2023
18/12/2023
For many weeks, last summer, my region (Sicily) was burning in flames. Blown by African winds, fires rapidly destroyed ancient woods and crops in the countryside, attacking houses and larger estates at the margins of urban areas. In the days following the fires, cities were enveloped in a dense, grey smoke, making it difficult to breath and to go about life as usual outside our homes. ...
28/11/2023
On December 14, 16:00 the second online meeting of "Regeneration Talks". This is the second event of the EURA activity that is launched in the context of the Working Group on Urban Regeneration. Second appointment will focus on the Spanish case [...]
26/11/2023
Rethinking Europe’s institutional framework is essential if we are to accelerate to more resilient, greener, just and better-connected communities. It’s time to grow Metropolitan Partnerships in Europe. What are Metropolitan Partnerships and why do they matter for Europe? Click to read the newly launched METREX Manifesto for Metropolitan Partnerships!
25/11/2023
Fifth 2023 issue of the EURA journal Urban Research & Practice has just been published. Now available Volume 16, Issue 5, December 2023. Read more and browse the EURA journal! Consider publishing with us by submitting an article! Visit Taylor & Francis Online.
24/11/2023
For me, living in a city centre apartment means a short walk to my office, access to a dense transport network and proximity to a dazzling array of food and leisure options. However, living in the city centre also comes with a great deal of anonymity. I so rarely see my neighbours that I don’t even know what most of them look like. ...
25/10/2023
There are very different forms of relationships between national governments and their capital cities observable in Europe, as can be seen from the following two examples:
The Métropole du Grand Paris, covering the City of Paris and the surrounding suburbs, was established on 1 January 2016. ...
02/10/2023
On October 16, 16:00 the online series "Regeneration Talks" will start. This is the first event of a new EURA activity that is launched in the context of the Working Group on Urban Regeneration. Contributions in this series will focus on the practice of urban regeneration in different countries. We will start with Germany [...]
29/09/2023
The 2023 Autumn Conference of METREX – the network of European metropolitan regions and areas – will take place in the Portuguese city of Braga. The METREX Conference brings together its membership of public sector authorities, as well as partners from academic and European institutions.
26/09/2023
Providing affordable housing has emerged as a major challenge for cities across the world. In the USA, a physical lack of affordable housing units in front of the stage. In Europe, the rising costs of housing, combined with a shortage of affordable housing units, means that cities across the continent now face a major housing crisis. ...
23/09/2023
Fourth 2023 issue of the EURA journal Urban Research & Practice has just been published. Now available Volume 16, Issue 4, October 2023. Read more and browse the EURA journal! Consider publishing with us by submitting an article! Visit Taylor & Francis Online.
11/07/2023
The Urban Economy Forum and ISOCARP are delighted to share the joint 5th Urban Economy Forum + 59th ISOCARP World Planning Congress Welcome video. Together with our prestigious Congress Steering Committee Co-Chairs, General Co-Rapporteurs and Congress Directors we greet our global community of urban and regional planners and invite you to join us this 10-13 October in Toronto to explore and discuss opportunities to support Climate-responsive Planning for Equitable Places & Communities.
30/06/2023
Generative AI is a form of artificial intelligence (AI) that produces content based on patterns it observes in large datasets. Although AI has been in use extensively in many settings (e.g. in scientific work and in the classroom), excitement and concern around AI seemed to reach a crescendo at the beginning of 2023. For instance, teachers began sharing reflections on the implications these language models ...
28/06/2023
Second 2023 issue of the EURA journal Urban Research & Practice has just been published. Now available Volume 16, Issue 3, August 2023. Read more and browse the EURA journal! Consider publishing with us by submitting an article! Visit Taylor & Francis Online.
31/05/2023
This EURA conversation reflects on the upcoming annual EURA conference to be held in Reykjavík, Iceland. The title of the conference is “the European city: A practice of resilience in the face of an uncertain future”. The conference will take place during ...
23/05/2023
The editors of UR&P met in Budapest for a productive meeting on May 20th. During the event the editors reviewed the journal's publishing report of 2023 that revealed an overall increase in downloads, an improvement on processing times, an increase in number of papers published in Open Access and a better impact factor. EURA and the UR&P Editorial board are grateful to Iván Tosics and the Metropolitan Research Institute for hosting the activity.
19/05/2023
On Wednesday 17 May 2023 took place the kick-off online meeting of the EURA Working Group on Urban Regeneration. During the event, the working group members were given the opportunity to get to know each other and discuss what emerging topics could be dealt with. Participants are both EURA members and scholars new to the association, to whom EURA wishes a warm welcome!
24/04/2023
In many countries, policymakers are focussing on administrative-territorial reforms in order to improve the effectiveness of local governance. Some have reduced the number of municipalities through mergers. A voluntary merger is when central government provides the legal framework for the merger but leaves local authorities to negotiate and propose new boundaries. This is a "bottom-up" process and ...
20/04/2023
We are glad to announce the launch of two new EURA Working Groups! «Municipal Councillors in Europe» and «Urban Regeneration».
Browse our website to find out more about the goals and members that will take part of the working groups. If you happen to have an idea for a working group, we remind you that we have an open call for new proposals! For more information contact the EURA secretariat.
