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Recommendations on STRATEGIC urban planning PRACTICES to implement urban sustainability
POLICIES

STRATEGY Facilitate resilience to climate change
POLICY --To protect and manage the natural and built environment in cities and territories, including
biodiversity, land and natural resources, and to ensure integrated sustainable development and
resilience to climate-related and natural disasters--
PRACTICES Increasing photosynthetic spaces as part of green infrastructure
Improving eco-efficiency
Striving for climate resilient infrastructure
Recommendations on physical urban planning interventions
 Increase the overall green spaces in the city;
 Increase the city’s tree canopy (9m per person);
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 Retrofitting of buildings to make them climate and weather friendly;
 Develop/update and enforce land use plans and zoning ordinances;
 Implement a water harvesting network and reduce reliance on potable water;
 Promote recycling and provide a second life for unused items;
 Green retrofitting as part of buildings’ reimagining programmes;
 Introduce multi-purpose and climate-adaptable buildings;
 Promote climate resilient infrastructure – buildings, roads, and other physical infrastructure;
 Make unused spaces of the city more attractive by converting them into green spaces and equipping them with
mobile facilities.
Recommendations on non-physical urban planning actions
 Detailed implementation plans should be made by prioritising budget allocations.
 Public consultation and citizen engagement actions should be encouraged to raise public awareness about the
impacts of climate change and to co-design implementation plans.
 Increased sense of ownership of urban planning interventions is encouraged by including funding raising
campaigns in the context of public-private funding schemes such as ‘infrastructure foster programs' and crowd-
funding campaigns.

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6 Please note that these values may vary per country

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