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In Malmö, an old industrial site becomes its own building supply

In Malmö, an old industrial site becomes its own building supply

An 18-hectare former shipyard in Malmö is being rebuilt using materials saved from its own demolished buildings.
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Malmö: From Shipyards to Sustainable Living in Varvsstaden

Malmö: From Shipyards to Sustainable Living in Varvsstaden

From shipyard to showcase: Malmö turns an industrial site into a model for urban circularity.
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Prague's Manual for Urban Planning

Prague's Manual for Urban Planning

Facing decades of car-centered planning and poor-quality streets, Prague's planning institute wrote a public space manual. In 2024 it was awarded as a best-practice case from the Living Cities Initiative. A new USE case study looks at what it changed.
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App Ciudadana Córdoba
Cordoba, Argentina

App Ciudadana Córdoba

A mobile app that allows citizens to lodge complaints regarding problems that occur in public spaces to the Municipal Government.
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Gwangju, South Korea

GwanJuness Community Care

Protecting human dignity
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Boosting energy efficiency
Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy

Boosting energy efficiency

Energy efficiency interventions for public buildings and lighting systems.
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Sofia city development strategy – Sofia I and II
Sofia, Bulgaria

Sofia city development strategy – Sofia I and II

The aim was to enhance the development of a democratic and self-reliant municipal management system to generate sustainable benefits
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Hangzhou, China

Urban Public Bicycle Sharing Program

With 80 percent of residents and commuters identifying a serious traffic problem in the city, Hangzhou launched China's first public bicycle project. Serving some 280,000 passengers daily, the system (free for the first hour) complements the city's extensive bus system.
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SOIL Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

SOIL Haiti

The mission of SOIL is to promote dignity, health, and sustainable livelihoods through the transformation of wastes into resources.
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Berlin, Germany

Sascha Langenbach

Individual | Press spokesman of the State Office for Refugee Affairs
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Virginia Negretti
Berlin, Germany

Virginia Negretti

Individual | Managing Partner Negretti Expertise
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Quito, Ecuador

David Jácome Polit

Individual | Resilience Adviser
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Ralf Lippold
Dresden, Germany

Ralf Lippold

Individual | Economist & Intrapreneur
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Ariana Tarhan
Caracas, Venezuela

Ariana Tarhan

Individual | Urbanista
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Albert Rojas
Barcelona (ciudad), Spain

Albert Rojas

Individual | Promoter of community and eco-social transformation projects
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