A Guide for Sustainable Urban Development of the 21st Century

Delivering Effective Urban Managementincluding waste, energy, water, streets, building and transportationmanagement. Strengthen management systems for land management.option 2Utilize goals to measure and manage sustainability performance indicators forareas including waste, water, energy, health, transportation, local food, parksand open space, citizen engagement and other categories chosen by citizensand government. Deploy strategic tools such as scorecards, maps anddashboards to make results easy to understand and act upon.Strategy 5: Create transparent and engaged sustainability programmes andcommunicationsPOLICY OPTIONSoption 1option 2Publish, publicize and make available sustainability planning sessions andresulting plans, documents and milestones. Update plans and processesthrough meetings, online publications and announcements. Consider engagingstakeholders through a participatory budgeting process.Utilize public events, campaigns, and tools, including social media, to inspirecitizens and businesses to contribute ideas, observations and personalinnovation both to city officials and directly to one another.Strategy 6: Develop natural disaster risk assessment and management capabilitiesPOLICY OPTIONSoption 1Perform natural disaster risk assessment and put in place city plans to respondeffectively to higher probability risks as they occur.38