Cities of the future
global competition, local leadership*
*connectedthinking
Cities of the future - global competition, local leadership
Contents
Part 1 Cities of the future
Executive summary Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 The vision for cities The way to the future in cities Managing capitals Capitals, the key issues
4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Intellectual and social capital Democratic capital Cultural and leisure capital Environmental capital Technical capital Financial capital
1 7 13 27 37
38 45 52 57 62 69
Chapter 5
Summary and conclusions
77
Part 2 Cities in focus
List of participating cities Interview summaries Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Lead authors Bibliography 85 86 174 175
Cities of the future
Cities of the future - global competition, local leadership
Cities of the future - global competition, local leadership
Part 1
Cities of the future
“We need new perspectives on cities, their dreams, knowledge, creativity and motivation in order to find new ways to develop strategic city management. Therefore PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) will develop a new arena for dialogue with leaders in cities as a tool for strategic development and knowledge sharing, resulting in added value for people in cities, organisations or companies.”
Cities of the future
Executive summary
Many of the challenges and opportunities that are coming to define the early part of the 21st century are at their most visible in the cities in which a growing proportion of the world’s population now lives. In response to the importance of cities in the global economy, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) established a City and Local Government Network in 2004. The Network aims to bring together city leaders so that they can share the experience, knowledge and insights that they have gained and to develop their ideas and strategies for the future. In this report, the first from the network, we set out to discover the principle challenges and...