Ensuring quality of life in Europe's cities and towns - New Bridges

Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements........................................................................................ 4
Preface.......................................................................................................... 5
What is this report about?............................................................................. 6
1 Quality of life in European cities and towns............................................... 8
1.1 Quality of life — the urban crossroads of all policies...................................8
1.2 Quality of life — visions or preferences?................................................. 10
1.3 Health, environment and social equity: basic quality of life indicators ........ 13
1.4 Cities and towns determine Europe's quality of life .................................. 19
1.5 EU and urban policies interaction........................................................... 20
2 Quality of life and drivers of change........................................................ 26
2.1 Demographic changes.......................................................................... 26
2.2 Consumption and urban lifestyles.......................................................... 34
2.3 Urbanisation....................................................................................... 43
2.4 Air pollution and noise ......................................................................... 56
2.5 Climate change .................................................................................. 67
2.6 Cohesion policy .................................................................................. 78
3 Towards integrated urban management.................................................. 89
3.1 EU and cities partnership...................................................................... 89
3.2 Integration gaps.................................................................................. 90
3.3 Barriers ............................................................................................. 90
3.4 Integrated urban management defined................................................... 93
3.5 Steps towards implementation ............................................................. 95
4 Summary and conclusions..................................................................... 102
References................................................................................................. 104
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