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Budapest: A Stakeholder’s Dilemma about Flood Protection Planning (URBACT blog)

2013-06-28

by Iván Tosics, URBACT expert

We are barely a week after the highest water level the Danube ever produced at Budapest. The danger is, at least for now, over – but there are lessons learnt which have to be discussed.

Interview with Dr. Iván Tosics, Sociologist, Urban Researcher, the Thematic Pole Manager of the RE-Block project (ReBLOCK)

2013-05-14

nyil ReBLOCK project

There have been many surveys and researches

Feasibility study of Székesfehérvár intermodal centre

2013-05-01

Title: Detailed feasibility study of the project “Creation of Székesfehérvár regional intermodal public transport centre”, including cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and connected documentation

Client: Municipality of the City of Székesfehérvár

Period: 04/2012 – 05/2013

Sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMP)

2013-02-01

Title: Sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMP) – trainings in Hungary

Client: European Union, Intelligent Energy – Europe (IEE) Programme

The State of European Cities in Transition (2010-2012)

2012-12-23

UN-HABITAT, Nairobi & Institute of Urban Development, Kraków

Metropolitan Research Institute prepared the study for the “Western Subregion” of Central and Eastern European transition countries: the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) the Visegrad Four countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), and Slovenia. The detailed analysis of the cities in this region covered overviews on the central topics of Population and Urbanization; The Economic Role of Cities; Social and Housing Issues; Urban Environmental Challenges; Urban Governance Systems; and Emerging Issues.

Nearly the entire staff of MRI researchers participated in the production of the analysis; moreover, MRI actively participated in the preparation of the project’s Summary Report.

Second Tier Cities in Territorial Development in Europe: Performance, Policies and Prospects (2010-2012)

2012-04-23

EU ESPON (European Spatial Planning Observation Network)

Lead partner: Liverpool John Moores University, coordinator: Prof. Michael Parkinson

The Second Tier Cities project explored the performance of second-tier cities (non-capital economic, political and cultural hubs) in Europe, and showed that the development of these cities would bring greater added value than the further development of the already most developed capital cities. MRI as consortium partner held special responsibility for preparing the Central and Eastern European background study, and for the case studies on Katowice (Poland) and Timisoara (Romania).