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Food Trails: A Framework to Drive Change in European Urban Food Systems

Siobhan Maderson -
This article was written for CityChangers.org by Siobhan Maderson, Food Trails Research Associate at Cardiff University, Wales. In it, she explains how the Food Trails project (of which Cardiff University is a partner) has...
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...
Architecture & Design

It’s Time to Start Talking About Interior Public Spaces

Karl Dickinson -
We spend up to 10% of our lives in interior public spaces but are only now starting to recognise their importance for health and urban accessibility. According to research by the National Human Activity Pattern...
Greenery & Biodiversity

How to Choose Street Trees for Your City

Karl Dickinson -
Street trees often suffer where they compete for space with human functions. By choosing species with traits that complement the location, both can succeed. In the spring of 2026, EU mobility project Just Streets was...
Research

The Scale of Endeavour: Where Do CityChangers Make an Impact?

Karl Dickinson -
Urbanism is not uniform. Understanding how CityChangers work at various scales is fundamental to forming communities that pull together to advance change that benefits everyone. At what scale does an urban change-maker work? Knowing the answer...
Skill

Living Heritage: Using Traditional Knowledge to Reach Sustainability Targets

Karl Dickinson -
Using transition design to utilise the knowledge of living heritage provides cost-effective opportunities to reach sustainability targets. If only we can learn to communicate it effectively. Communication is the lynchpin to change. Fail to express...
Greenery & Biodiversity

The Psychological Effects of Greenery on Modern City Dwellers

Metka Novak -
We may be modern individuals living in civilized cities, but we are still creatures of nature at heart. So, how does greenery play a part in our mental well-being? Why do we seem to...
Car-Free

Metamorphosis: An EU Project Where Children Are the Central Force Behind Change

Metka Novak -
When was the last time you saw children playing on the streets of your neighbourhood or heard their carefree, joyful laughter? Probably a long time ago. We seem to live in a society where...
Research

Young Leader Khate Torres: Using Environmental Psychology to Create Healthy Urban Spaces

Karl Dickinson -
Achieving climate and sustainability goals requires a willingness to change. Without this, the urban transformation would lack substance. We already have so much of the knowledge we need to make a significant impact, but,...
Research

A Growing Field: Research into Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson -
Research into retrofitting and the energy efficiency of buildings is a growing field. Here’s a sample of some of the most interesting papers around. An Investment Allocation Approach for Building Energy Retrofits This paper introduces a...
FWE Nexus

What Is the Food-Water-Energy Nexus?

Karl Dickinson -
Water, food, energy: in terms of creating sustainable cities, they are virtually impossible to separate. Optimising outputs for one relies on efficient resource management for all three, intrinsically locked as they are in the...
FWE Nexus

The Case for the Food-Water-Energy Nexus: How Cities Benefit

Metka Novak -
It’s about synergy of sectors – not competition – for sustainable use of given resources. We’re talking about the FWE nexus. Food, Water, and Energy “are highly interconnected: water is required for almost all...
FWE Nexus

Food-Water-Energy Nexus Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson -
Trying to understand the food-water-energy (FWE) nexus has a lot of us scratching our heads. Trying to get anywhere with it is like unravelling a knotted ball of wool: you can tug at the threads,...
FWE Nexus

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...
FWE Nexus

How to Involve Stakeholders in the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Karl Dickinson -
If you want a say in what happens within your city, the food-water-energy nexus is a perfect opportunity. It impacts almost every aspect of our lives and every function of our cities. Involving as...
FWE Nexus

Data & Policy: Interpreting the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Karl Dickinson -
The food-water-energy nexus is complex. People and organisations are funnels for the details that allow us to unravel the puzzle. This information they give sheds light on the interconnected domains and how we can...
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...
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