, Caroline discusses how even street design...

Vienna Woman Bike Ride: A Demonstration of Solidarity

How can cities reduce their gender cycling gap? Organisers of the Vienna Woman Bike Ride believe it starts with improving visibility of female bikers. Every...

Stories from speakers joining us at Urban Future in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 24-27 March 2026.

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