SCATTER - Sprawling Cities And Transport: from Evaluation to Recommendations
Overview
Background & policy context:
SCATTER tackles the issue of urban sprawl, in particular in the context of cities implementing new suburban public transport services. Urban sprawl is one of the major challenges that European metropolitan areas are facing and will have to face in the next decades, together with congestion, emissions, and preserving or enhancing the quality of life of their inhabitants.
It lies at the crossing of highly topical issues:
- urban governance,
- environmental concerns (emissions, biodiversity, etc),
- quality of life of the inhabitants of the urban areas.
Objectives:
The objectives of SCATTER were to analyse the mechanisms and effects of urban sprawl, to evaluate measures aiming to control or reduce sprawl, and to provide policy recommendations to cities, in particular in the context of cities implementing new suburban public transport services.
Methodology:
To reach its objectives, SCATTER has achieved various tasks: statistical analysis with original indicators, interviews of local authorities, interviews of US experts, review of policies in a dozen of cities, analysis of mechanisms of inter-institutional cooperation, simulations of policies and impact assessment.
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