Creative Danube
Challenges and opportunities of living in shrinking and peripheral cities
DANURB+ Section 3_ Regional Conference and Stakeholders Workshop
Bucharest and Ruse, 10-11 March 2022
THEMATIC SECTIONS
SMART NETWORKS
POTENTIAL OF SHRINKING
HERITAGE AS TOOL
PEOPLE MAKE PLACES
SMART NETWORKS: in search for a sustainable and smart mobility along and across Danube. Creative solutions of urban and regional accessibility and connectivity in peripheral areas. Competitivity through connectivity.
Chair: Mihaela Negulescu PhD Arch. Assoc. Prof. (UAUIM, RO)
POTENTIAL OF SHRINKING: the challenge of uncertainty. The transformation potential of modern / industrial ruins and of abandoned places. The value of slow (urban) life and sustainable growth of small/ medium cities.
Chair: Georgi Georgiev, CIHCM, ACE PhD Arch Prof. ( NBU, BG)
HERITAGE AS TOOL: Connecting the local heritage and historic/ archeological values into a common vision. Unseen heritage of peripheral / rural landscapes, intangible heritage values to be creatively re-discovered, promoted, and integrated into a regional network of Danube.
Chair: Mihaela Hărmănescu PhD Arch. Assoc. Prof. (UAUIM, RO)
PEOPLE MAKE PLACES: effective local co-operation. Interferences of private/ public initiatives, trans/multidisciplinary approaches. Art as a tool for enhancing touristic attractivity and cultural life of Danubian shrinking cities. Cross-generational appropriation of places and spaces.
Chair: Angelica Stan PhD Arch.Assoc. Prof. (UAUIM, RO)