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Wiener Wäldchen: Mini Forests for Urban Climate Adaptation

Wiener Wäldchen: Mini Forests for Urban Climate Adaptation

Vienna is planting small, dense mini forests on underused green spaces to strengthen biodiversity, support climate adaptation and bring urban nature closer to children and residents.
Vienna’s mini forests join USE as a new climate adaptation case study

Vienna’s mini forests join USE as a new climate adaptation case study

A new USE case study shows how Vienna is using small, dense urban forests to support biodiversity, local cooling and environmental education.
USE puts urban climate adaptation in focus as Europe faces extreme heat

USE puts urban climate adaptation in focus as Europe faces extreme heat

Over the next six months, USE will examine how cities can prepare for growing climate risks.

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Oderberger Street: participative renewal of a historically grown street environment
Berlin, Germany

Oderberger Street: participative renewal of a historically grown street environment

The main challenge of this project was to implement a concept of street renewal respecting the historically grown character of Oderberger Street and conserve the unique identification the residents have, while still satisfying needs of a modern urban environment.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Discus Housing First

Giving homeless people control over their route to secure housing.
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Social and Urban Integration in Barrio Mugica (former Villa 31)

Integrating a large informal settlement to the City’s urban, social and economic fabric.
Ehime Marugoto Cycling Project
Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Ehime Marugoto Cycling Project

Establishing a new cycling culture
City of Unley, Australia

Co-housing for Ageing Well

A collaborative housing model to assist older people to stay living in their communities.
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Entrepreneurs for the Future (e4f )

Young startup businesses benefit from tailored support and being part of a community. That’s what makes Birmingham’s ‘Entrepreneurs for the Future’ (e4f) programme stand out: it offers bespoke support and the chance to join a network of like-minded startups.

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Copenhagen, Denmark

Emil Høg

Individual | Research Assistant
Pierre loti NGOH MATIKE
Douala, Cameroon

Pierre loti NGOH MATIKE

Individual | Territorial Animator
Lookman Oshodi
Lagos, Nigeria

Lookman Oshodi

Individual | Urban and Infrastructure Development
Jordi Sala
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Jordi Sala

Individual | CEO Urban Resilience, S.L.
Albeniz Tugce  Ezme
Istanbul, Turkey

Albeniz Tugce Ezme

Individual | Urban Planner, Research Assistant in Political Science & Public Administration Department
Jan Erasmus
Johannesburg, South Africa

Jan Erasmus

Individual | Strategy & International Relations