Maintaining, sustaining and managing interweaving is an important but not straightforward policy task. Interweaving is challenging because of the pressure of residential developments on space for business activities on the one hand and the nuisance that economic activities can potentially cause in residential areas on the other. UHasselt (Liesbeth Huybrechts, Barbara Roosen), together with 1010au, the Flemish Department of Environment and Idea Consult, has developed a handy integration compass: a tool for the sustainable design of integration between living, working and the environment.

‘The coronavirus pandemic has made Deliveroo and takeaways a success. This is prompting certain companies to start working more locally. For example, a local chocolatier has shifted from 90% to 20% exports and is now better serving its private customers.’