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Giving Łódź’s Abandoned Industrial Land New Life: Urban Future Podcast #3 – Fuzja

What's That Green -
How did Łódź, Poland, turns eight hectares of abandoned factory land into a green, multifunctional, and inclusive neighbourhood? In this episode of the What’s That Green? podcast, recorded LIVE at the Urban Future conference,...
Climate Adaptation

Tools to Help Green Your City: Urban Future Podcast #1 – FutureBuilt

What's That Green -
What practical steps can cities actually take to make a city greener? In this first episode of the What’s That Green? podcast to be recorded LIVE at the Urban Future conference, Fanny Téoule spoke...
Circularity

What is a Lending Library? An Explainer

Karl Dickinson -
A Lending Library allows citizens to borrow… well, anything. It’s emerging as an increasingly popular cost-saving, community-boosting, emission-reducing stalwart of the sharing economy. Could there be a greater neighbourly gesture than sharing your possessions? Lending someone...
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...
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...
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...
Car-Free

What are School Streets? An Explainer

Karl Dickinson -
There has been a lot of talk about school streets in the sustainable cities sphere of late, but what does the term really mean, and why are school streets necessary? We gen up on...
Sustainable Buildings

Sustainable Buildings Glossary: Key Terms & Technologies

Karl Dickinson -
In case the world of sustainable buildings, planning, retrofitting, and construction is new to you, the CityChangers team has put together a quick-reference glossary to help you navigate some of the most common and...
Greenery & Biodiversity

What is Urban Biodiversity? An Explainer

Karl Dickinson -
Against the odds, cities host an incredible array of flora (vegetation) and fauna (animals). How can we ensure that they thrive and why should we bother? Biological diversity – more commonly shortened to biodiversity –...
Retrofitting

What is Retrofitting? An Explainer

Karl Dickinson -
Retrofitting has the potential to improve efficiency in the built environment, one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, and help cities meet net zero targets. It is not a new idea, but many people still...
Walking

Useful Guides And Tools for Walking

Tanja Polonyi -
Are you looking for some expert knowledge on how to make your city pedestrian-friendly and encourage residents to walk more? Then you’re in the right place! From guides to handbooks and courses, you’ll get...
Greenery & Biodiversity

Useful Tools and Guides for Greening

Metka Novak -
If our articles have lit the fire for greening in you, we suggest getting even more information and details here! Find and collect all the needed knowledge, information, and guidance in this list of...
Urban Manufacturing

Urban Manufacturing: Key Terms & Definitions

Iris Fiebiger -
To help navigate the sometimes alien world of city-based production, we've compiled a quick-reference guide to some of the most common urban manufacturing terms and definitions used by the Cities of Making project and...
Food

Food-Water-Energy Nexus Glossary

Karl Dickinson -
There's a lot to the food-water-energy nexus. From too little to too much, and how we manage these extremes and everything in between - it can be difficult to keep up with it all....
Retrofitting

Retrofitting, Decarbonisation & Community Energy Guides

Karl Dickinson -
Retrofitting, decarbonisation, renewables, and the energy transition. There’s a behemoth of information out there, and it seems to be growing by the day. That’s why we’ve put together some of the choice cuts to...
Cycling

Useful Guides to Cycling

Jo Helme -
Looking for a handy handbook on cycling? We’ve found some of the best freely available ones, saving you from ceaseless searches.  Sieving through the endless sheets of information on cycling can be overwhelming.  If you’re looking...
Car-Free

Useful Guides for Car-Free Cities

Lauren McAskie -
Want to reduce cars in your city? Here is a simple overview of all the useful guides, resources, manuals and links to help you get started – all in one place. Searching for the right...
Water

Useful Water Guides: A Reservoir of Resources

Karl Dickinson -
Water touches on almost every aspect of our lives and cities. Initially, it appears to be a large and unwieldy beast. Maybe to create sustainable urban systems, we need to break down the components:...
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