Urban Releaf

In Athens, DAEM is leading the Urban ReLeaf pilot activities and is collaborating with ICCS in order to understand how heat stress affects people across the city. For this citizen science campaign, DAEM onboarded the Department of…

What is the Urban ReLeaf Accelerator Programme? The Urban ReLeaf Accelerator Programme is a structured capacity-building and replication initiative that helps cities harness the power of citizen…

The summer campaign, ‘Take a step towards a greener city’, was a living experiment, combining insights from social science, heat island research, and the importance of…

Building on the success of the Greenspace Perceptions Campaign, which gathered over 1,500 citizen contributions on comfort in urban parks, phase two of the Heat Stress…

How can we best understand the future of the spaces and places we are shaping? Where can we look for ideas, insights, and knowledge?  These…

‘Green Neighbourhood, Cool Neighbourhood’ is more than just measuring . Throughout the summer, over 100 residents from the Utrecht neighbourhoods of Ondiep, Zuilen, Rivierenwijk, and Kanaleneiland…

Utrecht is experiencing hotter, drier summers due to climate change, but not everyone has access to cool, green spaces. This puts vulnerable populations at greater…

Als heißeste Großstadt Deutschlands hat Mannheim beschlossen, die Problematik der Hitzeinseln und der steigenden Temperaturen direkt anzugehen! Dazu hat die Stadt in Anlehnung an den…

Athens is facing a growing problem of heat stress caused by more frequent and intense heat waves. This presents a significant challenge for the city…