This communication examines possibilities for improving urban development and for increasing the effectiveness of existing Community intervention in urban areas. It is structured into four parts. The first part sets out the key challenges wich affect all cities to a greater or lesser degree. The second part takes stock of existing EU  policies wich hace an impact on cites. The third part proposes some directions for future actions and the approach wich urban policy in Europe could take as a starting point for debate. Finally, fourth part proposes a folllow-up of this communication.

El Marco de Actuación de la UE para un desarrollo urbano sostenible va dirigido a coordinar y mejorar la intervención comunitaria en los problemas urbanos y se organiza en cuatro objetivos de actuación independientes: Acrecentar la prosperidad económicas y el empleo de pequeñas y grandes ciudades. Fomentar la igualdad, la integración socialy la regeneración de las zonas urbanas. Proteger y mejorar el medio ambiente urbano. Contribuir a un buen gobierno urbano y la participación ciudadana.
Organismo promotor:COMISIÓN EUROPEA
 

Informe asesor del Grupo de Expertos de la UE sobre el medio ambiente urbano a la Comisión Europea.
Organismo promotor:COMISIÓN EUROPEA
 

There are serious pressures that contributes to significant effects on the environment: poor air quality, traffic volumnes and congestion, high leves of ambient noise and high levels of greenhouse emissions. The Commision´s Thematic Strategy on the urban environment (2006) stressed that urban mobility contributes significantly to these pressures. That is why  it strongly recommend the development and implementation of Sustainable Urban Transport Plans and proposed that guidance be prepared to help local authorities in this respect.
Organismo promotor:COMISIÓN EUROPEA