Blog Alpine Towns
Chambery involves citizens into urban climate adaption
Chambery’s “Nature in Town” Week will provide the platform to involve inhabitants in reducing urban heat effects. Topics are greening [...]
Greening a neighborhood in Tolmin through co-creation
Tolmin (SLO) wants to develop green infrastructure in a central part of the city centre around busy streets and a [...]
Citizens transform a former mining site in Idrija
The Kajzer Park in Idrija (SLO) is a former mining site that is part of the UNESCO world heritage. The [...]
Green and blue infrastructure for heat reduction in Villach
Informed by a comprehensive heat analysis, investments in soil unsealing, rainwater management, evaporation and vertical greening shall reduce heat and [...]
Preservation of historic irrigation channels in Brig-Glis
The municipality of Brig-Glis (CH) wants to preserve their historic irrigation channels in and around the city. Knowledge about their [...]
Schools implement small green infrastructure in Belluno
The municipality of Belluno (IT) focusses its activities on schools and schoolchildren. The goal is to remodel schoolyards & surroundings [...]
Insights into Innsbruck’s new Spatial Planning Concept
In April, the ad hoc working group for the elaboration of the 9th Report on the State of the Alps [...]
Citizens transform a former mining site in Idrija
The Kajzer Park in Idrija (SLO) is a former mining site that is part of the UNESCO world heritage. The [...]
Urban Agenda for the Alps?
Since 2016, EU Member States commit to a common urban development strategy: the Urban Agenda of the EU. What does [...]
Project Video: Mining Town Idrija
Presenting one of six Pilot Action projects: Reintroducing Nature to the former Mining Town Idrija. This video shows the [...]
Climate action in Alpine towns – Update from Sonthofen
Within the framework of the Territorial Agenda 2030, there are nine pilot actions aiming at implementing climate measures in Alpine [...]
“Sponge Cities” – Sustainable Water Management
Temperature-rise in the Alps takes place in a much higher speed than in other regions, due to the morphological situation. [...]