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Challenges of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Metka Novak -
While the food-water-energy nexus offers great advantages on one hand, on the other it’s important to keep in mind this system is not yet widely acknowledged, so it naturally comes with some hurdles. Read...
Migration

Exactly What Is Urban Migration?

Karl Dickinson -
For two years from January 2021, eight research projects supported by JPI Urban Europe’s Urban Migration call looked into the state of migration in the context of Europe’s cities: who it involves, what their...
Migration

Why is the Integration of Migrants Important in European Cities?

Karl Dickinson -
The recent research conducted in response to JPI Urban Europe’s Urban Migration call offers a greater understanding of what the arrival of new populations means for the functioning of European cities, and what forces...
Migration

The Challenges of Urban Migration in European Cities

Karl Dickinson -
Migration is a complex and divisive topic. Multiple political, economic, social, even environmental factors contribute to the discourse – not to mention a minefield of misinformation. For better or worse, these influences affect migrants’...
Housing

Challenges & Solutions for Migrant Housing in European Cities

Karl Dickinson -
In a hostile environment where migrants are denied access to the services and basic rights others enjoy, finding secure, quality, safe, and affordable long-term housing remains one of the biggest challenges. As where and...
Inclusive Cities

Gendered Issues in Urban Migration & Integration in European Cities

Karl Dickinson -
It’s a fact! Cities are designed by men for men. This skews power relations in the built environment and the systems that govern them, curtailing women’s social and economic mobility. Added to this, intersectional...
Migration

The Role of NGOs in Facilitating Migrant Integration in European Cities

Karl Dickinson -
JPI Urban Europe put out a call for projects researching urban migration in Europe. The outcome is a current knowledge base that gives insights into how migration impacts the lives and workings of a...
Migration

Tools for Cities to Facilitate Migrant Integration in European Communities

Karl Dickinson -
In 2019, JPI Urban Europe established a call for research into urban migration in Europe, with the aim of understanding how it affects and is affected by the life and functioning of cities. As...
Inclusive Cities

Policy Recommendations & Mechanisms That Support Urban Migrant Experiences

Karl Dickinson -
The challenges for migrants arriving in a new country seem endless. The more vulnerable their situation, and precarious their legal status, the deeper these problems run. Social and structural barriers and discrimination prevent newcomers...
Research

The Case for Urban Manufacturing

Cornelia Forsthuber-Aumayr -
With cities growing and due to skyrocketing demand for housing, vast areas of industrial land have been rezoned. So, what is still being produced in cities? And why does it matter? Here’s why cities...
Circularity

How Urban Manufacturing Can Contribute to a Circular Economy

Cornelia Forsthuber-Aumayr -
Increasingly, cities have become aware of the fact that the current linear use of resources (taking raw materials from the environment, making products from them, and eventually throwing them away as waste) is no...
Cycling

Bicipolitana: Rimini’s Cycling Network That Works Like a Metro

Karl Dickinson -
Rimini’s comprehensive Bicipolitana cycling network has been expanding since the 1960s, converting car culture into enthusiasm for active mobility through joy and convenience. Nestled on the Adriatic coast to the northeast of Italy is Rimini,...
Architecture & Design

Targeted Participation: A Toolkit for Involving Disengaged Groups

Karl Dickinson -
From targeted participation to making it fun, the Urban Minded project shows what strategies and activities really work to involve people usually excluded from engagement processes. “One of the pitfalls of citizen participation is that...
Architecture & Design

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 support wellbeing. Even a small space can produce a lot of...
Retrofitting

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 of the themes discussed in this episode of the Talking...
Architecture & Design

Public Toilets: Essential Amenities That Should Be Practical & Attractive

Karl Dickinson -
As universal amenities, public toilets should be easy to access, inclusive, and functional. MidCoast Council’s strategy paper shows how to deliver on this priority. Australia is a world leader in public toilet provision. It may be...
Greenery & Biodiversity

CityChanger Emma Cutting: Improving Neighbourhoods with Street Gardening

Karl Dickinson -
Street gardening gives city-dwellers a way to reconnect with nature. In Melbourne, it is also helping Australia’s wildlife and makes people feel safer in the street. Little did Emma Cutting realise when she broke ground...
Editorial

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 nationwide. About a quarter of a century ago, a story emerged...
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