The URBACT II Programme 2007 - 2013 - Lublin

Final Application Form TN URBACT II
well as in support of actions from private stakeholders.
Lublin will contribute to the project with its profound experience
with involving the local community.
PP7 Poitiers Poitiers has a highly sophisticated economy and a famous university.
The close by science, technology and entertainment park ‘Futuroscope’
atracts 1.5 Mio. visitors/ year. These conditions result
in a low unemployment rate. Despite the economic success, the
maintenance of the cultural heritage and turning it into a stronger
economic asset could be improved.
Concerning “visual integrity” the main chalenges are:
To integrate contemporary architecture without harming the historic,
spatial and townscape characteristics.
Concerning “Integrated revitalisation/ balancing the needs” the
main challenges are:
To promote and provide multimodal, alternative public transport
in the historic centre (mobility);
To improve the accessibility for handicapped and make them
able to experience the cultural heritage;
To develop long-term cooperation between stakeholders and involve
them, in particular property owners, in support of the further
development of the historic urban landscape;
To maintain the level of economic activities in the historic centre;
To keep the historic centre alive;
To prevent the historic centre from gentrifying;
To present the historic urban landscape in a new way to inhabitants
and tourists.
To attract more tourism to the historic centre and prolong their
stay by linking the historic centre with the ‘Futuroscope’ park
and natural attraction of the surrounding;
To better manage the historic urban landscape and its development;
To reduce the CO2 emission of the historic centre e.g. through
improvement of the energy efficiency of historic buildings.
Poitiers will contribute its profound experience within:
Lighting concepts to present historic monuments in a new way;
Improving accessibility and the experience of the historic urban
landscape for handicapped people (also blind ones);
Providing social housing to secure social mixture in the historic
centre;
Involving the local community;
Funding program for private owners to rehabilitate their buildings,
preserving the cultural value.
PP8 Valencia In Valencia historic neighbourhoods suffered for years serious degradation,
resulting in the decline of its resident population. Within
the historic centre the situation could be improved considerably
(80-90% is rehabilitated), but other historic neighbourhoods outside
the historic centre are still in need of an adequate revitalisa-
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