We won the competition for a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action grant as leaders. The project is called DUST (Democratising jUst Sustainability Transitions). We also contributed to another successful Innovation Action bid called UP2030 (Urban Planning and Design Ready for 2030), lead by Fraunhofer Institute. I cannot reveal more at this stage so watch … Continue reading 2 Horizon Europe grants won
Inertia and change in planning for flood resilience
A paper based on the PhD thesis of Meng Meng (SCUT, TU Delft), has just been accepted for publication in Cities. It is available here for your reading pleasure ahead of print: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103702 The adopted measures to deal with flood risk in the Guangzhou city centre during 1984–2010. Author: Meng Meng This paper explores the historical experience of Guangzhou's spatial … Continue reading Inertia and change in planning for flood resilience
Manifesto for the future of water-linked heritage (Interreg WaVE)
We published a snappy and insightful, policy-oriented document summarising the key take-away messages and lessons from the Interreg WaVE project, piloting actions for the use of water-linked heritage in cities and regions as a driver for ecosystemic changes and sustainability transitions. The project puts a strong emphasis on citizen engagement and co-creation as means to … Continue reading Manifesto for the future of water-linked heritage (Interreg WaVE)
Integrated, adaptive and participatory spatial planning
Spatial planning in Europe has been shifting towards more (1) integration across policies, (2) more adaptive planning, and (3) more participatory decision-making. You can find out more about the patterns, drivers and some caveats behind those trends in our paper published in Regional Studies. The paper builds on the ESPON COMPASS project. In a nutshell, concerning the … Continue reading Integrated, adaptive and participatory spatial planning
New paper on community placemaking in Taipei
I contributed to an article, co-authored by Hsinko Cinco Yu and Tsai-Hung Lin, which investigates the potential of placemaking for stimulating active engagement of tenants in management of social housing and its shared spaces in Taipei. Being part of a forthcoming special issue of Planning Practice and Research on policy transfer in planning and urban policies, we also explore how … Continue reading New paper on community placemaking in Taipei
Marcin Dąbrowski 