Category: Urban and Regional Renewal

Sustainable Cities and Regions: Urban Regeneration

Policy developments in the fields of talent attraction, upskilling, and retraining, urban regeneration, and territorial innovation have gained more significance, affecting the role of regional development agencies in achieving sustainable cities and regions. During the annual EURADA conference, AGORADA, held at the European Committee of the Regions on 6th June, IURC demonstrated through the example of Malaga City how international...

Asia & Australasia: Webinar on Tactical Urbanism – Part 2

Over the past decade, the concept of tactical urbanism (also known as “urban prototyping”) has gained a strong pace in many cities around the globe. Pedestrian plazas, pop-up bike lanes, pop-up parks and innovative playgrounds are just some of the examples developed by city authorities and civil society to improve the liveability of their cities. Actions are piloted in the...

IURC Korea Cities meet EU Ambassador at ICP Conference in Incheon

Delegates from the IURC Korea pilot cities of Seoul and Sejong met Ms. Maria Castillo Fernandez, Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, during the ICP-AGIR Final Conference held in Incheon, Korea, on 3 April 2023. The EU-funded ICP project has promoted city-to-city (C2C) cooperation between EU and non-EU cities on the topics of energy transition, air quality,...

Asia & Australasia: Webinar on Tactical Urbanism

The IURC Asia and Australasia (AA) team organised a webinar within the IURC thematic network n°2 “Urban and Regional Renewal”. The event focused on Tactical Urbanism in Public Spaces, an area that has gained strong relevance in cities around the globe. Pedestrian plazas, pop-up bike lanes, pop-up parks and innovative playgrounds are just some of the examples developed by city...