Urban development

Kőszeg – Creative City (2015)

2016-02-02

Metropolitan Research Institute prepared a study on “Creative cities – good practices” for Kőszeg (Western Hungary), in which international experience and its local applicability were explored.

Urban regeneration after the crisis – Iván Tosics’s presentation in Barcelona

2015-12-21

Urban regeneration after the crisis: to what extent can innovation replace public money? Iván Tosics’s conference presentation held at the University of Barcelona is available online.

Dense suburban New Towns – Ivan Tosics’s URBACT photoblog

2015-12-17

Hong Kong is the ’dream’ of urban planners: the city has been consistently developed in the last decades according to the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) principles, creating strong link between urban density and efficient public transport. What are the pros and cons of such a system and to what extent can this become a model for European urban development in high-growth areas?

Habitat Housing Review 2015

2015-11-24

The 2015 Housing Review of Habitat for Humanity EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) was presented to the audience on 19 November 2015 on the 3rd European Housing Forum in Berlin, co-authored by MRI staff József Hegedüs and Vera Horváth.

Ivan Tosics on URBACT: deprived urban areas and European policy dilemmas

2015-10-22

The latest study of Ivan Tosics, managing director of MRI, on the integrated regeneration of deprived urban areas and the associated European policy dilemmas is now available in English and French on the URBACT website.

URBACT: Iván Tosics on the Freedom of Movement in EU

2015-08-07

Closing borders, building walls, attacking migrants … one of Europe’s main goals, the freedom of movement, is in danger these days. Can the URBACT experience of multinational exchanges help overcome this threat?