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Tag Archives: Europe
Call for blog posts – EU Climate Pact & Green Deal
2 minutes read Launching the EU Climate Pact On December 16th, the EU will officially launch its Climate Pact. Here is the official blurb on the EU Commission’s climate action web page, enticing you to join the online event on … Continue reading
How can cities be kept affordable? A new attempt with rent controls in Germany
Many European cities experienced strong rent price increases over the last decade, which increasingly threaten to displace poorer parts of the society from urban centres. Despite the already tightly regulated housing market, rents in several German cities increased by almost … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, city, and society
Tagged affordable housing, displacement, Europe, gentrification, Germany, housing market, housing policy
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Measuring urban quality of life – some challenges in practice
We have come a great way in attempting to define what quality of life and wellbeing are, as ultimate goals urban policies. In this post, I argue that for many cities, particularly in middle-income and low-income countries, there are significant … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, Methodology and ethics, Planning, city, and society, Territory, landscape, land
Tagged Europe, Global Urban Indicators, Human Development Index, low-income countries, middle-income countries, Open Society Foundations, quality of life, Romania, territorial statistics, UN-Habitat, urban, urban statistics, wellbeing
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The Mayors Adapt (Convenant of Mayors 2.0): toward a smart city.
It was held in Naples, the inauguration of Mayors Adapt initiative, commissioned by the Directorate General of the European Commission’s Climate Action and founded assuming the EU adaptation strategy to climate change. Mayors Adapt supports the cities, creating an opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Events reports, Sustainability and resilience
Tagged adaptation, anticipation, Climate change, Europe, Impact, Italy, Mayor Adapt, sustainability
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Jon Schwabish on polarisation and good graphs
A few days ago I have found, on the Metrotrends blog*, this article by Jon Schwabish, which I deemed interesting and worth sharing for two reasons. Firstly, it refers to an article at the Financial Times (needs subscription) and a … Continue reading
EP2014: what comes next for European politics?
Today, one should spend a few words about European elections, for the composition of European Parliament – and the presidency of the Commission as well, think of Jacques Delors – has always been crucial for the evolution of European policy … Continue reading
Posted in Beyond planning
Tagged EP2014, Europe, European Elections, European parliament, European politics, polls
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Cities, Policies, Technology and the Mayors Challenge
“The strong mayor form … is in some ways a miniature presidency”, Clarence N. Stone Some recent articles in the press made me think of the need to more “healthy” cities in terms of economy, environment, and society. Our planet is … Continue reading
Posted in Beyond planning, Planning, city, and society
Tagged Bloomberg, cities, Europe, mayors, Mayors city challenge, urban policy
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