Innovative solutions from cities all over the world for urban planners, architects, governments, and anyone interested in more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient cities 🏙️

Edited by Laura Puttkamer, journalist with ten years experience reporting on how to create better cities – always focused on bringing nature into human-centric spaces 🌱

Weekly stories and a community for urban solutions journalists!

Subscribe on Substack to receive the newsletter.

Get in touch with laura [at] parcitypatory . org to discuss story ideas and contributions.

Collecting Citizens’ Voices: Your City Idea

Rashiq from Future Cape Town developed "Your City Idea", a mobile voting booth for everybody to vote on their ideas ...

A Critical Perspective on the New Urban Agenda

The main criticisms regarding the New Urban Agenda are its vagueness, the lacking linkages to the SDGS and former HABITAT ...

Voices from Jhenaidah, Bangladesh

Suhailey from Bangladesh tells the story of how women in a community led the upgrading process ...

Digital Development Debates on Cities

This online magazine is a great resource and always looking for new authors! ...

Civocracy: Linking Local Governments and Citizens

In an interview, Heloise from Civocracy gives some interesting insights into this civic tech start up ...

ICLEI Informed Cities – Of Troublemakers and Invisible Heroes

The Informed Cities Conference in Dresden was about sustainability in cities and how to achieve it. In this post, I ...