Sustainable Cities™

We aim to inspire and engage in conversations about sustainable cities with people, communities and organizations from all over the world. We collect and disseminate knowledge in order to help people and cities become more sustainable in future. 

Combined park and water-collecting reservoir in Leidsche Reijn, Utrecht. Photo: Søren Smidt-Jensen

Sustainable Cities™: Best practice database

Sustainable Cities™ is a database providing knowledge and inspiration on the sustainable planning of cities and best practise cases from Danish and international cities. The database was launched at the 11th International Architecture Biennale in Venice in September 2008.

The aim of Sustainable Cities™ is to inspire politicians, architects, city planners, businesses, NGO’s and citizens all over the world to learn from each other and to collaborate with each other to transform the worlds less sustainable cities into the more sustainable cities of future.

Sustainable Cities™ collects and disseminates knowledge on cases and initiatives from cities all over the world. You will find inspiration in twelve categories; Energy, transport, water, food, waste, green, social, buildings, masterplans, education, economy and health.

Read the cases, dive into learning points, study the facts, learn from the experts and watch images and films. New cases and blogs are continuously posted on the site.

The development of the Sustainable Cities™ database was sponsored by Realdania. Today the operation of the database is financed by Danish Architecture Centre (DAC).
 

Where To find us


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Sustainable Cities™
Dansk Arkitektur Center‎
Strandgade 27 B
1401 København K
Phone: +45 3257 1930
E-mail: ssj@dac.dk


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Case: Porto Alegre - Engaging citizens in city budgeting

Participatory budgeting has functioned as a school of democracy to create a better quality of life in Porto Alegre.

Fact/Quote

Carrier bikes are very popular in Copenhagen. 6 % of all households own a carrier bike, 22 % of these use it as a substitute for a car. 25 % of all families with 2 children living at home own a carrier bike.
Copenhagen Municipality (2009)

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