Attending the URBACT City Festival in Wrocław this April? METREX has something extra for you!
The METREX Foresight2049 team is hosting a foresight workshop in Wrocław, and you’re warmly invited to join! The workshop will take place on April 10–11 and will focus on the future of Europe. Participants will be engaged in exploring forward-looking ideas and develop a set of future scenarios. These will help shape and strengthen our…
From Roads to Boulevards published on the Urban Design Journal – Issue 173
The latest Urban Design journal issue 173 – Winter 2025, edited by Jane Manning, publishes the extensive work produced by METREX Expert Group From Roads to Streets since its inception. Guest topic editor Paul Lecroart introduces the work underway across Europe to turn highways into green streets. The articles illustrate the story of eight metropolitan cities…
Insightful reading: The Dutch plan benefit levy
In response to the growing international interest in land policy, this article written by Theo Stauttener, partner at Stadkwadraat, is an excellent reading and topical for the METREX Expert Group on sustainable and Affordable Housing (SAH). “This is a time for fundamental questions. The economy and functioning of the land market leads to the growth…
SURE Expert Group meets in Köln
The first SURE expert group meeting took place on 1 February 2019 hosted by Metropolregion Rheinland. Dr. Peter M.J. Pol, Urban Strategist at the City of The Hague, welcomed representatives from Metropolregion Rheinland, Aachen, Düsseldoft, Brussels, Amsterdam, Eindhoven and The Hague (representing Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag (MRDH)). The meeting commenced with presentations regarding the main…
