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Addressing Environmental Justice in East Birmingham: Firs & Bromford Pocket Park
East Birmingham is a deprived area of the post-industrial city, with over 60 % of people living in the most ...
WUF12: It All Starts at Home – Local Actions for Sustainable Cities and Communities
At WUF12, I look for green spaces and find some surprising blue ones ...
Birdsong and lunch breaks instead of floating yodas
Central London has a very successful new public space ...
Health as an indicator for the liveable city
In this interview, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen talks about healthy cities and health challenges after the pandemic ...
World Habitat Day 2023: Creating Prosperous Cities and Resilient Economies
Baku in Azerbaijan is hosting World Habitat Day 2023 on October 2. Read more about Urban October in this guest ...
Placemaking: Transforming a place together with the people who use it
In this interview with Mathilde Riou, we talk about the importance of placemaking and the use of visual facilitation ...