Measuring urban sustainability

摘要

At this informal meeting, France presented a prototype of a tool to measure the sustainability of cities based on a range of criteria - some of which are still to be defined. These include the attention given to less favoured neighbourhoods, the integrated nature of strategies implemented, economic, social, environmental factors, and so on. The project will result in the definition of a "European reference framework," the ambition of which is to help cities - especially small andrnmid-sized cities - to develop better integrated and more sustainable urban development strategies. France was mandated, in late 2008, to head a European task force on this subject.