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UBC TALKS webinar about Sustainable Urban mobility Planning was held on 25 February 2020. The webinar included presentations about the 2nd edition of the European SUMP guidelines, outcomes of the SUMPs-Up project as well as city examples.
Type: Video
Topic: Mobility, Urban planning
Mid-term Review - A cross-sectorial cooperation for climate adaptation and development
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
The fourth webinar of the Baltic Urban Lab project sharing experiences on new digital tools that were developed as part of the participatory urban planning activities.
Type: Video
Topic: Urban planning
Baltic Urban Lab project (2015-2018) was a cross-border cooperation project where four cities - Tallinn, Turku, Riga and Norrköping - tested and piloted different methods for inclusive and integrated planning of brownfield areas.
Type: Video
Topic: Urban planning
Baltic Urban Lab Policy Brief - Making the most of brownfield sites in the Baltic Sea Region reveals the challenges and opportunities related to brownfield redevelopment as well as presents public-private-people partnerships as a solution to tackle these challenges. This policy brief also presents the key recommendations based on Baltic Urban Lab lessons learned and results. They include policy…
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
Baltic Urban Lab collected examples of brownfield regeneration projects from the Baltic Sea region and beyond to share examples of how cities have successfully managed complex urban regeneration projects. Cities around the region with similar challenges can learn from these examples. In addition, a collection of tested citizen participation tools is available in order to get concrete ideas and…
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
Type: Video
Topic: Urban planning
Dealing with the past and planning for the future - Turning urban brownfields into possibilities Lessons learned from Baltic Urban Lab & Keynote 1 Baltic Urban Lab Final Conference 6-7 September 2018
Type: Video
Topic: Urban planning
Dealing with the past and planning for the future - Turning urban brownfields into possibilities Interactive Session 1: Dealing with the past - managing the transformation process. Baltic Urban Lab Final Conference 6-7 September 2018
Type: Video
Topic: Urban planning
Dealing with the past and planning for the future - Turning urban brownfields into possibilities Interactive Session 2: Planning the future - co-creating visions and land-use plans. Baltic Urban Lab Final Conference 6-7 September 2018
Type: Video
Topic: Urban planning
Brownfield redevelopment is a complex process and requires good cooperation and commitment from all involved parties. This guide is targeted to urban planners and other experts interested to learn more how to develop brownfield areas in cooperation with citizens, NGOs, land-owners, developers and other stakeholders.
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
During Baltic Urban Lab the project cities have explored different methods for stakeholder involvement and participation. Experiences and lessons learned from cities have been now gathered and analysed in one publication “Developing brownfields via Public-Private-People partnerships” published by Nordregio. The report is based on observation and analysis of the methods for stakeholder involvement…
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
Type: Video
Topic: Urban planning
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
Topic: Biodiversity, Climate change
There is a high demand for redeveloping brownfield areas to make European cities grow in a more sustainable manner. However, the Central Baltic region does not have a long tradition of national policy approaches to brownfield redevelopment. Nor there is a commonly agreed European definitions on what a brownfield is. Baltic Urban Lab has published a definition for brownfields based on the…
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
Dynamics of Biosphere area development. Cases from UBC cities on how biosphere region works as a promoter of competitiveness and sustainability, e.g. in urban planning and in development of local businesses and tourism.
Type: Video
Topic: Urban planning
Brownfield redevelopment is an important topic in Europe, where many countries and cities are experiencing rapid urbanisation. The aim of this brochure is to enable experiences of brownfield redevelopment to be exchanged between the Central Baltic countries (Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden) by providing knowledge about the conditions for brownfield redevelopment in each country. The brochure…
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
This Working Paper "Public–Private–People Partnerships in Urban Planning" is one of the deliverables of the Baltic Urban Lab project (Central Baltic INTERREG), and it discusses the potentials and challenges in Public–private–people partnerships and presents examples of methods for partnership and participation.
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning
Spring and summer expectations – focus on positive next steps Dear UBC colleagues,
Type: eBulletin
Topic: Green governance, Mobility
The Moment of Cities and Sustainability
Type: Environmental Bulletin
Topic: Energy, Water
Make Solutions with Businesses!
Type: Environmental Bulletin
Topic: Energy, Resource efficiency
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
Topic: Biodiversity, Energy
The final report of BaltCICA displays the main activities achieved by transnational cooperation and learning as well as applications in case studies.
Type: Publication
Topic: Climate change, Urban planning
This report is the final report of the INTERREG IVB project NEW BRIDGES ‘Strengthening the Quality of Life through the Improved Management of Urban Rural Interaction’. Approved under priority 4: ‘Attractive & competitive cities and regions’ the project received funding from the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013.  
Type: Publication
Topic: Urban planning