Sustainable development in the Mid Nordic
regional capitals - reporting and measuring the
state of the environment
An aim of this report was to collect information on recent environmental programs, environmental strategies, local agenda 21 processes and environmental
monitoring in the main cities of Mid Nordic region.
The cities that are included in the study are Mikkeli, Jyväskylä, Seinäjoki ja Vaasa from Finland; Härnösand, Sundsvall and Östersund from Sweden;
and Trondheim and Steinkjer from Norway.

In addition, an aim was to find examples of best practices in municipal environmental reporting. The environmental performance of cities was compared
with the help of a set of indicators. An aim was also to produce preliminary information for
MidNordic Strategy and for the network of MidNordic capital cities (URBNET).

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