Brussels, a sustainable city

Brussels, a sustainable city
I. Observations
1. A layout inherited from the modernist era
2. A versatile but energy-wasting stock of housing and buildings
3. Compartmentalised city governance
4. Strong local and multicultural dynamics
5. A remarkable rail and harbour potential
6. Wastelands and property reserves for exemplary projects
II. Questions-issues
1. How can a green mobility structure be made efficient?
2. How can the transformation of the city's housing and building stock be sped up
to minimise its environmental impact?
3. How can the autonomous sphere be promoted?
4. How can comprehensive management and planning tools be developed?
5. What place does nature have in the city?
6. How can the city's metabolism be changed?
III. Policy options
1. A sustainable spatial armature
2. Changing Brussels's urban metabolism to reduce its ecological footprint
3. Designing green buildings
4. Setting up sustainable governance

Publication year:2009

Keywords:Brussels, Sustainable city