URBAN DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY Final Report of the Working Group on Urban Design for Sustainability to the European Union Expert Group on the Urban Environment
23 January 2004

Contents: Summary Main report: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A. B. C. D. E. F. G.

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Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………… 7 The issues……………………………………………………………………………………. 10 Developing the vision……………………………………………………………………….. 18 The obstacles………………………………………………………………………………… 41 Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………… 43 National reporting framework Expert contributions National reports (Austria, Spain, Finland, Slovakia) National good practices (Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Netherlands, France) List of Working Group participants Minutes of the meetings Terms of Reference

Annexes

This report was commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Division V/5 Transport, Mobility, Human Settlements and Noise, under the coordination of Mr Robert Thaler and Mrs Gabriele Langschwert. The report is the output of the Expert Working Group on Urban Design for Sustainability, reporting to the European Expert Group on the Urban Environment and Environment Directorate of The European Commission to inform the European Union's Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment. The Working Group was chaired by Gabriele Langschwert, on behalf of the Government of Austria, and cochaired by Marta García Nart, of the Ministry of Development, for the Government of Spain, and Matti Vatilo, of the Ministry of the Environment for the Government of Finland. The three governments funded the inputs of consultants to this report. The Working Group employed a particular approach in drawing up this report. It encompassed the contributions of the experts from a number of different European countries, including contributions by officials representing different directorates of the European Commission. It also drew substantially on national good practice inputs from a