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The municipality has under 10,000 inhabitants, but that's no obstacle to digitalisation
The prospect of lucrative energy exports causes a lot of hand-rubbing at the top, but locals fear for their health and environment and mayors complain about lack of public consultation
You can now invest in the city’s environmental performance
A new chapter in the local government’s ‘green revolution’
Аdvocates for more robust municipal rights of first refusal for German cities
Younous Omarjee will chair the body also for the second half of the legislature
The official opening of the cultural agenda is on 22 January
Science on Stage 2022 will take place on 24-27 March
The municipality has under 10,000 inhabitants, but that's no obstacle to digitalisation
This will ease management of congestions and public transit loads
The prospect of lucrative energy exports causes a lot of hand-rubbing at the top, but locals fear for their health and environment and mayors complain about lack of public consultation
The energy crisis in the European Union is putting strain on municipalities as they see their bills quadruple
More than half of all municipal employees commute by bikes and that number is growing
The recent survey looks at the attitude of locals on car-sharing and provides a snapshot of commuter habits
The unusual sale has stirred controversy in Portugal
The countdown has already begun
The unusual sale has stirred controversy in Portugal
Less than 30 days before the opening night, the organisers present some tidbits for the historic event
The 19-year old became the youngest woman to overfly the world solo with a microlight aircraft
The aim is to tackle disinformation through better-informed media
The same move is undertaken by the regions of Asturias and Cantabria
Fewer people are getting sick, however
The Drava river, near Klagenfurt , Source: Mihael Grmek on WIkipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
This could have major ecological benefits and it could make the river a lot safer
Yesterday, the Tyrol state government in Austria announced they are going to invest in a reconstruction of the Drava river bed between Linz and the border with the State of Carinthia to the east. The project aims to make the river flow slower, as years of agricultural land management has straightened out a lot of the natural bends.
According to local authorities, slowing down the flow of the Drava will create natural layers of flood protection for the valley where it flows.
The Tyrolean government plans to invest 1.55 million euros from the COVID-19 European pandemic relief package, as an attempt to strengthen local climate goals.
The Drau, as the river is called in German, has been subject to a lot of human intervention, especially in the stretch between Linz and the border with Carinthia. A lot of that is due to the fact, that it runs through a long and narrow valley where land for agriculture is limited.
The river used to have floodplains and bends, but, for the sake of practicality, over the years, a lot of the bends were straightened out and the river bed narrowed to counteract healthy floodings. This has led to a certain imbalance in the natural state of the Drava and due to its current state, flooding is now less regular but far more volatile.
The authorities are taking a more holistic approach and are trying to restore a certain degree of naturalness to the river, by widening it and allowing it to form sandbanks, gravel banks and floodplains. According to Joseph Geisler, the Deputy Governor of Tyrol, quoted by the Austrian National Broadcasting Agency (ORF), flood protection and ecological water development now go hand in hand.
The main tool for strengthening the ecological and structural impact of the project is to widen the riverbed. This would reduce the speed of the water, lowering the risk of heavy damages from flooding and contributing to more fauna being drawn to the river.
The municipality has under 10,000 inhabitants, but that's no obstacle to digitalisation
Аdvocates for more robust municipal rights of first refusal for German cities
The prospect of lucrative energy exports causes a lot of hand-rubbing at the top, but locals fear for their health and environment and mayors complain about lack of public consultation
The municipality has under 10,000 inhabitants, but that's no obstacle to digitalisation
Despite constant strides in terms of sustainable policy, the Austrian capital wants to revamp its efforts to reach climate neutrality by 2040
This will ease management of congestions and public transit loads
More than half of all municipal employees commute by bikes and that number is growing
The unusual sale has stirred controversy in Portugal
The recent survey looks at the attitude of locals on car-sharing and provides a snapshot of commuter habits
More than half of all municipal employees commute by bikes and that number is growing
The unusual sale has stirred controversy in Portugal
The same move is undertaken by the regions of Asturias and Cantabria
The categories have been reduced without compromising the scope
The creations of the young architectural minds are exhibited in one of the city’s galleries until 19 December
Is it gentrification or is it re-adaptation?
An interview with the mayor of Alcázar de San Juan (Spain)
An interview with the Mayor of Soest, Germany
Interview with Grégory Doucet, Mayor of Lyon, France
