Visionary and Practical Concepts – Preliminary Examples of a system approach

A central dimension of sustainable urban development is to promote a planning process based on an open, creative and constructive communication and cooperation between decision-makers, experts and citizens. It is very important that the participatory process has a broad arena aiming at cross-cutting strategies and projects regarding all these factors:

• INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS
• CAPACITY BUILDING
• PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION
• REGULATORY REVIEWS OF FRAMEWORK AND MEANS OF ENFORCEMENT
• INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
• PARTNERSHIPS
• LONG-TERM INTEGRATED PLANNING