Explanations about Urban Practice Database ?
What is the Urban Practices Database?
The Urban Practices Database of Portico is a repository of tested urban solutions tested on the ground by cities from all over the EU, gathered to inspire urban stakeholders looking for concrete ideas to address their urban challenges. Urban practices from all over the continent and from a variety of sources, classified through precise criteria and easily searchable tags, can be browsed here in a single place.
What is an urban practice?
Urban practices are concrete answers to issues affecting urban areas, implemented previously as part of local programmes.
They have been led by cities and can be either successful or experimental, but they are all worth getting inspiration from.
Where does the Database get its urban practices from?
The Urban Practices gathered here all come from EU-based initiatives which are active in identification or funding of promising urban practices. Some of these practices might have been identified through specific calls for proposals or funding programmes; if so, a clickable labelling icon with the logo of the source will appear at the top of the practice.
On Board is about creating a culture in public education that prioritises innovation, empowers teachers, families and students working together with research institutions, business sectors and other local entities.
Local collaboration is the key in this model, put forward by the Municipality of Aalborg (DK).
The ICCARus (Gent Knapt Op) project, "Improving Housing Conditions for Captive Residents in Ghent," supported homeowners who were living in substandard housing but lacked the financial resources and social skills needed to renovate their homes.
Mataró has sought to develop further the development of its blue economy sector by transferring the practice Piraeus of a Blue Growth Initiative.
The 6Aika strategy was the sustainable urban development programme (the only ITI in Finland) of the six largest cities in Finland, 2014-2022. The aim of the strategy was to build cooperation between cities, partners and residents on themes that are central to cities, i.e.
The City of Milan decided to set up an urban coalition with a series of partners (Universities, companies, associations) in order to apply for the first call of UIA Initiative, with the desire to scale up this positioning in the peri-urban agricultural industry, setting up a stable growth and cre
Global warming has made the transition to renewable energy sources absolutely necessary and urgent. At the same time the power demand is increasing due to electrification of transport and industry and urbanisation, followed by grid constrains and risk for blackouts.
The ZK/U, founded in 2012 on a former freight station in Berlin-Moabit, is an artist-led meeting place for creative exploration of social and urban issues. The site hosts various initiatives focusing on the intersection of artistic research and social innovation.
Halmstad is a fast-growing town on Sweden’s west coast: a port, but also a university, industrial and recreational city. The local education system rarely cooperated actively with local companies, organisations, or even parents.
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