TRANS-URBAN-EU-CHINA

7 januari 2022

Redactie openresearch.amsterdam

Transition towards urban sustainability through socially integrative cities in the EU and in China

Cities are places of social innovation and engines of economic growth. However, they are often also social hotspots where social integration is directly linked with economic prosperity. This is true for cities in Europe and China but especially relevant for China. The country is rapidly transitioning from a less urban to a more urbanised society. One of the greatest challenges Chinese urbanisation is facing is how to best design and turn cities into socially integrative and sustainable environments.

Objectives

On this background, TRANS-URBAN-EU-CHINA aimed to help policy makers, urban authorities, real estate developers, public service providers and citizens in China to create socially integrative cities in an environmentally friendly and financially viable way. Moreover, it aimed at helping urban stakeholders in Europe to increase their knowledge about urban development in China and to reflect their own approaches towards sustainable urbanisation.

Products

In order to fulfil these objectives, TRANS-URBAN-EUCHINA developed a systematic knowledge base on experiences regarding socially integrative cities in Europe and China, and made key results publicly available as a book. Furthermore, the project consortium provided a compendium of respective tested tools and measures to support the transition towards socially integrative cities. Finally, related recommendations were elaborated.

Source: Müller, B., Liu, J., Cai, J., Schiappacasse, P., Neumann, H.M. Yang, B. 2021. Towards Socially Integrative Cities. Perspectives on Urban Sustainability in Europe and China. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03936-679-8