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City-Port Interface
The City-Port Interface: A Resource for Diverse Development Projects
Developing public spaces and recreational or cultural amenities in City Port interface zones to create an appealing new area.
How can a reason to go and attract more people to an underused area of the port city interface be created by leveraging water as a driver of urban life?
Unlocking recreational potential in underused waterfronts can be done through clearly defined, temporary pilot zones combined with a dual-track strategy: continuously improving the testing facility while simultaneously preparing the pathway toward a permanent solution.
This approach is grounded in bottom-up engagement, where small-scale interventions and strong local stakeholder ownership serve as the primary drivers for long-term transformation and institutional support.
A short timeframe from idea to execution is crucial to keep local actors closely engaged in the process and to create visible results that strengthen mobilisation and local ownership. This methodology was tested in the recreational harbour of Sydhavnen.
The Connected River project is an EU-funded project that aims to boost the capacities of multi-stakeholder ecosystems to deliver services that guarantee the safety, accessibility, and liveability of waterways & waterfronts in the North Sea Region. One of the experiments was led by the municipality of Vordingborg and called the “Social Sauna”.
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