European Commission’s Joint Research Centre launched its global database for tracking human presence on the Earth in October 2016 at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador.
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Five Observations from Dubrovnik Airport
Dubrovnik International Airport is a regional hub of the southern Adriatic. It is the biggest airport serving southern coast of Croatia, Montenegro, and parts of Herzegovina. With more than 16,000 flights per year – up to 3,000 flights per month in summer and roughly 300 flights a month in off-season months – the airport serves 1,6 million passengers a year. Subsequently,
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#Brexit: EU, let’s divorce
This year was marked by EU referendum or Brexit, as everyone unofficially knows it. For the past couple of months Europhiles eagerly awaited Thursday, June 23 hoping that everything would stay the same, that United Kingdom would vote to remain in Europe, and that the EU would finally be able to concentrate on issues beyond Brexit. Despite the fact that nothing
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Instagram Inspiration for Rainy Spring Days
Europolitan Trends loves urban photography and Instagram is a perfect way for getting a daily dose of your urban inspiration. Here is a non-exhaustive selection of our June favorites. If you are as passionate as we are about documenting European cities and towns on Instagram, share your photos with us using the hashtag #localeurope and we will feature some of
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Bicycle Parking: Amsterdam’s Creative Solutions
Amsterdam has almost 1 million bicycles. As a result, it is challenging to create sufficient parking spaces for bikes.
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Cohesion Policy challenges in the post-2020 reform
Excerpt from the European Parliament Briefing on “Challenges for EU cohesion policy Issues in the forthcoming post-2020 reform:”
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Recent City Initiatives on Instagram
Communicate effectively your urban stories, ideas, needs and solutions. Be the change that you want to see and create a better city! Below are some tips for expanding the coverage of your visual urban communication:• @unhabitat (Yes, they are on @Instagram since January!) encourages submission of city photos reflecting good urban policies. #glimpseofmycity• DG MARE launched a photo competition encouraging you
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Reclaiming Parking Spaces
This is it! Cities should strive to make more space for its residents and take away spaces previously designated for cars. 👏🏻 Los Angeles is doing good! Parking spaces near Grand Central Market transformed into coffee shops and bars.
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eHealth
My morning today started with a tasty cup of coffee and a croissant, while listening to Peteris Zilgalvis, Head of Unit at DG CONNECT. He challenged the audience at the monthly Creative Mornings event to think of more design in ethical issues, especially in areas such as health and well-being. To be honest, I haven’t paid attention to