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Published on 17 March 2022

Improving urban planning thanks to Superblocks

Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 17.3.2022 - To meet the challenges in cities related to climate change and increasing urbanization, new approaches to transforming urban space are needed. One possibility are so-called Superblocks, large-scale city blocks with little or even no motorized through traffic inside them. An Empa study has analyzed the potential of different cities to be redesigned according to this principle.