AGORA Thematic Dialogue: Making Space for Regenerative Urbanism

Sustainable urbanism has long been dominated by a harm-reduction paradigm. In contrast to this, regenerative urbanism seeks to create net-positive outcomes for people and the planet. Central to regenerative urbanism is also the recognition of that all human activities are intimately connected to and dependent on ‘nature’.

The AGORA Thematic Dialogue “Making space for regenerative urbanism” will bring together urban actors and change makers from research and innovation, local public administration, urban doers communities, SMEs, businesses, civil society associations. The aims are to 

a.) consolidate the state of the art, experiences and project results relevant to regenerative urbanism; 

b.) consider selected issues in detail to develop acomprehensive picture of regarding regenerative neighbourhoods; 

c.) identify the most pressing issues and dilemmas for future DUT activities, including joint calls.

The AGORA Dialogue will be producing a deeper understanding of three under-explored themes crucial to the transition from sustainable to regenerative urbanism:

•    Biophilic urban design and architecture
•    Unsealing urban land use for healthy soils
•    Creative and cultural practices
 

This workshop builds upon the results of the AGORA Thematic Dialogue “Unfolding dilemmas of regenerative green neighbourhoods” from June 2021 and the AGORA Session “Building radically regenerative urban public spaces” organised in the scope of the European Placemaking Week 2022 in Pontevedra, Spain. The outcomes of the workshop will be ued to co-develop a publication on the identified topics together with the participants of all events, which will be published in 2023.