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European seminar of urban planning agencies
Through the Belgian presidency of the EU, Perspective wishes to foster collaboration between public agencies and municipal urban planning departments across Europe. To this end, it is organising a European seminar for urban planning agencies on 29 and 30 May on the subject of urban sprawl and qualitative density. The seminar is being organised under the auspices of the Belgian presidency of the EU.
Description
Description
When faced with crises and challenges, urban planners must adapt and rethink concepts and amend models:
- How can we move from a quantitative density to a qualitative density, which would take into account natural resources and their circularity?
- How can we build a city with several activity centres and enable urban flows to be better spread out?
- What spatial strategies may help promote the more sustainable use of land and facilitate a shift towards a more balanced territorial development that maintains green, blue and open spaces in urban areas?
To answer all these questions, Perspective is organising this European seminar of public agencies and municipal departments responsible for spatial planning in various European cities and metropolises.
Objectifs
Objectives
When faced with common challenges, strategies sometimes differ. This seminar allows the different approaches to be presented and collected, but will also provide an opportunity to compare the different methods that can be used to observe the area and the different data and ideas, and to envisage collaborations. Another aim of the seminar is to learn from each other. The seminar will explore the theme of urban sprawl and qualitative density in three dimensions:
- New ways of urban living and urban dwelling
- Green, blue and grey: combining a built environment with nature
- Planning tools for the sound governance of the city
In preparation for this event and as part of its commitment to sharing experiences, Perspective launched a call for contributions in 2023 in order to gather inspiring European projects related to these 3 themes.
Following this call, 19 projects were selected to be presented in a publication entitled "Should I stay or should I go? Urban sprawl, density, and a new planning agenda for Europe".
The event is also accompanied by an exhibition open from 29 May 2024 at Perspective's "Lab" space, rue de Namur 59, 1000 Brussels.
