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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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Eskisehir, Turkey

Eskisehir City Memory Museum

Eskishir has created a Memory Museum that combines museology with modern technology. The museum is designed with a new concept by which memory elements are recorded in a digital environment, rather than exhibited as artistic or historical objects.
Improving Living Conditions in Poverty Stricken Areas
Amman, Jordan

Improving Living Conditions in Poverty Stricken Areas

Citizen participation in greening East Amman
Santa Monica, United States

The Wellbeing Project: Measuring and Managing What Really Matters

Santa Monica, California is tapping the power of data to evaluate wellbeing. The City of Santa Monica’s Wellbeing Project has created a framework to evaluate community wellbeing, developed a mechanism to measure it and is using this data to target its policies and programs to help residents thrive.
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ljubljana’s Bee Path

The Bee Path promotes public awareness of how significant bees are to food sovereignty, biodiversity and the long term sustainability of the city.
Freiburg, Germany

Sustainable Urban District Vauban

A former derelict site is developed into a residential district through an integrated approach
Melbourne , Australia

Green Factor Tool

Empowering developers to create a greener, more liveable city through innovative urban design

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Detlef Cwojdzinski
Berlin, Germany

Detlef Cwojdzinski

Individual | Katastrophenschutzreferent
Mohammad Taghi Rafiee
Esfahan, Iran

Mohammad Taghi Rafiee

Individual | Research
Barcelona (área metropolitana), Spain

Valentino Bellini

Individual | independent photographer
Pete Silvester
Bangkok, Thailand

Pete Silvester

Individual | Co-founder & CEO, Window Seater
Istanbul, Turkey

NİZAMETTİN MANGIR

Individual | Environmental Engineer