1. Overview and comparison of the four Working Groups

1.1 Definitions and visions of sustainability 

1.1.1 Urban Design 

1.1.2 Urban Construction 

1.1.3 Urban Transport 

1.1.4 Urban Management 

1.2 Problems and trends 

1.2.1 Urban Design 

1.2.2 Urban Construction 

1.2.3 Urabn Transport 

1.2.4 Urban Management 

1.3 State of the art / best (good) practices 

1.3.1 Urban Design 

1.3.2 Urban Construction 

1.3.3 Urban Transport 

1.3.4 Urban Management 

1.4 Barriers 

1.4.1 Urban Design 

1.4.2 Urban Construction 

1.4.3 Urban Transport 

1.4.4 Urban Management 

1.5 Recommendations (general) 

1.5.1 Urban Design 

1.5.2 Urban Construction 

1.5.3 Urban Transport 

1.5.4 Urban Management 

1.6 Recommendations (EU / EC) 

1.6.1 Urban Design 

1.6.2 Urban Construction 

1.6.3 Urban Transport 

1.6.4 Urban Management 

1.7 Indicators, targets and monitoring 

1.7.1 Urban Design 

1.7.2 Urban Construction 

1.7.3 Urban Transport 

1.7.4 Urban Management 

1.8 EU / EC and other international programmes, policies and initiatives 

1.8.1 Urban Design 

1.8.2 Urban Construction 

1.8.3 Urban Transport 

1.8.4 Urban Management 

2. Overview and comparison of the candidate countries 

2.1 Problem areas and barriers in candidate countries 

2.2 Good practice in urban development 

2.2.1 Good practice – abstracts 

2.2.2 Good practice in urban development – overview and analysis 

3. EU programmes and approaches 

3.1 EU-wide programmes and initiatives 

3.1.1 ESDP – European Spatial Development Perspective 

3.1.2 EU programmes and initiatives 

3.1.3 Some considerations 

3.2 Communication "Towards a thematic strategy on the urban environment" 

3.2.1 The Communication 

3.2.2 Some considerations 

4. Recommendations: fields of action, approaches, key instruments
and tools 

4.1 Generic reflections and recommendations 

4.2 Recommendations on the four priority themes 

4.2.1 Sustainable urban management 

4.2.2 Sustainable urban transport 

4.2.3 Sustainable urban design 

4.2.4 Sustainable construction methods and techniques 

4.3 Supplement: large prefabricated housing estates as a 'special problem'
in the candidate countries 

List of general sources and literature 2

Good practice in urban development (18 case studies and overviews) 3

Resource persons and institutions 70

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