the melbourne principles

• Provide a long-term vision for cities based on: sustainability; intergenerational, social, economic, physical and political equity; and their individuality.
• Achieve long-term economic, environmental and social security.
• Recognise the intrinsic value of biodiversity and natural ecosystems, and protect and restore them.
• Enable communities, government and business to minimise their ecological footprint.
• Build on the characteristics of ecosystems in the development and nurturing of healthy and sustainable cities.
• Recognise and build on the distinctive characteristics of cities, including their human and cultural values, history and natural systems.
• Empower people and foster participation.
• Expand and enable cooperative networks to work towards a common, sustainable future.
• Promote sustainable production and consumption, through appropriate use of environmentally sound technologies and effective demand management.
• Enable continual improvement, based on accountability, transparency and good governance.

for more details:

www.iclei.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/ANZ/WhatWeDo/TBL/Melbourne_Principles.pdf

www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/rsrc/PDFs/MelbournePrinciples/MelbourneprinciplesEnglish.pdf