About the project

Initial Position

We are becoming an urban species. Since 2007 more than half of the planets inhabitants live in cities. However, the ecological, economic and social outcomes of this growing trend cannot be truly foreseen today. Nevertheless we are beginning to understand that the future of the planet increasingly depends on the future of cities.

Neighbourgood gives answers to the question: "How can residents make their urban neighbourhoods more livable?"

The Book

The book presents a selection of ideas, suggestions and patterns to build and strengthen local communities and to counter the negative aspects of urbanism.

An excerpt, licensed under Creative Commons, can be freely downloaded here: download Neighbourgood sample (pdf).

This is how the current version of 'Neighbourgood' looks:

Local Action

Writing a book about taking action without actually doing so or at least trying to make some experiences yourself is hypocrisy.

Therefore, I engaged in various local activites that try to make neighbourhoods in my town more livable. Among other things, workshops were organised, diy urban furniture was built and lectures were held.

Status Quo

At the moment, the Neighbourgood project happens almost only on the local level of Graz. Only the twitter stream remains a place to go for news and information about international projects & inspirations.

There are bigger plans though. Right now the project is at a crossroad, and its future is uncertain - funding, time and scale are current topics. That's why I created the survey. please help the project and share your opinion. Thanks!

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