Climate Alliance
Case Studies - Urban Development
Measures with examples in the field of Urban Development
A) Definition of an overall planning strategy
Viernheim, Germany: Urban Development and Energy Policy (EN)
B) Establishment of structures for cooperative planning
Aalborg, Denmark: Environmental plan and management agreements (EN)
Klagenfurt, Austria: Ecosystem City (EN)
Freiburg, Germany: Vauban - Forum of the city district inhabitants (EN) (DE)
Leicester, United Kingdom: The environment city project (EN)
C) Definition of visions for a sustainable development of urban areas
Info: Urban Habitats by the Center for Urban Restoration Ecology (CURE)
Varna, Bulgaria: Urban Renewal and Reconstruction of Social Housing (EN)
D) Installation of energy efficiency as a basic principle in urban planning
Viernheim, Germany: Urban Development and Energy Policy (EN)
Freiburg, Germany: Vauban - Low Energy City District. (DE) (EN)
E) Assignment of a firm place to renewable energy sources (RES) in urban planning
Barcelona, Spain: Solar Thermal Ordinance (EN; case study available in englisch, español, francais and polski; Barcelona Energy Agency: EN, ES, Ca)
Malmö, Sweden: CTO Award 2000 - Grand Prize (EN)
Bruck an der Leitha, Austria: Energy Park (DE)
F) Reducing transport demand by sustainable land use planning
Flemish Region, Belgium: Carrying out an integrated approach for the local mobility problems (EN)
Freiburg: Sustainable Model City District Vauban (EN)
Geneva, Switzerland, Eaux-Vives: Improvement of travel safety and of the quality of public spaces (EN)
Groningen, Netherlands: Setting up Permanent Measures for Sustainable Transport (EN)
Koprivnica, Croatia: Enlargement of a pedestrian zone (EN)
Nuernberg, Germany: Car-free living in a large scale estate (EN)
Paris, France: green neighbourhoods (EN)
Vienna, Austria: Car free residential area (EN)
Zurich, Switzerland: Sustainable Mobility Strategy (EN)
G) Stimulating the development of sustainable business
Gothenburg, Sweden: Environmentally friendly product development in the chemical sector (EN)
Graz, Austria: Cleaner production programme ECOPROFIT (EN)
Herning and Ikast, Denmark: 2 cities for a sustainable industrial park (EN)
Storstroem County, Denmark: The Green Business Development programme (EN)
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
H) Development of a local strategy for sustainable tourism
Birmingham, United Kingdom: Marketing Birmingham (EN; Promoting sustainable tourism - beacon case studies, pdf (300 KB)
Werfenweg and Bad Hofgastein, Austria: Car free tourism resorts (EN)
J) Minimising the environmental impacts of tourism
Werfenweg and Bad Hofgastein, Austria: Car free Tourism Resorts - soft mobility (EN)
Chepelare, Bulgaria: Ski centre comprehensive musterplan (EN)
Rimini, Italy: local plan for sustainable tourism (EN/IT)
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