Resources & Tools
We have gathered and disseminated insights, tools, and solutions within city housing and planning.
Good Reads
Good Reads
Great Tools
Methods for change
Developed by arki-Lab
arki_lab is an interdisciplinary urban design studio with a strong focus on democratic processes. They uncover local knowledge through engaging tools and turn dreams into urban interventions, design, and strategies. Look into their tools to learn how you can co-create your city.
Social Progress Index
Developed by Social Progress Imperative
The Social Progress Index is a new way to define the success of our societies. It is a comprehensive measure of real quality of life, independent of economic indicators. The Social Progress Index is designed to complement, rather than replace, economic measures such as GDP.
Green Map
Developed by Green Map System
Join hundreds of local Green Mapmakers in 65 countries who are already producing powerful maps and projects using Green Map’s award-winning icons, tools and mapping platform!
IFHP Publications
Get easy access to what others know. In our knowledge bank, you find knowledge pieces and publications written by our knowledgeable staff and members.
For over 100 years, IFHP has created, gathered and disseminated insights, tools, and solutions within city housing and planning. Dig in.
New Tool:
Social Cities Index
Measure what matters.
While we have developed standards and tools for measuring the environmental and economic dimensions of a city, the tools for measuring the social dimension have long been missing.
The Social City Index lets you measure the social indicators of your city. It turns soft and often fragmented data into action points. The Social City Index shows you where your city has strengths and where there is potential for growth.
It creates a baseline from where the right solutions for your city can be developed.
Social Cities:
Turns fragmented data into action
The Social Cities Index
We translate soft and fragmented data into an easy-to-read diagnosis of your city, its neighborhoods, and the housing situation.
Outcome: A baseline for the social sustainability of your city.
The ideation lab
In an ideation lab, we invite relevant stakeholders to co-create solutions to improve the social sustainability of your city.
Outcome: A co-creation process tailored to your city’s needs.
The best-practice platform
The IFHP knowledge-sharing platform is a collection of best-practice in the field of creating social cities.
Outcome: Easy-to-access solutions, ready to be scaled and tailored to your city’s needs.