A little background… One of the main aims of the Urban Agenda for the EU is to improve the knowledge base and the collection of comparable and reliable data on urban development issues – this would in turn facilitate the monitoring and benchmarking of European cities, and foster the engagement of citizens in urban related […]
Posts Tagged ‘Indicators’
Measuring the URBACT Interference Effect
What does what we discussed in last tuesday’s post: Indicators – Curse or Blessing? tell us about urban policies? First, that framing the objective is the key to good implementation. When we frame the objective in terms of being healthy we open up more options than when we focus on measuring losing weight. Second, that […]
Indicators, Curse or Blessing? Part I
What is it about indicators that makes people wince when you mention the term and opt for root canal treatment in preference? Why is measurement so unpopular? Is it psychological because they are so binary, you either achieve or fail? Is it because they box you in and pin you down? Indicators are beloved of technocrats because […]
Authors
Aidan Cerar
Aldo Vargas
Alice Ferguson
Alina Andreea Băileşteanu
Alison Partridge
Amy Labarrière
Ana Resende
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