{"id":8153,"date":"2012-03-12T13:19:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T17:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=8153"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:26:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:26:29","slug":"urban-planet-the-urban-genome-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/03\/12\/urban-planet-the-urban-genome-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: The Urban Genome Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gCaLinpxfIQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=25153\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the video above, Urve Tiidus, mayor of the city of Kuressaare, Estonia, speaks of city&#8217;s challenge to retain young people. Imagine if she could connect with the hundreds of other small cities facing this challenge and better yet, tap into a network of relevant solutions.\u00a0Curated by Joseph Grima and Pedro Reyes, the <a href=\"http:\/\/urbangenomeproject.org\/\">Urban Genome Project<\/a> attempts to &#8220;map the code on which cities are written&#8221;. The website catalogues interviews with supermayors, policy makers and strategic agents.\u00a0\u00a0The result is both poignant pictures of the triumphs of cities around the world and a growing pool of knowledge for the urban challenges of the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p><em>Video from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/urbangenomeproject.org\">Urban Genome Project<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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