2023
The 28th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society is organised by CORP. Key topics include the role of urban planning and related disciplines; digitisation and technological innovation; short term measures, long range perspectives; ongoing research, new ideas, best practise examples, case studies...
Health is not only the absence of disease or infirmity but also a sense of physical, mental, and social wellbeing. The way in which the living environment is designed influences inhabitants’ well-being. Unfortunately, the search for leverage points to enable better connections between wellbeing and the configuration of the built environment is messy. This is happening against the backdrop of the recent ...
TU Delft is organizing a Massive open online course on Ruralization: Creating New Opportunities in Rural Areas! It is in our interest to attract individuals with an interest in rural regions to participate in the first-run of our course. We would greatly appreciate if you could distribute and promote our MOOC onto your networks for anyone interested.
The 5th edition of Cities Forum will be held in Torino, Italy from 16 to 17 March 2023. The event brings together key urban stakeholders at European, national, regional and local levels who are committed to a green and just future of cities. Discover what’s next in sustainable urban development...
According to UN Habitat, urban areas consume 75% of total energy consumption and are responsible for around 70% of the greenhouse gas emissions. This is because all of the major urban infrastructures are highly energy-dependent: water supply, treatment and waste water disposal, transportation and communication infrastructures, intricate webs of food and material supply, waste disposal, and energy supply itself...
The IGU CDES 2023 Conference will take place at Bern, Switzerland between 13-15 September 2023. The topic is «Rethinking the Economic Geography of Smaller Urban Places: Transformation and Well-Being in Small and Medium-Sized Towns» and the call for papers is open until 15 May 2023. The event is organised by the Institute of Geography & Center for Regional Economic Development, University of Bern, Switzerland and the Anton Melik Geographical Institute, ZRC SAZU, Slovenia (EURA Institutional Member).
The IFHP Urban Planning and Design Summer School is based on an intensive workshop that includes hands-on collaboration with diverse actors, such as professional designers and planners, stakeholders, and activists. This year, the workshop is organized in Pori, a coastal city in southwestern Finland.
Swedish democracy is heading towards grimmer days. The political direction of the new conservative government of 2022, supported by the radical nationalist “Sweden democrats” sprung out of a neo-Nazi-party in the 1990’s, has a knife tip aimed towards migrants and multicultural society. Many fear that the main attack is against our egalitarian welfare model ...
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 ...
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!
