NEW URBAN LANDSCAPES

Regenerating Cities • Revealing Opportunities

With nearly 70% of the global population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, our cities are facing unprecedented challenges; from resource depletion and climate impacts to deepening social inequalities.

To meet these challenges, we need a new urban vision:
- circular and resource-wise,
- inclusive and just,
- focused on closing material loops, reducing waste, restoring ecosystems, and building resilience.

This is the perspective we’ll bring from our Built Environment Thematic Area to the New Urban Landscape Conference, organised by BALA and IFLA Europe, in collaboration with Brussels Environment and the New European Bauhaus.

We’re excited to exchange with landscape architects, urban designers, and planners to explore innovative solutions already emerging in Belgium and beyond; and to reflect on how we can scale them for thriving, sustainable cities.