Simina Lazar. European cities are confronted with a rapidly changing economy. The crisis has destroyed jobs across both service and manufacturing industries, and has revealed the shakiness of the financial service. Railway hubs can be at the same time a tool and an engine for a sustainable urban and territorial development of the surrounding areas.
HUB project recommendations tell us how that can be done. In this episode, Don Draper—central advertising character—notices that the Beatles seem to be.
Eddy Adams. Please note that this project ended after the Development Phase. Brownfield problems have been one of the major concerns of European policies since the 80s in the regions of industrial tradition accelerated by the integration of the new central European member states. Nevertheless as indicator of the ongoing restructuration of the European economy, the rate of brownfields remains on a high level and the current economic and financial crisis will led to considerable new problems including brownfields from commerce, housing and tourist sector.
In particular, significant impacts are seen in the remaining high often still increasing rate of urban brownfields.
The financial crisis has fundamentally changed the environment for private and public redevelopment strategies. Please note that this projet ended after the Development Phase. Common Sense is an innovative European platform of Managing Authorities and Cities who want to jointly create new opportunities for cities starting from their own responsibilities. By reinforcing their cooperation, the Managing Authorities and Cities intend to stimulate the effort and effectiveness of the European resources in the cities in order to get a better implementation of an integrated and a sustainable urban development.
