Urbanisation is a global trend. The world’s population is moving off the land into the cities, which are growing ever more rapidly and becoming ever more cosmopolitan as a result of global migration flows. The prevailing urban movement is conspicuous even in Switzerland. Urban life is very much in evidence in neighbourhoods containing a variety of socio-cultural and economic structures. Under the twin banners of “neighbourhood revitalisation” and “neighbourhood management”, locally focused social work approaches have been enjoying an upturn in the last ten years. The revitalisation of disadvantaged urban districts is being tackled using a range of community development initiatives.
| Gruppe 7a (EN/FR) | How do people from a conflict area experience acculturation while in the UK: Case study of Palestinian people in London | Ihsan Abushowayb | Great Britain | |||
| Développement de quartier dans la ville Schaffhouse | Olaf Wolter, Urs Capaul, Monika Wirz | Switzerland | ||||
| Nouvelles pratiques d'organisation communautaire et intervention sociale de quartier | Evelyne Baillergeau | Canada | ||||
| The BaBeL Project, New approaches for participation and cooperation in precarious neighbourhoods | Alex Willener | Switzerland | ||||
| Gruppe 7b (EN) | Youth entertainment and social inclusion politics | Luiz Henrique Nunes Bahia, Maria Cristina Leal | Brasil | |||
| Neighbourhood Planning & Service Delivery in Aberdeen | Kath Beveridge, Dave Valentine | Great Britain | ||||
| Changes and Challenges in the "Schilderswijk". Revitalisation in a Dutch neighbourhood. | Rudy van den Hoven | Holland | ||||
| The Zurich Friesenberg Community in Active Relationship to Global Development | Umberto Blumati | Switzerland | ||||
| Gruppe 7c (EN) | The squatter projects in Barcelona like spaces of social creativity | Marta Llobet Estany | Spain | |||
| An urban renewal attempt in a "globalizing" city, Istanbul: From Karaköy Harbor to Galataport | Asil Ögüt Erbil, Tansel Erbil | Turkey | ||||
| "It ain't Disneyland" - Connections and disconnection's in participation, partnership and community engagement | Guy Stevenson | |||||
| Participatory district development Winterthur-Töss | Hans-Peter Hongler | Switzerland | ||||