Why use a set of tools and techniques?
Tools and techniques aide our thinking and decision-making
Many tools and techniques are available to support activities to manage and improve urban environments. This section exists to provide a few examples, some of which are directly part of the Urban 2.0 toolkit and some of which are made available by others.
Urban 2.0 tools and techniques
Tools to support good risk management and decision-making...
The following tools and techniques may be useful to you (these tools and techniques have been used by the Owner of Urban 2.0 with many teams and organisations):
1. A Risk Management process
2. A Risk Appetite & Tolerance framework
3. Stakeholder Mapping
4. The "Wall of Risk"
5. Prioritisation of Risks / Actions
6. Bowtie Analysis
7. Scenario Analysis
8. Quantitative Decision-making Analysis
9. Counterfactual Analysis
10. Peer to Peer Reviews
Urban 2.0 templates
Templates to support urban analysis and decision-making...
The templates listed below can be used to support various activities undertaken with the Urban 2.0 framework, such as establishing a compelling urban Vision, how to ensure everyone is involved, setting up and running Urban Future Centres, running urban diagnostics, securing the right investment and good governance:
1. The Urban 2.0 system explained
2. Urban Vision templates
3. Urban Charter templates
4. Urban Horizons of Growth
5. Urban Roadmap examples
6. Urban Indicators framework
Examples of other tools and techniques
Below are a small selection of urban tools and techniques that are free to download and use (the website author has no affiliation with any of these tools providers).
The toolkit available in Our City Plans
Our City Plans, which is organised by UN-Habitat, includes a wide range of tools and examples for people to use, including:
1. Urban Finance
2. Community Participation
3. Urban Health
4. Urban Mobility
5. Urban social aspects
6. Climate action
The 8 80 Cities Resource Hub
The 8 80 Cities team publishes a wide range of tools and examples for people to use, including:
1. Open Streets Toolkit
2. Civic Engagement Toolkit
3. The Winter Cities Toolkit
Urban diagnostics
A range of diagnostics tools and supporting guides are available, some of which are summarised on this website.
Learning with UCLG
The Learning with UCLG website offers offers courses and tools developed by the collective intelligence of the UCLG network, supporting local and regional governments' learning and cooperation for sustainable, inclusive and resilient communities.