What works in Zürich
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Zürich
Zurich demonstrates evidence-based approaches to both social intervention and knowledge transfer. The Partnerschaft ohne Gewalt programme shows that court-mandated domestic-violence learning reduces intimate-partner recidivism from 22.55% to 6.06% over two years, with annual intake rising from under 30 to over 170 participants after a 2020 law change. Technopark Zürich has hosted approximately 260 tech companies and 2,800 jobs since 1993, while ETH Zurich's associated spin-off pipeline counts 545 companies with a 93% five-year survival rate and 12 unicorns since 1973. However, the evidence in the CONTEXT does not quantify Zurich's digital accessibility performance beyond noting that Switzerland-wide testing found only 20% of apps accessible to people with disabilities.
Drawn from: Partnerschaft ohne Gewalt (PoG) — Zurich's Court-Mandated Learning Programme for Domestic-Violence Perpetrators · Schweizer Accessibility-Studie — Two Decades of Independent Swiss Digital Accessibility Measurement · Partnerschaft ohne Gewalt — Zurich's Court-Linked Learning Programme for Domestic Violence Perpetrators · Technopark Zürich — ETH spin-off and knowledge-transfer campus · Technopark Zürich — ETH Spin-off & Deep-Tech Transfer Campus · Technopark Zürich — Three Decades of ETH Spin-off Commercialisation · Technopark Zürich — Switzerland's First Science-to-Market Transfer Hub · Zürich's Bachkonzept — Four Decades of Urban Stream Daylighting & Sewer Separation
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +67 pts 100 here · 33 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Effectiveness +32 pts 100 here · 68 average
Impact on gender equality +29 pts 100 here · 71 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +23 pts 80 here · 57 average
Sustainability / continuity +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Evaluated outcomes +21 pts 100 here · 79 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +18 pts 92 here · 74 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Innovation +10 pts 72 here · 62 average
Weaknesses
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Curator validation -23 pts 50 here · 73 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Inclusiveness / equity -34 pts 8 here · 43 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Zürich. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Schweizer Accessibility-Studie — Two Decades of Independent Swiss Digital Accessibility Measurement · 92
Technopark Zürich — ETH spin-off and knowledge-transfer campus · 71
Technopark Zürich — ETH Spin-off & Deep-Tech Transfer Campus · 71
Technopark Zürich — Three Decades of ETH Spin-off Commercialisation · 67
Technopark Zürich — Switzerland's First Science-to-Market Transfer Hub · 62
Zürich's Bachkonzept — Four Decades of Urban Stream Daylighting & Sewer Separation · 47
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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- Rated highly transferable
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more