The Future of Circular Cities?!

Planning for sustainable and inclusive communities

authored by

Lena Greinke, Linda Lange, Loukas Triantis

Abstract

European cities such as Thessaloniki and Hanover are facing major transformations and continue to experience increasing challenges today, such as the Covid-19 pandemic or the financial crisis. While there are many common denominators in the challenges faced by European cities, there are also differences and local specificities. Various threats have intensified structural upheavals and impacted various sectors, such as health, retail, labour and mobility. Meanwhile, the challenges themselves grow ever more acute.

This publication comprises the results of the Thessaloniki Summer School 2024 that focused on ‘Thessaloniki as Circular City?!’ and the discussions held there on planning for sustainable and inclusive communities. The Summer School is a central cornerstone of the university partnership for joint educational and research activities between the Leibniz University of Hanover (The Faculty of Architecture and Landscape and The Institute of Environmental Planning) and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – AUTh (The Faculty of Engineering and The School of Architecture). It is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) as part of the ‘Centres of the Future’ (FutureCentres) project.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Environmental Planning
Spatial Planning and Regional Development

External Organisation(s)

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th.)

Type

Anthology

No. of pages

172

Publication date

2025

Publication status

Published

Research Area (based on ÖFOS 2012)

Urbanism, Sustainable urban development, Spatial research, Urban planning

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.15488/18212 (Access: Open)