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Welcome to the UrbanA wiki! This wiki is an ongoing, open-ended online collaborative database and knowledge source for the Community of Practice of UrbanA. It captures the learning process of the UrbanA Community of Practice and is an important part of UrbanA's knowledge commons. It includes a database of approaches and projects & initiatives to just and sustainable cities.

UrbanA Website

A call for co-creation

Mapping of Approaches in Rotterdam Arena Event

The UrbanA Wiki Database is part of a knowledge commons that serves as a resource for everyone that wants to contribute to more sustainable and just cities. It is not only for everyone to use the knowledge that is on there, but also for everyone to share their own knowledge and experience. The idea of a knowledge commons is that it is owned and governed by all of those who use it.

You are warmly invited to edit and adapt any of the current pages, by e.g. adding examples, correcting or complementing information. And/or to add your own approaches, projects, initiatives and user profiles. Becoming a Wiki-user is every easy and quick. For information on how, check out the User guide. This guide includes links to tips on formatting and editing wiki pages.

About UrbanA

Cities play a key role in responding to the great challenges of our time. However increasing poverty and inequality, exacerbated by the recent financial and housing crises, are putting the social cohesion and resilience of European cities to the test. Much research has focused on teasing out the causes of urban social inequality and ecological unsustainability, and on understanding the connections, tensions and contradictions between the two. Research and innovation have also contributed to the development of ways to make cities more just and sustainable. Yet the need to consolidate and effectively communicate this knowledge and experience remains. UrbanA, Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities, takes up this challenge.

Further information on UrbanA, a major EU-funded project on urban sustainability and justice, can be found on the project's public website.

Why

UrbanA Community of Practice

In order to transform our cities into more sustainable and just environments, we need actionable knowledge that is relevant and accessible to as many people as possible. Currently, too much knowledge remains fragmented and inaccessible. Through the UrbanA project, we aim to synthesize and broker existing knowledge as well as further develop and translate knowledge into action. One important way in which we do this is through the UrbanA Wiki Database on Sustainable Just Cities.

A Wiki is a decentralized approach to knowledge co-creation and information sharing. The ‘wisdom of the crowd’ is in the lead (instead of top-down development by a central manager). It supports inclusive, co-creative, open access and open source approaches to knowledge generation.

The UrbanA wiki database

This wiki captures this learning process and provides a shared workspace for the UrbanA Community of Practice. The database initially consists of a set of approaches and research methods perceived particularly useful with linking urban sustainability and justice. Use of this wiki will connect closely with our shared virtual library.

Visit the list of approaches, projects and people by following this link:

Database of approaches

Database of projects & initiatives

Database of people

What is next

Disclaimer

This site holds an ongoing, open-ended online collaborative database, which attempts to collect relevant approaches that can be used by city-makers to tackle unsustainability and injustice in cities. Up till now, the pages are based mainly on knowledge generated in EU-funded projects, distilled and summarised by consortium members. The database touches on fast-changing fields. As such, this page makes no claims of authoritative completeness and welcomes your suggestions.

Copyright

Reuse of content for non-commercial purposes is permitted, with attribution, under Creative Commons Licence BY-NC 4.0. Further information is available on our copyrights page.