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Record Nr.

UNINA9910598144303321

Titolo

"Next generation EU" cities : local communities in a post-pandemic future / / edited by Anna Lisa Boni, Andrea Tobia Zevi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milan : , : Ledizioni, , 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (157 pages)

Disciplina

330.94

Soggetti

City planning - Environmental aspects - Europe

Cities and towns - Europe - History - 21st century

Sustainable urban development - Europe - History - 21st century

Urban ecology (Sociology) - Europe - History - 21st century

Urban policy - Europe - History - 21st century

Smart cities - Europe - History - 21st century

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Social aspects

European Union countries Economic conditions 21st century

Europe Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction 9 -- 1. The Place of Cities in a Recovering Europe 15 -- PART I. RETHINKING EU CITIES/ THE FUTURE OF CITIES -- 2. Accelerating Urban Climate Neutrality  Through National Multi-Stakeholder Platforms: The Case of Spain 35 -- 3. A Fork in the Road: European Cities  and Widening Inequalities 55 -- 4. Financing the Low-Carbon Transition in Cities  Grant Aaron, Steve Turner 77 -- PART II. CITIES AT WORK -- 5. Towards a Just Digital Transition: Urban Digital Policy in Europe After Covid-19  97 -- 6. The City of the Future for Women - The City of the Future for All 115 -- 7. Culture and Public Space 135 -- About the Authors 153.

Sommario/riassunto

As the world enters a new year, the Covid-19 pandemic is still upsetting our daily lives. And as 75% of EU citizens live in urban areas, cities are the most prominent stage both for responding to the health crisis, and for seizing opportunities to recover and move forward. Meanwhile, in 2020, EU countries agreed to Next Generation EU, a €750



billion recovery package that represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity.This report argues that cities should be given more say over how post-pandemic national recovery plans pan out between here and 2026, when all projects are supposed to be wrapping up. Indeed, the success of the EU recovery plans will hinge upon what cities do, or they don't do over the next five years. How are cities rethinking their role within the "twin" green and digital transitions? How can they achieve gender parity, reduce inequalities, and preserve a vibrant cultural life?.