Green Cities News
On this page, you will find all news related to the Green Cities programme.
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13 June 2024
Amsterdam residents with low income: Less cooling from greenery, more vulnerable to heat stress
- Amsterdam residents with the lowest incomes live in parts of the city where they have less access to cooling through greenery, such as parks and... -
30 June 2022
"The Symbiotic City, voices of nature in urban transformations"
- The symbiotic city: a city that has been re-embedded into nature, one that safeguards the resources of our planet and restores biodiversity. One where... -
21 May 2021
City becomes increasing source of water pollution this century
- In the 21st century, most of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas. Over three-quarters of them will face moderate to high levels... -
31 August 2018
Open Bajes plan wins international design competition for Bijlmerbajes
- The Open Bajes plan is the winner of the international competition Design the Ultimate Urban Greenhouse - a plan for the 21st-century redevelopment of... -
19 June 2018
"We need to understand the whole chain of migration"
- The worldwide movement of people causes many challenges. Wageningen University & Research wants to understand migration, its causes and... -
23 May 2018
Midden-Delfland collaborates to achieve innovation
- How do you ensure changes in an area which make a new, sustainable future possible? By allowing the people who live there, work there, and are... -
27 October 2017
Green business park works better
- Business parks are often uninspiring. They tend to be a collection of giant, grey office buildings with car parks or massive factories surrounded by... -
11 September 2017
Climate-smart city needs more green spaces
- In the Netherlands, we are almost starting to get used to seeing cars getting stranded in flooded tunnels and the fire service pumping out cellars.... -
18 August 2017
Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute)
- AMS Institute is an internationally leading institute where talent is educated and engineers, designers, and both natural and social scientists... -
05 April 2017
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