Connecting urban and renewal: Final report of the Sustainable Urban Fringes (SURF) Project

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Posted on: 19 March 2013
By: mackene
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The Sustainable Urban Fringes (SURF) project has published its findings after 3 years of research. The conducted research is informed by practical projects demonstrating how the urban fringe (outskirts urban land) can make a real contribution to sustainable development in our city regions. The project is part of the Interreg IVB North Sea Region Programme and partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund. In total, 13 project partners from 5 countries worked together, exchanging knowledge on the effective management and development of the urban fringe. The findings highlight the need for specific policy to address urban fringe development and management; acknowledging the positive economic, social and environmental potential of these areas where urban meets rural. The report sets out a series of local, regional and European policy recommendations that seek to make positive changes to the urban fringe, recognizing how they can add value to the quality of life in urban and rural areas. The project also revealed effective approaches and practices which allow urban fringe areas to be developed and efficiently managed. Soft governance approaches proved to be successful enablers for urban fringe projects.

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