ABSTRACT
Since the mid-1990s, cities have increasingly been involved in the climate change agenda. As yet, most co-benefits policies have addressed urban environmental management in specific sectors or projects in isolation to each other, and the mutual impacts and interactions of various co-benefits policies have not been sufficiently considered. The extent to which the co-benefits approach could be mainstreamed in land-use planning and management remains mostly understudied. This chapter sets out to address this gap by discussing the conceptual and practical links between the land-use sector and the co-benefits approach. As a crosscutting sector, the land-use sector has strong links with other key sectors of urban development, including transport, housing and infrastructure. Accessibility patterns and travel habits in a city are shaped by the city's land-use structure. Good urban governance is key to achieving and supporting innovative initiatives in the land-use sector to promote delivery of co-benefits.
