Actualisering visiematrix van de stadsmonitor

Flemish urban policy stimulates cities in their development towards sustainable cities. In doing so, it focuses on the role of the city as a motor for society, a place where innovative solutions are found for social challenges. The goal is a sustainable future for all. The Flemish Government has developed various instruments to achieve these objectives. The City Monitor is one of these instruments. The City Monitor is an instrument for cities and other involved actors. The Monitor describes the developments in 13 Flemish cities. These are the metropolitan areas of Antwerp and Ghent and the district towns of Aalst, Bruges, Genk, Hasselt, Kortrijk, Leuven, Mechelen, Ostende, Roeselare, Sint-Niklaas and Turnhout. So far, there have been 5 editions: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. In the government agreement 2014-2019 the Flemish Government cited the City Monitor as an example for the collection of local policy information for the benchmarking of municipalities. In the policy paper 2014-2019, the Local Government and Cities announce a new edition of the City Monitor concurrent with the municipal elections of 2018. An update of the vision matrix of the City Monitor is part of the preparation for the new edition.

Keywords:URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Disciplines:Urban and regional design, development and planning, Applied economics, Economic history, Macroeconomics and monetary economics, Microeconomics, Tourism