What innovative tools can be used to finance the green growth of cities ?

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

Building the shared city: how to engage citizens

August 29 to 31, Amsterdam

La Fabrique de la Cité / The City Factory held its first annual meeting in London 2008 to examine issues of urban mobility.  It has since chosen to explore; the sustainable development of cities (Copenhagen 2009), factors of change in cities (Hamburg 2010) and the role of public spaces in tomorrow's cities (Barcelona 2011). In 2012... en savoir plus

Co-creating the digital city

Some 75 percent of French people consider that digital sciences have made useful contributions to the transportation sector; however, one in three do not consider that digital technology is useful for the environment, agriculture or art. Those are the findings of a barometric survey presented by the Institut National de Recherche en... en savoir plus

The reversible city ? (only available in french)

Study on “The reversible city?” by students in the regional and urban planning graduate program at ENPC (École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées) (national school for bridge and road construction) in partnership with The City Factory. en savoir plus

Overview of the seminar "What is the place for public spaces in the city of the future?"

By The City Factory

The overview of The City Factory seminar presents the participants’ various concerns and presents the principal challenges point by point. en savoir plus

"The idea of population mingling is very strong"

Denis Pingaud, Executive Vice-President of OpinionWay, presents the results of an opinion poll of 4,000 Europeans living in Paris, London, Barcelona, and Hamburg on their vision and understanding of the notion of public space. en savoir plus

Hamburg at the forefront of environmental issues

Hamburg has been elected European Green Capital 2011 and is coming to you with its “Train of Ideas.”This train has been travelling across Europe since May 1, 2011, and  stoped in Paris (Austerlitz station) from September 1 to 4, 2011.On board, visitors were able to participate in the exhibition Visions for Future Cities. en savoir plus

Breakfast on the financement of the cities' green growth

Thursday May 12th 2011, Paris

As part of a study on the funding of green urban development and in partnership with the OECD, the City Factory is hosting a work group session designed to identify appropriate funding instruments for green urban development. On May 12, 2011, Dominique Bureau, General Delegate of the Economic Council for Sustainable... en savoir plus

The Lifecycle Analysis of Public Spaces: a tool for managing urban climate adaptation?

By Christian CAYE

The cities that you’re building today will still be present in 50 or 100 years. en savoir plus

The New York High Line, an “e-public” space

It’s one of the 1,700 parks and public recreation spaces in New York. And it is no doubt one of the most present on the web. en savoir plus