Publications

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The webinar "Climate change adaptation through smart stormwater management" was organized on 28 April 2020.
Type: Video
Current stormwater management practices consider just one unique solution, pipes. However, over the last decades, the conventional stormwater drainage has been proven insufficient to manage all impacts related to urban runoff. Cities all over the world are facing common challenges of increasing stormwater floods, and degradation of natural resources and infrastructure caused by climate change and…
Type: Publication
The toolbox introduces the most commonly used approaches and concrete tools for urban stormwater management. The toolbox is especially aimed at landscape architects, architects, and urban planners and designers, including those interested in or working with the design, planning or management of urban water.
Type: Toolkit
Topic: Water
The Final SmartComp Research Report: Conclusions on increasing smart competitiveness in the Central Baltic region was published December 2013. It is a summary of the research conducted in the project giving conclusions on the potential for inter-cluster cooperation in the region, branding the clusters in the region as well as some future scenarios. Furthermore, the report provides policy…
Type: Publication
SmartComp – Smart Competitiveness for the Central Baltic region aimed to support smart, environmentally sustainable development, growth, competition and cooperation between maritime clusters, cities and universities in the Central Baltic region. Project's third research report discussed and analysed the global developments in the maritime sector and hence provided new perspectives for visioning…
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility, Water
SmartComp – Smart Competitiveness for the Central Baltic region aimed to support smart, environmentally sustainable development, growth, competition and cooperation between maritime clusters, cities and universities in the Central Baltic region. Project's second research report provides an analysis on the cooperation relationships and networks of the maritime companies in the Central Baltic…
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility, Water
With Christmas nearing and temperatures below zero in many cities throughout the Baltic region, global warming may not come to mind as the most pressing issue. Some might even argue that it would be nice if the mercury would climb a couple of notches in the thermometer.
Type: Environmental Bulletin
SmartComp – Smart Competitiveness for the Central Baltic region aimed to support smart, environmentally sustainable development, growth, competition and cooperation between maritime clusters, cities and universities in the Central Baltic region. Project's first research report studied how the maritime clusters in the region could improve their competitiveness, what are the key competences of the…
Type: Publication
Topic: Mobility, Water
In the Union of the Baltic Cities, we have worked together for more than a decade now. During that time, the amount of our members has more than tripled: from 32 founding cities in 1991 to the current number of 101 member cities. There are good reasons for this great interest. One important factor is, that in our work practical cooperation aiming at mutual benefit has always been essential. We…
Type: Publication