Our last stop on the UHub European Tour brought us to Greece, West Athens. An area full of history from antiquity to the present day, Athens has managed to brand itself as a major tourist hub, but at the same time it is aware of its carbon footprint and has taken important steps to go …
The seventh stop of our tour brought us to Fierbinți-Târg, in the West Ialomita Functional Area. Medium-sized and small urban communities have always had difficulties in creating a development strategy if they are located near a large urban agglomeration, but in Fierbinti we discovered a strategy with real potential: a bedroom, eventful and green city. …
Croatia is a country known for its tourist attractions and rich history, but in this article, we will talk about how the capital managed to initiate effective collaboration with the cities, towns and municipalities around it and access financing for the sustainable development of the entire area. Zagreb is a very good example of how …
APEL (Activation and Planning for Local Efficiency) Colentina-Tei, Bucharest, is one of our 2022 projects through which we achieve both urban regeneration and earthquake risk management. UrbanizeHub designed a guide based on the wishes and needs of citizens dedicated to the City Hall of District 2 Bucharest. The process of developing the guide started with …
The UHub European Tour continues with its fifth stop in the Lake Balaton area, where local administrations have joined together to promote sustainable tourism. Attention to nature conservation and sustainable development is assisted by technology through an innovative data collection project in Balaton. Lake Balaton is one of the most famous attractions in Europe for …
The Kalisz-Ostrowska Agglomeration is our fourth stop on the UHub Tour. Consisting of several units, the agglomeration is a model for how a community can develop sustainably in both urban and rural areas. The population of the urban agglomeration counts 360,000 inhabitants, which represents 10% of the population of the Greater Poland region. The urban …
The third stop on our tour brought us to the Czech Republic, in the city of Brno. We learned that the local government here is a pioneer in the introduction of participatory budgeting. Furthermore, the development strategy includes capitalizing on local heritage, investing in sustainable mobility and supporting innovation and scientific excellence. Brno introduced participatory …
The participatory urbanism and the involvement of the citizens in shaping the future of their own city is a principle after which Trenčín has guided itself for almost 10 years. The second city we visited in our tour is the only one in Slovakia where the city co-design processes are applied. The European Union set …
The visit to the first European city on our tour has come to an end. We’re off to Trencin, but not before sharing some of what we’ve seen in terms of sustainable good practices in Krakow. 1. Eco-incinerator Krakow’s eco-incinerator is the green solution by which waste is transformed into energy. The garbage generated by …
Following the success we had in the Urban Policy of Romania campaign, UrbanizeHub goes to European cities to talk with the leaders in the administration about how we can transform cities into vibrant, green and productive areas, about the importance of collaboration and the macro thinking of projects with regional impact. The project focuses on …