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Karl-Filip Coenegrachts: Creative Bureaucracy, An Oxymoron?| TEDxGhent

External content - April 12, 2021

In this thought-provoking TED talk, Karl-Filip Coenegrachts gives an overview of what creative bureaucracy means and why we can't continue to use 19th-century bureaucracy to solve 21st-century challenges anymore. This talk was held at the...

Cycling

Jan Vermeulen: Small Wheels Create Big Cities!

External content - February 22, 2021

This article was written by Aseniya Dimitrova for TheMayor.eu. You can find the original post here. Jan Vermeulen has been the mayor of Deinze since 2012 and President of the Flemish Cycling Embassy. As...

Guest Article

The Battle for Pedestrian Spaces: a Photo Essay from Ghent

Caroline Tilleman - December 1, 2025

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 with a sustainability focus can end up penalising pedestrians. Illustrating...

Car-Free

The Streets Are Alive In Ghent: It’s More Than Just Removing Traffic, It’s Bringing People Together

Lauren McAskie - February 22, 2021

In the last decade, Ghent has completely revived its urban landscape into a place for people to thrive. Through spatial planning, tactical urbanism, and improved cycling and walking infrastructure, this Belgian city has become...

Housing

CityChanger Eef Tanghe: Fulfilling Cohousing Dreams

Iris Fiebiger - February 21, 2022

Have you ever heard of cohousing? This alternative living model promises to combine privacy and community, use space efficiently, and provide plenty of greenery. Eef Tanghe, CityChanger and founder of Cohousing Projects, makes the case...

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