2021-03-31
A'DAM - BRUSSELS - More and more people are moving to the city, but what does the future of these growing cities look like? Thanks to Journalismfund.eu’s LOCAL grant programme, two media organisations (BRUZZ from Brussels and AT5 from Amsterdam) have teamed up for the first time to investigate the two cities. In a five-part series of videos and articles, the two city media delved into the crucial challenges for the city of tomorrow: mobility, housing, waste, tourism and language.
How will we move through our cities in 2040 and what place will the car have? Where will all these new city dwellers live and how do we keep a home in the city affordable? What are sustainable solutions for our urban waste and the litter on our streets? How can we prevent the flow of tourists from becoming a nuisance that dominates entire neighbourhoods? Last but not least, how should cities deal with the growth of English and dozens of other languages that the increasingly diverse population brings to the city?
In their tour of the two cities, BRUZZ and AT5 look for the lessons that Brussels and Amsterdam, two cities of comparable size, can learn from each other. They do so by talking to residents, policymakers and experts, but also to visionaries who focus on the city of 2040.
Photo: Luuk Koenen
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Journalismfund.eu’s LOCAL pilot grant programme strengthens local cross-border independent and investigative journalism by making citizens more aware of local – and interrelated and global – issues. Today local journalism is more than necessary to empower citizens with an international outlook. This pilot aims to establish a European network of local (investigative) journalists by enhancing them to do more of these types of collaborations in the future.
Supported
A grant of €22,500 was allocated on 10/11/2020ID
LOCAL/2020/001Grant
ONLINE:
- BRUZZ en Amsterdamse AT5 gaan op zoek naar 'De Stad van de Toekomst' - BRUZZ.be, 31/03/2021;
- AT5 en Bruzz gaan samen op zoek naar de stad van de toekomst - AT5, 18/04/2021
VIDEO EPISODES:
- De Stad van de Toekomst deel 1: hoe bouwen we een leefbare en betaalbare stad? - AT5 (1st episode), 20/04/2021;
- Wonen: hoe bouwen Amsterdam en Brussel aan een leefbare en betaalbare stad? - BRUZZ.be (1st episode), 20/04/2021;
- Stad van de Toekomst deel 2: auto's temmen in Brussel en Amsterdam - AT5 (2nd episode), 25/04/2021;
- Mobiliteit: auto’s temmen in Brussel en Amsterdam - BRUZZ.be (2nd episode), 27/04/2021;
- Stad van de Toekomst deel 3: "Wie zich thuis voelt, vervuilt niet" - AT5 (3rd episode), 2/05/2021;
- Hoe krijgen we Brussel en Amsterdam proper? ‘Wie zich thuis voelt, vervuilt niet’ - BRUZZ.be (3rd episode), 3/05/2021;
- Stad van de toekomst deel 4: Hoe vind je miljoenen 'goede' toeristen? - AT5 (4th episode), 9/05/2021
- Toerisme: hoe vermijd je dat de stad een pretpark wordt? - BRUZZ.be (4th episode), 11/05/2021;
- Stad van de Toekomst deel 5: meertaligheid wordt de norm - AT5 (5th episode), 16/05/2021
- Brussel én Amsterdam: ‘De toekomst is meertalig - BRUZZ.be (5th episode), 18/05/2021
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