As one prominent Canadian journalist put it, cities that have experienced a large influx of refugees can be “where the new creative and commercial class will be born, or where the next wave of tension and violence will erupt.” Germany wants to make sure it’s not the latter. In a new publication for the 2016 Venice Biennale, leading German architects, urban planners, and sociologists have created an outline for how the country can best integrate refugees into cities. See here the details of Germany’s pro-refugee urban-planning experiment.
Germany’s plans for the successful integration of refugees
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