The Urban Solutions Journal publishes innovative solutions from cities all over the world for urban planners, architects, governments, and anyone interested in more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient cities – from participatory budgeting and street art projects in Latin America to car-free neighbourhoods in Europe.  

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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 

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Seeing It Through Their Eyes: Sparking Public Interest in Urban Planning

Urban planner and communicator Lisa Vlasak shares how empathy, clarity, and creativity can make planning processes more inclusive - and ...

Reclaiming Sacred Ground: How a Forgotten Churchyard Became a Public Space for Play and Belonging

A bold redesign in Wehrheim, Germany, shows how religious spaces can evolve into inclusive, intergenerational places for community life ...

Why Urban Solutions Journalism?

1 million trees planted in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in just a few years. A new park in Madrid, Spain, with ...

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 ...