Content of the article is an evaluation of the first results and observations in the framework of the EU-funded innovation project TRAILS. TRAILS is a new training and service format that offers innovation trainings on a mobile basis in rural regions. These are covered in rapid time by demographic change. Rural areas in the narrower […]
Rapid urbanisation requires cities to develop adaptive strategies, new programmes, and long-term visions. Concepts for urban futures need to outline operations that are sustainable in economic, social, environmental terms. The paper therefore presents a systematic description of cities by way of ‘Urban Business Models’ (UBM). As a method for the systematic creation of innovative city […]
The German Future City competition seeks new procedures to enable engagement of the broader citizenship within urban vision-making processes. To support Dresden´s ‘Open City’ project within the competition, we have created a visual tool and method set that supports the collection of ideas from the citizenship, and their qualification into visionary concepts. For all stages […]