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.
The Prälatenhaus in Meißen is one of the oldest residential buildings in the city and a significant historical monument. The renovation, completed over two years, was primarily funded by the EU and the city of Meißen.
In 2012/2013 the City of Poznań (PL) and its company Poznań Social Housing Association (PTBS) decided to create an affordable housing programme, “Apartments for Graduates”, to meet the needs of university graduates and retain young talent in the city.
The aim is to ensure the detour at source and selective collection of urban waste, with particular emphasis on bio-waste, including infrastructure and the acquisition of equipment associated with this service and, secondarily, raising awareness among users to improve their practices.
The LIFE Águeda ecological restoration project aims to (re)naturalise rivers in the Vouga River Basin (PT) and restore habitats to achieve the objectives of different EU directives (Water Framework Directive, Birds and Habitats directives).
The city of Villach (AT) launched an integrated urban development process for the Nikolai Quartier, applying a participatory approach through the "ISEK" (Integrated Urban Development Concepts).
In 2016, the Grand Paris Metropolis (FR), in partnership with the government and the public body responsible for building the new automatic Metro, launched the “Let's reinvent the Grand Paris Metropolis” challenge for its municipalities and for the private sector (companies, designers, promoters
Püspökszilágy (HU) is extremely vulnerable to flash floods and droughts due to its creek catchment area, which is characterised by steep hills that are mainly covered by crops. Huge amounts of sediment can be washed away by flash floods.
Economic development in Lyon Metropole (FR) is now driven by social and environmental objectives, transforming the metropolitan territory and supporting other public policies. To implement this approach, the Metropolis created two tools:
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