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Tag: Environment

Nature Based Solutions for Managing Stormwater:
Creating Parks & Urban Resilience.
Gideon Berger, Rachel Bennett, Wayne Miles

As storms become more intense and unpredictable, our infrastructure must adapt. Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) manages runoff naturally, reducing the physical damage, health effects, and restoration costs of flooding. As the largest natural spaces in cities, parks hold great potential for GSI, but often go underutilized due to various challenges. Building GSI in parks can…

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The Challenge of Sustainable Urban Tourism.
Case: San Sebastian, Spain
Victor Lasa

Key Takeaways ⇢ Both natural and urban destinations suffer degradation when visitor numbers exceed the capacity of their core assets, i.e., ecosystems in nature and local way of life in cities. ⇢ Overtourism leads to housing displacement (Airbnb conversion), public‑realm crowding (streets, transport), amenity strain (water, energy, green space) and loss of social cohesion. ⇢ Visitors can mitigate…

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Why Mobility Transitions Do Not Start with Mobility
Meredith Glaser

Key Takeaways ⇢ Cycling symbolizes autonomy, health and sustainability, but its rise depended on systemic shifts in street design and social norms—not on bikes alone. ⇢ Transitions demand holistic, multi‑level strategies that integrate infrastructure, behaviour change, policy, culture, and institutions. ⇢ Decisions about which uses, users and values streets prioritize reflect and reinforce power relations—visible (“who sets lanes?”) and hidden (“whose…

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School Streets: Enhancing Neighborhoods in Paris & Barcelona
Priscilla Benedetti, Paris; Jordi Honey-Rosés, Barcelona

Key Takeaways School Streets can be successfully implemented in cities of all sizes, from small to large metropolises - making them an adaptable solution for creating safer, healthier neighborhoods. Safe, pedestrianized school zones help reduce traffic and air pollution, making the environment healthier for children. School Streets are part of a larger strategy to reduce…

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