PRIMUS/Informed Cities: Making research work for local sustainability

The final report of a three year European Commission FP7 project

Final Project report: PRIMUS/Informed Cities: Making research Work for Sustainability

This publication has been prepared in the framework of the Informed Cities Initiative and is one of the outcomes of the EU FP7 Research Project PRIMUS (Policies and Research for an Integrated Management of Urban Sustainability), May 2009 to April 2012

Ensuring Quality of Life in Europe's Cities and Towns - Tackling the Environmental Challenges Driven by European and Global Change

This report highlights the connections between the different dimensions of quality of life and analyzes the inherent causal relationships. These range from clear linkages such as the health benefits of green open space for urban populations to less evident relationships such as the way that individual choice of housing has environmental impacts that affect quality of life. In this way, the report addresses the sustainable design and development of Europe's cities, perceiving environmental quality as a fundamental building block of social well-being and urban quality of life.JRC.H.7-Land management and natural hazard