SPARTACUS
The Objectives
Objectives
The general goal of this project was to develop and pilot the use of a comprehensive analytical framework with a sound and theoretically consistent basis for building and evaluating long term strategies for sustainable urban development especially in Europe. The key objectives were:
To design and specify a system for analysing and providing forecasts of the interactions between land use, transport, economy, the environment and social factors and forecasting these into the future.
To identify, on the basis of European initiatives and guidelines, a set of key policy actions which can be translated into development strategies and tested in the pilot city applications (Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Bilbao and Naples).
To develop strategies for urban sustainability by using combinations of land use, transport and environmental policy instruments (regulation, pricing and investment).
To simulate and assess the long term effects of introducing these policy actions in each of the selected pilot cities, and to compare and explain any differences in the results attained.
To specify common sets of policy actions that are economically, environmentally and socially sound and viable, and that could be used successfully in other cities within the Union that have similar sustainability problems.
To give general recommendations and to disseminate the results in an effective way.
These objectives have been fulfilled. The dissemination and exploitation process will continue.