An integrated planning tool for sustainable cities

Nowadays cities are seen as motors for the sustainable development of European regions and are thus of crucial importance for the future of Europe as a whole. Management of complex systems such as cities requires the use of innovative, sophisticated planning tools that can assist in monitoring current conditions and projecting future developments. In this paper an integrated approach is proposed towards the development and implementation of a generic city planning framework that in principle can be applied to any city. The proposed city planning framework is a combination of an information system and a dynamic model, which enables the instrument to be used in both strategic and operational manners.