Recent statistics show that approximately 43% of the EU population lives in small and medium-sized cities between 5,000 and 50,000 inhabitants. Small urban areas play a pivotal role in sustainable urban development and territorial cohesion in Europe and are an important part of the urban-rural continuum.

We chose to tackle this topic in the August Urban Review because of the diversity of small and medium-sized cities (in terms of geography, demographic, socio-economic and governance aspects) and the various socio-economic and environmental opportunities they can provide due to their territorial context and their national policy framework.

Read this month’s newsletter to discover how small and medium-sized cities can contribute significantly to the transformative power of cities as well as how they are, or should be, incorporated in national urban policies nowadays.

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Simone Pekelsma on… Debunking Misconceptions about Gated Communities...

Simone Pekelsma on… Debu...

Simone Pekelsma on… Debunking Misconceptions about Gated Communities

Simone Pekelsma explores the intricacies of gated communities and their potential benefits and dangers in the context of social cohesion and environmental justice.

Publications

Policy Atlas of Sustainable Urban Development for Small Urban Areas...

Policy Atlas of Sustainable Ur...

Policy Atlas of Sustainable Urban Development for Small Urban Areas

An important new repository of empirical and policy insight on SUAs published by the JRC with contribution from the EUKN.

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CONEXUS Factsheet: Integrating intersectionality into urban NbS...

CONEXUS Factsheet: Integrating...

CONEXUS Factsheet: Integrating intersectionality into urban NbS

As part of the CONEXUS project, the EUKN contributed to this factsheet that provides a framework to address socio-environmental inequities through intersectionality.