to develop a HOLISTIC CONCEPT FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT primarily based on experiences and best-practice. All aspects of sustainability should be considered. Objectives for each aspect should be fulfilled at the same time as each aspect contributes to the entirety in a well-balanced and harmonic way.
to use an INTEGRATED APPROACH where different fields of actions will be coordinated and combined in an optimal way. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES AND ACTIONS will be used as tools to create integrated concepts, ideas, strategies and practical solutions. Examples of such activities are urban governance, urban planning, education, IT-concepts and citizen participation.
to put special focus on how urban planning may be used as a framework for developing SYNERGIES between different fields of actions and activities. Urban planning has the potential to be used as a platform for BROAD SYSTEMS APPROACH whereby different services and products will be combined.
to develop a concept which may be adapted to different development levels of cities and towns as well as different planning situations, for example PLANNING OF NEW TOWNS AND RENEWAL OF EXISTING CITIES/TOWNS.
to develop a concept which could promote the development of INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND CO-OPERATION among public authorities on all levels, private industry and research institutions in finding sustainable solutions in an urban context.
to ATTRACT AND INSPIRE decision-makers and citizens in developed and developing countries as well as representatives for international organisations by focusing on the sustainable city in a global context.
