Adapting our cities to the challenge of climate change calls for major technical innovations. How can we adapt the existing built environment? What new modes of transport should we favour? What is the best energy production strategy? These are the questions that applied research attempts to answer.
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How do we involve city residents’ in cities’ energy transition? The WSC Partner City Meeting was held in Amsterdam from February 14 to 16, 2013 as part of the World Smart Capital initiative. The Meeting focused on the issue of involving citizens in projects... en savoir plus
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Which financial mechanisms for urban railway stations ?La Fabrique de la Cité wanted to start work on financing infrastructures by analyzing value creation and by testing financing tools on that basis. She asked the PwC firm to conduct a study on the funding mechanisms of urban metropolitan railway stations, using international examples... en savoir plus
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Commissionning by The City Factory, on the sidelines of the seminar "building a shared city : how can we engage citizens?", Play the City had invited participants known for their political, community-based, cultural and economic commitments in Amsterdam for a serious game. The starting point was simple : everybody had to coordinate... en savoir plus
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"Serious game" Play the city, a workshop occured during the seminar on "Building the shared city : how can we engage citizens ?". Players are urban planner, young entrepreneurs, activists and public decision makers who, collectively, imagine, think and play for the urban transformation of Amsterdam north. en savoir plus
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Whether it’s about urban planning or the delivery of major infrastructure projects, engaging stakeholders, social organisations, local politicians, local companies, public institutions, and – even more importantly – citizens, is a non-negotiable condition for successful urban projects. en savoir plus
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Study on "actors citizens'" motivations, initiatives and expectations regarding urban transformation conducted for La Fabrique de la Cité in seven countries : Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain, theUnited Kingdom, the United States, and France. en savoir plus
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First breakfast discussion of a new series of meeting launched by The City Factory about financing infrastructures. This meeting was focused on the study entrusted by The City Factory to the OECD about the main funding tools for green growth, focusing on those currently in use by several major cities. With Olaf Merk, Senior... en savoir plus
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The City Factory is launching series of discussions on how to finance urban infrastructure. The first meeting on October, 4th in Paris, will focus on the study entrusted by The City Factory to the OECD about the main funding tools for green growth, focusing on those currently in use by several major cities. en savoir plus
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The City Factory entrusted the OECD to study the main funding tools for green growth, focusing on those currently in use by several major cities. en savoir plus
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Regarding urban economy, The City Factory is working on financing urban infrastructures. Cities need infrastructure to deal with their growing population and sustainable development issues. Infrastructures can also be a driving force for “green growth”. Nowadays, budgets are limited, so we must find appropriate funding methods. This brings up... en savoir plus
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