In Slovenia, energy policy is planned and implemented at the national and at the municipal level. The regional aspect is currently underserved, and the gap between the level of the National Energy Programme (NEP) and the level of the Local Energy Concept is wide. Filling this gap represents a considerable potential for improvements in the [...]

Recent development of the transport system in Slovenia, as well as in the Ljubljana Urban Region (LUR) has primarily been oriented towards improving the road infrastructure and, consequently, towards improvements in mobility for cars and motorised transport, whilst public transport and non-motorised transport have been neglected both at national and municipal level. This resulted in [...]

Seoul is one of the world’s most dense cities. While the city is internationally known for the rapid economic growth and massive urban development in the past, it is largely overlooked that fresh approaches to urban development, which differ from the earlier period, are taking place in the metropolitan Seoul. One approach is related to [...]

Between 9 and 20 July 2012 a regional training on sustainable energy and transport entitled “Young leaders for sustainable future” was held on the island of Šolta, Croatia. A total of nineteen representatives of organizations from Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina took part in this event. The purpose of the training, organized by [...]

In the last months we have been observing the construction and the initial operation of a modernised crossroads of Poljanska and Roška streets in Ljubljana. The crossroads came into existence as a kind of testing ground for different solutions gathered in the new guidelines for designing transport facilities in the city, which have been presented [...]

The consequences of urban regeneration in Barcelona and Seoul suggest that in conditions of neoliberal urban policy citizens in different cities around the world face similar problems in their everyday life. Barcelona and Seoul do not have much in common at the first sight. While Barcelona is often considered as one of the most successful [...]

The creative industries are considered as increasingly important to economic well-being, proponents, such as Richard Florida and Charles Landry, suggesting that »human creativity is the ultimate economic resource« and that »the industries of the twenty-first century will depend increasingly on the generation of knowledge through creativity and innovation«. This view owes a lot to the [...]

In a neighbourhood ofLjubljananamed Tabor several organizations gathered to improve the quality of life in the area. They all work in the field of art and culture and together with local community they represent an important factor of urban regeneration of this part of the city. Tabor is a neighbourhood with a central position in [...]

To further the ideas and work of Jane Jacobs, a key figure of the 20th century urbanism, every year in the month of May the walks in the cities all over the world are organized to promote walking as a means of transport and to bring life back to the streets. In 2011 the Institute [...]

The process of suburbanization in Trieste taking place over the last few decades, has strengthened after Slovenia has entered the European Union, and especially after it has also joined the Schengen border regime. The trend of Ljubljana residents buying second homes in the Karst region was thus followed by the increased demand for land and [...]