Beyond access: nine URBACT Good Practices for inclusive cities

Across European cities, challenges to social cohesion have intensified, intersecting with long-standing socio-economic inequalities and new demographic, economic, geopolitical, and spatial pressures. Beyond material deprivation, some urban residents, such as the elderly, migrants, persons with disabilities, and others, are more vulnerable to exclusion, isolation, and discrimination.  Resolving exclusionary dynamics requires coordinated, place-based approaches that engage municipalities, public services, civil society, and other actors. Inclusive urban policies strategically activate existing welfare infrastructures, while still allowing for social innovation.  The following nine European cities are operationalising social ...