Rundown segregated areas - Mainstreaming
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REVITALISING HISTORIC DISTRICTS, LODZ, POLAND
Revitalising historic districts through renovation of buildings and introducing new functionsThe revitalization of the Ksiezy Mlyn area has performed as a comprehensive renewal of a historic area of 6.5 hectares. There are 25 multi-dwelling buildings in the area, all built in the 1870s and ‘80s for factory workers and (...)
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AN INTEGRATED TOOLBOX FOR DEPRIVED NEIGHBOURHOODS, LISBON, PORTUGAL
An integrated toolbox for deprived neighbourhoods. A local development strategy for neighbourhoods and areas of priority InterventionThe Lisbon (PT) Local Development Strategy for Priority Intervention areas provides the city with a range of integrated toolbox based on a co-governance process. It organises and brings together a bottom-up participatory perspective (...)
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INTEGRATED AND PARTICIPATIVE URBAN REGENERATION, MURCIA,SPAIN
Integrated approach to urban regeneration of a disadvantaged district through a citizen participation process and three strategic intercorrelated pathways.From 2007 to 2013, the city of Murcia (ES) has developed an urban project which consists of the regeneration of the Espíritu Santo district using an integrated approach. The approach has been carried out in 3 strategic (...)
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COOPERATION BETWEEN GENERATIONS FOR URBAN SOCIAL RENEWAL, KAZINCBARCIKA, HUNGARY
A local initiative connecting pensioners and the young, now extended throughout the townThe problems of ageing, young people moving away and urban poverty are huge challenges in Kazincbarcika, one of Hungary's most underdeveloped regions. As a solution, a club of elderly people volunteered to help the young. The (...)
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AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY HOUSING, MONTREAL, CANADA
The numbers in Montreal speak for themselves: over 115 realized projects since 2005. These projects represent approximately 65,000 units including some 15% social and community housing and financial contributions, and some 15% private affordable housingThe city of Montreal has a population of 1,7 million inhabitants and 780,000 households. A large proportion of the citizens, 64.2%, is tenants as opposed to owners, which helps to keep the rent relatively low in comparison to other (...)
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CITY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR DIVERSITY, TORRENT, SPAIN
City management plan for diversity. A step-by-step approach for reducing disparities and Roma segregationFor the last 7 years, Torrent’s (ES) commitment to produce the city’s Diversity Plan has made changes that many other local European authorities thought impossible. The city of Torrent used a step-by-step approach, (...)