Neighborhood sustainability indicator project

Urbaria initiated a research project in May 2023 on indicators of social, ecological, and economic sustainability at a neighborhood level, resulting in the open-access publication Towards more Sustainable Residential Areas: Indicators of Neighbourhood and Block Sustainability. The book brings together contributions from 34 leading Finnish professors and researchers across diverse disciplines to explore sustainability at the local scale. Its objectives are to compile local sustainability indicators, encourage interdisciplinary dialogue, and share knowledge to support collaboration initiatives.

Based on this work, Urbaria is now actively seeking to get cities and municipalities to utilize these indicators in practice to improve residential areas and guide more sustainable urban development.