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Codifyingthe

BESTGLOBALCITY

January2026

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Usecodestotranslatecity/areastrategy

intotheurbanenvironment

Leverageurbancodesasamajorleverforadvocacy,attractivenessandlivability

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Ensureurbanpolicyallowscodestoadapttothespeedofchange

The“SoWhat”forGCCcities

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ExecutiveSummary

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?Usecodestotranslatecityorareastrategyintothebuiltenvironment,ensuringthatlong-termvisionsforsustainability,livability,andeconomicgrowtharemateriallyrealizedontheground

?Leverageurbancodesasamajorleverfor

advocacy,attractivenessandlivability,creatingidentityandsenseofbelongingthroughbeautyandcomfort

?Ensureurbanpolicyallowscodestoadapttothe

paceofchangenowexpectedbyresidentsand

visitors,ratherthanprioritizinglegacystandardsthatnolongerrelecthowpeoplelive,work,andmove

Lessonsfromglobalchampions—suchasCopenhagen,Singapore,Paris—demonstratehowurbancodescanevolvefromrigidcontrolmechanismsintostrategic

toolsthatenablehighqualityoflife,climateresilience,andeconomiccompetitiveness.Thesecitiesshowthatstrongregulationandlexibilityarenotoppositesbutcomplementswhenalignedwithclearpublicgoals.

Forcitiesthatareemergingintheirambitionsof

economicstrengthandglobal-levellivability,urban

codesrepresentacriticalleveragepoint.Asthesecitiescontinuetogrowanddiversify,thechoicesembeddedintoday’scodeswillshapeurbanexperiencefor

generations.Gettingurbancodesrightisthereforenotatechnicalexercise,butafoundationalactofcity-

making.

relevantonlytoplannersandengineers,yetinpracticetheyareamongthemostpowerfultoolsshaping

everydayurbanlife.Urbanformisnotneutral.Therulesgoverninglanduse,buildingform,density