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Book SynopsisLarge infrastructure projects often face significant cost overruns and stakeholder fragmentation. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) allow governments to procure long-term infrastructure services from private providers, rather than developing, financing and managing infrastructure assets themselves. Aligning public and private interests and institutional logics to create robust, decades-long service contracts subject to shifting economic and political contexts is a significant cross-sectoral governance challenge. This work summarizes over a decade of research conducted by scholars at Stanford s Global Projects Center and multiple US and International collaborators to enhance the governance of both infrastructure projects and institutional investors, whose long term, cash flow obligations align especially well with the kinds of long term inflation-adjusted returns that PPP infrastructure projects can generate. In these pages, multiple theoretical perspectives are integrated and combined with empirical evidence to examine how experiences from more mature PPP jurisdictions can help improve PPP governance approaches worldwide. The information contained here will appeal to engineering, economics, political science, public policy and finance scholars interested in the delivery of high-quality, sustainable infrastructure services to the citizens in countries with established and emerging market economies. Officials in national, state/provincial and local government agencies seeking alternative financing and service provision strategies for their civil and social infrastructure, and legislators and their staff members interested in promoting PPP legislation will find this book invaluable. It will also be of high interest to long-term investment professionals from pension funds, sovereign funds, family offices and university endowments seeking to deploy money into the infrastructure asset class, and practitioners seeking insights into methods for enhancing stakeholder incentive alignment, reducing transaction costs and improving project outcomes in PPPs. Contributors: B.G. Cameron, G. Carollo, C.B. Casady, E.F. Crawley, K. Eriksson, W. Feng, M.J. Garvin, K.E. Gasparro, R.R. Geddes, W.J. Henisz, D.R. Lessard, R.E. Levitt, T. Liu, A.H.B. Monk, D.A. Nguyen, C. Nowacki, W.R. Scott, R. Sharma, A.J. SouthTrade Review'In conclusion, the editors of the book have collected a series of chapters that provide a valuable and contemporary look into the state of practice of PPP in the United States, it offers various interesting proposals for the improved institutional design of PPPs, and it inspires and strengthens the comparative research agenda on studying the performance and design of PPPs.' --Stefan Verweij, Public Works Management & Policy'This is the book on infrastructure development that researchers and practitioners have been waiting for. It brings together some of the world's leading scholars - several based in the Global Project Center at Stanford University - to provide a rigorous analysis and critical discussion of the challenges involved in the governance, financing and management of mature and innovative new forms of PPP transportation infrastructure projects. While the work addresses a diverse range of topics concerning the risks and opportunities for PPP provision in developing and developed countries, each chapter draws upon a shared intellectual framework and is informed by ideas and concepts from organization theory and design.' --Andrew Davies, University College London, UK'This is a remarkable contribution to the growing literature on infrastructure financing and management. Ray Levitt and his colleagues provide the fundamental conceptual building blocks for understanding how public-private partnerships can transform the market for infrastructure development. They do so with a sure feel for the theoretical issues as well as the very practical concerns that come with stitching together public, private, and community interests in infrastructure investment. Each paper is important in its own right - and the combination is unbeatable. This book will make a lasting contribution to how we understand the issues and is just as important for the emerging economic powerhouse of China and the developed economies of the West.' --Gordon Clark, Oxford University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction W. Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt and Michael J. Garvin Part I: Public-Private Partnerships: Definitions, Myths and Institutional Challenges W. Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt and Michael J. Garvin 1. Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Delivery Ashby H. B. Monk, Raymond E. Levitt, Michael J. Garvin, Andrew J. South, and George Carollo 2. Stakeholder Network Dynamics in Public-Private Partnerships Andrew J. South 3. Toward a Unified Theory of Project Governance: Economic, Sociological and Psychological Supports for Relational Contracting Witold J. Henisz, Raymond E. Levitt, and W. Richard Scott 4. Stakeholders, Issues, and the Shaping of Large Engineering Projects Wen Feng, Donald R. Lessard, Bruce G. Cameron, and Edward F. Crawley Part II: Governance Mechanisms in PPP Planning, Delivery, Contracting and Management Introduction to Part II Raymond E. Levitt, W. Richard Scott, and Michael J. Garvin 5. Mitigating PPP Governance Challenges: Lessons from Eastern Australia Raymond E. Levitt and Kent Eriksson 6. Contractual Risk Sharing Mechanisms in US Highway PPP Projects Duc A. Nguyen and Michael J. Garvin Part III: Leveraging Institutional Capital and Governmental Fiscal Support for PPPs to Enable the “Golden Handshake” Michael J. Garvin, W. Richard Scott, and Raymond E. Levitt 7. The Role of Institutional Investors for PPP Infrastructure Investments Ashby H. B. Monk and Rajiv Sharma 8. Framework to Assess Fiscal Support Mechanisms for Mitigating Revenue Risk in Transportation Public-Private Partnerships Ting Liu and Michael J. Garvin Part IV: Evolution of Mature PPP Institutional Fields W. Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt, and Michael J. Garvin 9. (Re)Assessing Public-Private Partnership Governance Challenges: An Institutional Maturity Perspective Carter B. Casady, Kent Eriksson, Raymond E. Levitt, and W. Richard Scott 10. Transportation Public-Private Partnership Market in the United States: Moving Beyond Its Current State Michael J. Garvin 11. Private Participation in US Infrastructure: The Role of Regional PPP Units Carter B. Casady and R. Richard Geddes Part V: Emerging Tools for Infrastructure Project Finance and Delivery Raymond E. Levitt, W. Richard Scott and Michael J. Garvin 12. The Financier State: Infrastructure Planning and Asset Recycling in New South Wales, Australia Caroline Nowacki 13. Community Investment and Crowdfunding as Partnership Strategies for Local Infrastructure Delivery Kate E. Gasparro Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique and insightful work examines the importance of 'quality of life' for the city which has become a key component of urban competitiveness over the past 30 years. It argues that having a high or low 'quality of life' will have important consequences for the vitality and status of any city.Throughout the book, emphasis is placed upon the skilled, highly mobile and generally younger labour force who choose the city in which they want to work and live based on the 'quality of life' elements offered to them. Consequently, there is mounting pressure on today's cities and the firms in their economies to create environments that are attractive to the new-age of the workforce and the key resource in the economy. The book's eight substantive chapters explore this issue by each examining a distinct element that comprises 'quality of life', including the approach of economists to quality of life, links to urban competitiveness, the economy, urban amenities and attributes.Providing an original perspective on contemporary cities and their economies, The City and Quality of Life will be essential reading for city and company leaders who implement policy and wish to further understand the attributes of 'quality of life' for their citizens. It will also be useful for researchers, university professors and students in disciplines such as economics and finance, geography and urban studies.Trade Review‘The City and Quality of Life covers a wide-ranging body of literature and ideas, many of which could be hypotheses suitable for further testing. The book could be useful for those students, academic researchers, and policy makers interested in urban studies and the promise of cities in a rapidly urbanizing world.’ -- Robert W Marans, Journal of Urban Affairs‘The City and Quality of Life marked a significant reorientation of economic research about the quality of life of a city. It reflects Kresl’s outstanding knowledge of urban economics developed throughout a distinguished career. This book speaks to a wide readership in social sciences beyond disciplinary confines, and without doubt provides a stimulus for further critical debate about quality of life in contemporary cities.’ -- Alessandra Michelangeli, Regional Studies'In an era of pandemics and economic turbulence, remote working and learning, and significant shifts in both international and domestic migration patterns, Peter Karl Kresl has provided a timely and at times provocative treatise on cities and the quality of life that they provide in a world undergoing unprecedented urbanization. This very readable text should be required reading for professional planners and many of the people who find themselves navigating on a daily basis both the wondrous joys and vexing challenges of contemporary city life.' -- Earl H. Fry, BYU Emeritus Professor and co-director of the New International Cities Era project'Under the challenge of global and regional economic restructuring, cities have to achieve high quality of life to attract skilled people and companies in the evolving new economy. This book is a systematic study on the concept of quality of life, its impacts on urban economy, and how demographics, urban attributes and amenities affect the quality of life. This is a timely book for urban scholars and city leaders to understand and enhance the quality of life and urban competitiveness.' -- Jianfa Shen, The Chinese University of Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: the importance of the quality of urban life 2. Contemporary analysis of quality of life 3. Quality of life and competitiveness 4. Quality of life and the economy 5. Demographics and quality of life 6. Urban attributes and quality of life 7. Urban amenities and quality of life 8. Looking forward Index

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Book SynopsisExploring how urban professionals plan, manage and govern cities in emerging economies, this insightful book studies the actions and instruments they employ. It highlights how the paradigms of interventions and approaches to urban management are shifting, indicating that urban governance is becoming increasingly important in dealing with wicked issues, like climate change and social and economic inequalities in cities.Urban Planning, Management and Governance in Emerging Economies offers rich international examples looking at housing, public space, water, climate change, the environment and economic development. Chapters showcase the changing role of urban professionals, with a particular focus on the dynamic social, cultural and economic transformations of cities in emerging economies. Exploring contemporary approaches to urban governance, contributors draw attention to the prevalence of smart cities, new forms of partnerships and just transitions in a changing urban landscape.Researchers and students of urban development, planning, management and governance will appreciate the multiple theoretical angles and the key case studies used throughout the book. The examples and theories will be helpful for urban leaders, strategists and advocates working in emerging economies.Trade Review’The authors argue that cities in emerging economies can increase their sustainable competitiveness by replacing their traditional system of urban planning and management with a modern system of urban governance. This is a must-read for those interested to understand how cities in emerging economies can cope with societal dynamics.’Table of ContentsContents: 1 Urban paradigm shifts in emerging economies 1 Jan Fransen, Meine Pieter van Dijk and Jurian Edelenbos 2 Urban management in practice, issues at stake and overview of the book 20 Meine Pieter van Dijk 3 Managing a just transition in urban contexts 40 Darren McCauley 4 Structural change, labour markets and urban economic policy in emerging economies 57 Frank van Oort, Paula Nagler and Indriany Lionggo 5 Smart city for comprehensive urban management: concepts, impacts, and the South Korean experience 80 Yirang Lim 6 How sustainable, green and smart eco-cities deal with water issues 99 Meine Pieter van Dijk 7 Urban commons in emerging economies 117 Rudina Toto, Marija Ćaćić, Zvezdina Ivanova, Peter Nientied and Katarzyna Stachowiak-Bongwa 8 Knowledge and skill transfer in Addis-Ababa’s light-rail transport 142 Taslim Adebowale Alade and Alberto Gianoli 9 Financing urban infrastructure and services in Africa 162 Aloysius N. Bongwa and Meine Pieter van Dijk 10 Collaborative capacity of public–private partnerships in housing projects: case studies from Nigeria 186 Daniel Adamu and Alberto Gianoli 11 Planning for all? Guiding principles for selecting multi-stakeholder tools in urban planning processes 204 Els Keunen and Saskia Ruijsink 12 Conclusions: new insights in urban planning, management and governance in emerging economies 225 Jan Fransen Index

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Book SynopsisSpatial Inequalities and Wellbeing represents a timely contribution to the literature tackling one of the most crucial concerns of modern times: the rise of inequalities and its far-reaching implications for individual wellbeing. Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, the book highlights the different types and sources of inequalities and identifies opportunities for policy action to tackle various inequalities at once.Featuring expert contributions from eminent scholars, this insightful book posits that policies themselves can produce deep inequalities at the spatial level while trying to reduce them and also explores how inequalities and marginalisation depress individual wellbeing and can become a threat to political and institutional stability. Chapters critically analyse the causes of spatial inequalities, ranging from education and housing to location in the largest cities. The book also highlights the negative consequences of these gaps widening, and emphasises how participatory and bottom-up interventions can contribute to narrowing such disparities at the micro-level.Academics, researchers and students in urban and regional studies; human geography; economics and finance; politics and public policy; and sociology and social policy will find this to be an informative read. Policymakers within these fields will equally find this to be a beneficial resource.Trade Review‘The work is presented through up-to-date and scholarly comparative chapters that are immensely topical and timely. Contemporary European societies are facing the twin trends of growing socio-economic disparities between people and places, and the expansion of a regressive political populism that is undermining attempts to foster greater cohesion. This book contributes to the development and re-assertion of progressive agendas founded on social justice and the propagation of well-being.’ -- Mike Raco, University College London, UK‘Spatial Inequalities and Wellbeing: A Multidisciplinary Approach is a brilliant and original contribution to the analysis of the new spatial dimension of social inequalities in EU countries. Through the innovative lens of a multi-scalar perspective, the book deals with different aspects of the challenges related to spatial inequalities and wellbeing, using different disciplinary approaches ranging from regional economics to urban studies, from economic and urban geography to planning.’ -- Gabriele Pasqui, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: the interplay among inequalities, wellbeing and space 1 Camilla Lenzi and Valeria Fedeli 1 Spatial Inequalities in an Era of Modern Reindustrialization 16 Roberta Capello and Silvia Cerisola 2 Left behind places and local democracy: German small towns under the conditions of peripheralisation 33 Thilo Lang, Franziska Görmar, Stefan Haunstein and Martin Graffenberger 3 Resolving the Urban Wellbeing Paradox: The Role of Education and Social Contact 52 Philip S. Morrison 4 Housing and Urban-Rural Differences in Subjective Wellbeing in the Netherlands 95 Marloes Hoogerbrugge and Martijn J. Burger 5 Urbanization and the Geography of Societal Discontent 116 Camilla Lenzi and Giovanni Perucca 6 Regional disparities in the sensitivity of wellbeing to poverty measures 133 Cristina Bernini, Silvia Emili and Maria Rosaria Ferrante 7 Spatial Inequalities and International Cooperation Projects: a Bottom-up Wellbeing Model for Inclusion 155 Daniela De Leo and Valentina Vittoria Calabrese 8 Behind Left and Right – Disentangling the Voting Behaviour of Radical Parties in Europe 173 Luise Koeppen, Dimitris Ballas, Arjen Edzes and Sierdjan Koster 9 Spatial justice: the contemporary uncertainties of the French model 212 Valeria Fedeli

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Book SynopsisProviding a succinct overview of historical, present and future perspectives of cities and urbanism, this discerning book examines how the 21st century, regarded as the age of cities, is associated with the current crisis of democracy.The book explores the tension between non-democratic liberalism and non-liberal democracy and the present era of cities as complex systems, in which the characteristics and dynamics of urbanism are transforming our way of life. Against the backdrop of globalization, the Anthropocene, and Industry 4.0, each chapter analyses the challenges and crises facing modern democracies from the unique perspective of cities and complexity theory. Expert contributors analyse the interplay between complexity theory, urban planning, governance and the internet, ultimately highlighting the need to rediscover the relationship between urban beauty and democracy.Offering key insights into the complexities of urban development and the challenges that arise when democracy intersects with the needs of modern cities, this innovative book will appeal to students and scholars of urban geography, political science, public administration, and architecture. It will be an invaluable resource for those researching cities and complexity.Trade Review‘Juval Portugali's The Crisis of Democracy in the Age of Cities offers a compelling analysis of the challenges facing democratic governance in complex hybrid systems. This edited volume provides a thought-provoking exploration of the intersections between urbanization and democratic politics, shedding light on the key issues confronting our societies today.’ -- Alan Penn, Professor of Architectural and Urban Computing, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction x PART I PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 1 The crisis of democracy in the age of cities and complexity 2 Juval Portugali 2 The ancient Greek lottery and modern democracies 24 Irad Malkin 3 The end of empire and the age of cities 31 Michael Batty PART II COMPLEXITY THEORY, CITIES AND DEMOCRACY 4 Learning from small urban nations – the importance of randomness and feedback for democratic stability 51 Karoline Wiesner 5 Perfection, does it lean toward balance or perversion? How democracy and the urban grid inform about the human condition 68 Gert De Roo 6 A synergetic cities view on the crisis of democracy in the age of cities 108 Juval Portugali and Hermann Haken 7 Democracy demands wisdom 136 J.A. Scott Kelso PART III THE INTERNET, SMART CITIES AND DEMOCRACY 8 Why the internet must become more like a city 148 Luís M. A. Bettencourt 9 Privacy and trust in artificially intelligent cities 167 Charlie Catlett, Juval Portugali and Venkat Venkatakrishnan PARTIV URBAN GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING 10 Cities under pressure – urban democracy and everyday life 185 Sabine Knierbein 11 Governing cities democratically through partnerships 204 Ashwin Mahalingam and Juval Portugali 12 A crisis of lost values: rediscovering the relationship between urban beauty, democracy and complexity 220 Stefano Cozzolino 13 Democracy beyond the state in the age of cities: explaining crisis dynamics in national democracy 246 Hans Agné Index 267

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book explores the foundations of the smart city and, through a critique of its challenges and concerns, showcases how to redefine the concept for increased sustainability, liveability and resilience in urban areas. It undertakes a review of the smart city concept, providing a new perspective on how technology-based urban solutions must be centred around human dimensions to render more liveable urban fabrics.Chapters highlight how existing digital infrastructures can be coupled with emerging ones, so that they can provide increased efficiency and performance, with an ultimate objective of rendering safer, more sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities, aligning with the needs of the SDGs. The book also covers emerging technologies and concepts, such as 6G and the ’15-minute city’, underlining how these can develop within smart city frameworks.This is an invigorating look into the concept of the smart city and how it can be improved and rethought, making it useful for urban studies and human geography academics and researchers. It also offers helpful insights for policy makers and planners on how to increase the quality of life in modern cities.Trade Review'Rethinking Smart Cities offers a refreshing and insightful survey of the increasingly popular concept of “smart cities” It surveys the concept’s evolution before critiquing the scope and offering contemporary warnings about the biases and assumptions embedded in this idea that is pervading much of our Western-informed city and regional planning literature and practice today.' -- David S Jones, Monash University and Griffith University, Australia‘In the post-COVID world, humanity needs new models of understanding positive urbanization such as the “15-minute city”. Allam and Takun argue for using technology to implement the human-scale city, not to replace it with a totalitarian dystopia. Massive collection of data can be used either to enhance the human experience, or to control the population.’ -- Nikos A. Salingaros, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. What is a smart city? Understanding the concept beyond a tech-centric approach 2. The underlying and basic foundations of the smart city: where do artificial intelligence, machine learning and other buzz words fit in the narrative? 3. Smart cities must be sustainable and inclusive cities 4. Smart cities as an urban regeneration avenue: redefining the efficiency and performance of cities 5. The paradox of safety within data-driven smart cities 6. Enter 6G and the augmented smart city 7. The emergence of a new urban proximity-based morphology: the 15-minute city and the smart city 8. Future smart and autonomous cities: an overview towards future trends Index

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Book SynopsisThis pioneering Handbook outlines the ways in which big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping cities. Leading scholars analyze how innovative computational methods can make use of the vast amounts of data available to gain new insights into urban life, inform policy, and drive innovation.

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Offering fresh insights into the key emerging issues in the field, including the changing socio-economic contexts brought about by the rise of the millennial generation and the creative class, the Covid-19 pandemic, and a greater emphasis on social responsibility, this forward-looking Research Agenda critically debates and rethinks theories and practices in the property sector. Promoting interdisciplinary approaches to the topic, chapters explore the disruptive changes to the field brought about by technological revolutions, before moving on to reflect upon the meaning of value, risks and investment behaviours, and finally examining the institutional contexts and stakeholders that shape the industry. Leading scholars combine practice with in-depth theoretical discussions, highlighting critical future avenues of research in the field.Real estate, planning and economics scholars will find this to be an important read, particularly with the blend of conceptual and empirical perspectives. Real estate practitioners and businesses will also find the practical guidance and discussion of real-life challenges in the book helpful.Trade Review‘This book proposes a multi-disciplinary approach to real estate research and collects essays written from different backgrounds. Those who pursue a multi-disciplinary approach should find this book inspiring.’ -- Charles Leung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Real Estate 1 Piyush Tiwari and Julie T. Miao PART I DISRUPTIVE CHANGES: TECHNOLOGIES AND SPACES 2 Market disruptions and the future trends in real estate: what do we not know? 19 Piyush Tiwari and Jyoti Shukla 3 Interface of property and knowledge-based economic development 41 Julie T. Miao 4 Future directions of research in innovative workplaces 59 Eileen Sim 5 Housing share: opportunities and challenges for interdisciplinary research 81 Djordje Stojanovic PART II VALUES: INVESTMENT AND RISKS 6 Market value in a sea of values: re-examining the ‘theory of value’ of land and property through the lens of ‘capability theory’ 99 Jyoti Shukla and Mike McDermott 7 Circular economy in the real estate sector 121 Ashish Gupta and Piyush Tiwari 8 Climate change and risk to real estate 139 Georgia Warren-Myers and Anna Hurlimann 9 The confluence of real estate and infrastructure: a research agenda 167 Raghu Dharmapuri Tirumala PART III INSTITUTIONS: BEHAVIOURS, GOVERNMENT AND FOREIGN ACTORS 10 Local community in brownfield redevelopment: the Alphington Paper Mill Project in Melbourne 185 Xuqing Li, Hao Wu and Huiying (Cynthia) Hou 11 International real estate investments: issues and research agendas 205 Hyung Min Kim 12 Neoliberalization in urban governance at the real estate turn: perspective from urban redevelopment in China 227 Xiang Li 13 Institutional governance of innovation adoption in residential developments: future research directions 247 Godwin Kavaarpuo Index

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Book SynopsisThis original book examines the experiences cities and urban areas have had with two principal concerns that confront them today: sustainability and competitiveness.Focusing on major cities in East Asia, North America, and Western Europe, Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City illuminates the ways in which cities differ not only in their course and stages of development, but in the nature of their economies and their administrative structures. Featuring a wide-ranging set of contributions from top researchers, this book discusses and analyzes the issues that different cities face, such as social cohesion, tolerance and cultural diversity, and how this will determine their developmental trajectories through the coming decade. These issues are explored in relation to contemporary topics including the growing economy of robotics, the rising importance and use of artificial intelligence and the information and communications economy.Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City will be an invaluable read for scholars and professors in urban economics and urban studies more broadly, particularly those who are focusing on the importance of sustainability in both areas. Its stimulating, yet accessible, approach to the topic and key case studies will also greatly benefit urban planners and economic policy makers looking to improve contemporary cities.Trade Review'This book brings together contributors from several parts of the world, providing the reader with a large spectrum of approaches on the subject of urban competitiveness and sustainability. While some chapters consider a set of cities at the national or international level, other sections focus instead on specific case studies, from Korea to Mexico or Canada, among the others. Organized by members of the Global Urban Competitiveness Project, this work is of sure interest for scholars and policy makers in the area of strategic urban planning and competitiveness.' -- Daniele Ietri, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy'Competitiveness, sustainability and tolerance. These are three key factors for urban development proposed by this book edited by Peter Kresl. In the "modern city", economic and technological competitiveness cannot be sustained without environmental sustainability, tolerance and social balance. The reader will find very up-to-date diagnoses about cities that will star in urban growth in the 21st century in India, China, Mexico, South Korea, USA, Canada, Australia and Europe. They are carried out by professors from leading universities in each country. A fresh and forward-looking book about the city in the 21st century.' -- Joan Trullen, The Autonomous University of Barcelona, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Introduction viii PART I THE SUSTAINABLE CITY 1 Towards sustainable urban competitiveness? The role of organizing capacity and distributed leadership 2 Leo van den Berg and Luis Carvalho 2 The modern city and third places: new sources of sustainable entrepreneurs and competitiveness 16 Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Arnaud Scaillerez 3 Urbanization and sustainable urban development in China 38 Shen Jianfa 4 In search of an innovation economic geography 55 Edward Blakely 5 Evaluating the quality of comprehensive plans for urban resilience: the case of seven metropolitan cities in South Korea 72 Hyun-Woo Kim and Gi-Chan Kim PART II THE COMPETITIVE CITY 6 “Focused Research University” and “Matrix College”: Incheon National University’s strategies based on combination and permutation 90 Cho Dong-Sung 7 Human behavior and economic development: culture, psychology and the competitiveness of cities and regions 106 Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson 8 Must a competitive city be a tolerant city? 147 Peter Karl Kresl 9 Ecological environment competitiveness in emerging economies: a case of urban India 160 Shaleen Singhal and Meenakshi Kumar 10 Metropolitan development and geographical deconcentration in Mexico, 1980–2015 179 Jaime Sobrino 11 Mexico: GVCs network development and the emergence of interactive cities 200 Clemente Ruiz Durán 12 Mexican cities’ innovative industry and competitiveness in the age of the modern city: changes between 1993 and 2013 223 Isela Orihuela Index 241

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Book SynopsisInnovative study of the role of sports in modernity in Africa. Sports in Ethiopia was always more than a means of useful recreation. It was also a way to enjoy and define fun, as new modes of behaviour emerged that showed what it meant to be a modern man or woman. This book is the first academic study of the history of modern sports in Ethiopia during the imperial rule of the twentieth century. Showing how agents, ideas and practices linked societal improvement and bodily improvement, this innovative study argues thatmodern sports offers new possibilities to explore the meanings of modernity in Africa. Drawing on written and oral sources in Amharic, Tigrinya, English, French, German and Italian, Bromber provides an in-depth analysis of the role of sports in modern educational institutions, volunteer organizations and urbanization processes. She examines sports' function as a political propaganda tool during the Italian fascist occupation (1935 - 1941), as well as in representations of successful modernization under Haile Selassie (1930 - 1974). The integration into global networks of ideas about the fit colonized body linked Ethiopia, which was never colonized, to the legacy of colonialism. Institutions such as schools, civilian sports clubs, and volunteer organizations were not only loaded with coercive procedures, but instituted modes of behaviour that developed into certain styles and affirmation of the self as well as their contestation. Examining the locations for practising sports in organized forms, informal leisure and practices consumption in Ethiopia, this book contributes to recent debates on the role of sports in the history of urbanization in Africa, as well as those on global modernity. Ethiopia: AAUPTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on Transliteration, Titles, Currency, and the Ethiopian Calendar Introduction 1. The Emergence of Ethiopia's Modern Sports Scene (1900-1935) 2. Sports and Propaganda during the Fascist Occupation (1935-1941) 3. Muscular Reconstruction: Urban Leisure, Institutionalised Physical Education, and the Re-establishment of Boy Scouting (1940s-1960s) 4. Training Leaders and Athletes: The Ethiopian YMCA (1940s-1970s) 5. Sports' Material Infrastructure and the Production of Space (1910s-1970s) 6. Conclusion and Outlook Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together a range of viewpoints on a number of the burning issues affecting urban sustainability in North America and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. H.S. Geyer and his contributors cover a wide spectrum of the urban policy issues that determine the growth and development progress as well as the livability of cities in the Occident.The volume focuses on three broad themes: nuances in urban policy formulation in Britain and the United States; the evolvement of urban systems regionally and globally; and the social and economic forces that determine urban livability and bring about change in the demographic landscape of cities in both Europe and the United States. In this Handbook some of the world's most experienced researchers express their views - often controversial - on topics as diverse as the role of the IT sector, population ageing, migration, global warming and social economics within urban development. This important Handbook has a strong demographic and developmental focus and covers urban policy issues that should be of interest to a wide readership - from urban planning, geography, regional science and economics to international business, population studies, history and political science.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THE URBAN POLICY CONTEXT 1. Introduction: The Policy Context of Urbanization M. Pacione PART II: EVOLVING URBAN SYSTEMS 2. Differential Urbanization Trends in Europe: The European Case E. Heikkilä and H. Kaskinoro 3. Large Urban Economies: The Role of Knowledge and ICT Infrastructure P. van Hemert, M. van Geenhuizen and P. Nijkamp 4. World Cities: Organizational Networking and the Global Urban Hierarchy P.J. Taylor PART III: FORCES OF SPATIAL ECONOMIC CHANGE 5. The New Economic Geography: A Simple Exposition D. Urban 6. Land Markets and their Regulation: The Economic Impacts of Planning P. Cheshire and W. Vermeulen 7. The Continuing Urban Form Controversy: Towards Bridging the Divide H.S. Geyer 8. Spatial Planning and Institutional Design: What Can We Expect From Transaction Cost Economics? F. Moulaert and A. Mehmood 9. The Economy of the Large European City: The Social Nature of Articulated Rationality F. Moulaert and J. Nussbaumer 10. E-Government: Turning the Digital Divide into a Digital Dividend in Manchester (UK) D. Carter PART IV: THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE 11. International Labour Migration in the EU: Likely Social and Economic Implications T. El-Cherkeh 12. Immigration in the USA: Evolving Demographic Contexts, Geographies and Policy Debates D.A. Plane and L. Hoffman 13. Winds of Change: Controversies Underlying the Urban Policy Debate H.S. Geyer Index

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Book SynopsisWhile much of the current literature on the economic consequences of an aging population focuses on the negative aspects, this enlightening book argues that seniors can bring significant benefits ? such as vitality and competitiveness ? to an urban economy.The authors illustrate the ways an aging population can have a positive impact on urban centers, including the move by large numbers of seniors from the suburbs to the city, where their disproportionate consumption of education and the arts helps rejuvenate city centers. Given this, the authors conclude that a large and active senior population has the potential to assist a city in the achievement of its strategic economic objectives. The book includes analyses of the effects of population aging on best practices in 40 cities in the US and EU, with surprising results, as well as interviews with city officials and leaders.Academics, researchers and public officials in the areas of urban development, public policy and aging will find much in this original approach to interest and provoke debate.Trade Review‘The authors deserve credit for “rowing against the stream” and asking our attention for the possible contributions of seniors to the urban economy. Hopefully their book will inspire researchers and students to continue exploring this issue in more detail. It may also serve as an eye-opener in urban policy circles as it pays attention to a segment of society that may have been overlooked in this age of “creative city” and “knowledge city” strategies.’ -- Marco Bontje, International Journal of Housing PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. An Aging Population – Good News for Cities? 2. The Demographic Situation in the US and in the EU 3. The Consequences for National and Sub-national Governments 4. The Consequences for Urban Economies 5. Urban Economies in the US 6. Urban Economies in the EU (ex Italy) 7. An Examination of Italian Urban Economies 8. A Look to the Future for Policy Makers: Best Practices 9. Final Thoughts References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity interact with economic growth and development. The contributors provide valuable insight into how diverse cities should best be governed and made sustainable, and explore the concept of diversity in relation to sustainability. Building on segregation, assimilation and integration policies, the book indicates the need to develop policies that can govern diversity in a dynamic, nonlinear and spatio-temporal complex way. Case studies of eight culturally diverse cities (Stockholm, Baroda, Banska Bystrica, Chicago, London, Dortmund, Rome and Antwerp) clearly illustrate the relationship between diversity and development, identifying the conditions under which diversity leads to economic performance. These studies are underpinned by an econometric analysis of the relationship between diversity and development across European regions.This unique book will prove a fascinating read to both academics and policymakers with a specific interest in public policy, regional and urban studies, and more generally in economics, the environment and ecology.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: SUSTAINABLE DIVERCITIES 1. Sustainable DiverCities Patrizia Zanoni and Maddy Janssens 2. Facilitating Intercultural Encounters within a Global Context: Towards Processual Conditions Maddy Janssens and Patrizia Zanoni 3. Diversity, Cities and Economic Development Elena Bellini, Dino Pinelli and Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano PART II: CASE STUDIES Introduction to Part II 4. Constructing Cultural Identity for the ‘Good’ Life: The Case of Blin Culture Community in Stockholm Kiflemariam Hamde 5. Cultural Diversity and Conflict in Multicultural Cities: The Case of Baroda Alaknanda Patel 6. Post-Socialist City on the Way to Diversity: The Case of Banská- Bystrica Alexandra Bitusiková 7. Chicago: A Story of Diversity Richard C. Longworth 8. London. Demonstrating ‘Good’ Diversity: Option and Choice in the Local System Sandra Wallman 9. Diversity, Deprivation and Space: A Comparison of Immigrant Neighbourhoods in Germany, Denmark and Britain David M. May 10. Rome. Electing Foreign Representatives to the City Government: Governance Strategies Raffaele Bracalenti and Kristine M. Crane 11. Integration of Non-natives into the Regular Labour Market: The Paradox Project in the City of Antwerp Dafne C. Reymen 12. Coordinating Diversities for Prospering DiverCities Dafne C. Reymen Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an up-to-date study of public infrastructure in terms of the selection, procurement and delivery of projects. There is widespread acceptance that infrastructure is vital and needs increasing, yet less agreement about how it should be funded and procured. This book assesses in detail the features of various procurement options while also providing a framework for comparing their advantages and disadvantages. Drawing on international experiences and case studies, Darrin Grimsey and Mervyn Lewis consider some of the best and worst examples of public-private partnerships, new funding methods and infrastructure megaprojects. By offering a conceptual basis for infrastructure decision-making, the authors identify ways to improve infrastructure procurement processes. Focusing on urbanization as a driver of innovation in infrastructure, both the historical context and the future prospects of public infrastructure are analysed. Significantly, the book also examines China's ambitious plans to create a 'high-speed rail economy' and its Belt and Road Initiative across Asia that offers an interesting contrast to infrastructure developments in the United States and other advanced economies. Global Developments in Public Infrastructure Procurement is an essential source of reference for academics and students of economics, public sector finance and urban infrastructure.Trade Review'The trajectories of infrastructure investment in China and the West are going in different directions. That is the focus of both the first and last chapters of this important book exploring the options available for the procurement of public infrastructures. During that discussion, Grimsey and Lewis address important questions: does public investment lead or follow economic development? What are the contributions of China's megaprojects to its fast-growing economic power? What can public-private partnerships do or not do when used in the procurement of public infrastructures? How do PPPs compare to other models of infrastructure procurement? In an ever-increasingly urbanized world, there are few more important discussions than how governments can pay for the infrastructures that make urban life possible. Grimsey and Lewis have made an important contribution to that discussion.' --Richard E. Hanley, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems, New York City College of Technology, US'Today there is more public debate than ever about the state of public infrastructure and the wisdom of selecting particular options for significant investments. This timely publication by Grimsey and Lewis, building upon their earlier key contributions to this debate, is one of the very few publications to place infrastructure investment within the wider contextual financial framework in which these projects exist. The key drivers and barriers to current infrastructure investment are clearly and expertly presented and these principles are illustrated by considering the position in China and the US at opposite ends of the investment spectrum. The informed consideration of public-private partnerships, (PPPs), is welcomed. This excellent publication cuts through the emotional arguments associated with private finance for public infrastructure and demonstrates that, while not a panacea, the PPPs in certain locations, for certain projects and by certain procurement routes do have a clear role to play in infrastructure and service investment.' --Nigel Smith, University of Leeds, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Infrastructure provision 2. Why is infrastructure of such significance? 3. The evolution of infrastructure services 4. The promise of public private partnerships 5. Implementing a partnership agenda 6. Risk analysis in procurement 7. Comparing public infrastructure procurement models 8. Choosing amongst infrastructure procurement approaches 9. The problems of large (mega) projects 10. Funding of infrastructure 11. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respective societies from primarily rural to urban based. Whilst both countries face similar challenges as hundreds of millions of people move, the policies implemented and their consequences are very different. Using an extensive range of qualitative and quantitative data, the contributors explore the impact of migration on migrants and their families, as well as the rural communities they leave behind and the urban communities they enter. They discover that migrants earn less and face discrimination in the urban labour market, although more so in China where there are greater restrictions. However migration contributes to a more equal distribution of income in urban China and to lowering poverty in rural China, and migrants fare better on health and poverty indicators in Indonesia.The Great Migration will strongly appeal to researchers, economists and sociologists with a special interest in migration and development studies. Policy-makers in both China and Indonesia will also find much to fascinate them within this highly original book.Trade Review‘The Great Migration represents a milestone in the study of Chinese migration. After two decades of research on the largest migration in human history, the authors seek to contextualize this process by contrasting it with rural–urban migration in Indonesia. Moreover, their carefully constructed data set offers the potential to study the evolution of this dynamic process over time from a variety of perspectives. . .’ -- Kenneth Roberts, The China Journal‘After a quarter century of double-digit growth, 135 million rural migrants were living in China’s cities by 2007. This massive migration exceeds anything else recorded in human history. Based on new survey data, The Great Migration explores cause and effect while comparing China’s restrictive with Indonesia’s liberal migration policies. The result is the best book on rural-urban migration thus far.’ -- Jeffrey G. Williamson, Harvard University and University of Wisconsin, Madison, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Great Migration in China and Indonesia: Trends and Institutions Xin Meng and Chris Manning PART I: CHINA 2. Why Don’t More Chinese Migrate from the Countryside? Institutional Constraints and the Migration Decision Leng Lee and Xin Meng 3. Jobs, Working Hours and Remuneration Packages for Migrant and Urban Workers Paul Frijters, Leng Lee and Xin Meng 4. Wage Structures and Inequality Among Local and Migrant Workers in Urban China Deng Quheng and Li Shi 5. The Educational and Health Outcomes of the Children of Migrants Sherry Tao Kong and Xin Meng 6. Rural–Urban Migration and Poverty in China Chuliang Luo and Ximing Yue 7. Rural–Urban Migration in China: Survey Design and Implementation Sherry Tao Kong PART II: INDONESIA 8. Assessing the Welfare of Migrant and Non-migrant Households in Four Indonesian Cities: Some Demographic, Social and Employment Characteristics Tadjuddin Noer Effendi, Mujiyani, Fina Itriyati, Danang Arif Darmawan and Derajad S. Widhyharto 9. The Socio-economic and Health Status of Rural–Urban Migrants in Indonesia Budy P. Resosudarmo, Asep Suryahadi, Raden M. Purnagunawan, Athia Yumna and Asri Yusrina 10. Making It in the City: Recent and Long-term Migrants in the Urban Labour Market in Indonesia Armida Alisjahbana and Chris Manning 11. Rural–Urban Migration in Indonesia: Survey Design and Implementation Budy P. Resosudarmo, Chikako Yamauchi and Tadjuddin Noer Effendi References Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook offers an unrivaled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world. By treating cities at a global scale, it focuses on the 'stretching' of urban functions beyond specific place locations, without losing sight of the multiple divisions in contemporary world cities. The book firmly bases city networks in their historical context, critically discusses contemporary concepts and key empirical measures, and analyzes major issues relating to world city infrastructures, economies, governance and divisions. The variety of urban outcomes in contemporary globalization is explored through detailed case studies. Edited by leading scholars of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network and written by over 60 experts in the field, the Handbook is a unique resource for students, researchers and academics in urban and globalization studies as well as for city professionals in planning and policy.Contributors: M. Acuto, A.S. Alderson, H. Ali, D. Bassens, H. Bathelt, J.V. Beaverstock, J. Beckfield, A. Boulton, S.D. Brunn, L.C.S. Budd, T. Bunnell, K. Datta, B. Derudder, A. De Vos, L. Devriendt, E. Engelen, Y. Evans, J. Faulconbridge, R. Grant, T.H. Grubesic, C. Grundy-Warr, S. Hall, C. Hamnett, J. Harrison, J. Herbert, M. Hoyler, P. Hubbard, R. Keil, A.D. King, R. Kloosterman, P. Knox, E. Korcelli-Olejniczak, K.P.Y. Lai, B. Lambregts, R.E. Lang, L. Lees, C. Lizieri, E.J. Malecki, T.C. Matisziw, J. May, C. McIlwaine, D. Murakami Wood, C. Nagel, P. Newman, C. Nicholas, J. Nijman, S. Oosterlynck, K. Pain, C. Parnreiter, A.C. Pratt, J. Rennie Short, J.D. Sidaway, D. Smith, R.G. Smith, M. Sparke, P.J. Taylor, A. Thornley, B. van der Knaap, H. van der Wusten, R. Wall, A. Watson, J. Wills, F. WitloxTrade Review’This book offers an extremely rich variety of (short) chapters on aspects of flows in network and knowledge societies, highlighting the evolutionary shift in focus from cities and states to places in urban networks and mosaics, in which urbanization and globalization themes are blended. The book is definitely a joyful read for all those researchers interested in urban networks and world cities.’ -- Martijn J. Burger and Frank G. van Oort, Journal of Regional Science’An academic work of greatest interest to students and scholars of urban studies, urban planning, urban anthropology, urban history, urban geography, and urban sociology.’ -- M.E. Pfeifer, Choice’As a Handbook, this volume expertly summarizes and reviews the current world cities research. Moreover, it does so in a way that is user-friendly, with short and accessible chapters organized in a coherent framework. Thus, students and researchers new to the area of world cities stand to benefit the most from this book. Supplemented with just a few classic articles, it provides a comprehensive introduction and lays the preliminary groundwork that would be necessary to undertake research on world cities. Likewise, established world cities researchers will find it a ready reference and convenient source for preparing literature reviews. Indeed, it sets an example for the organization and accessibility that future contributions in the world cities literature - both edited volumes and research articles - should aim for.’ -- Zachary Neal, Economic GeographyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: A Relational Urban Studies Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler, Peter J. Taylor and Frank Witlox PART I: ANTECEDENTS I A Histories 2. Historical World City Networks Peter J. Taylor 3. Cities in the Making of World Hegemonies Peter J. Taylor, Michael Hoyler and Dennis Smith 4. Imperialism and World Cities Anthony D. King 5. Political Global Cities Herman van der Wusten I B Contemporary Concepts 6. The Interlocking Network Model Peter J. Taylor 7. On City Cooperation and City Competition Peter J. Taylor 8. Global City/World City Ben Derudder, Anneleen De Vos and Frank Witlox 9. Spatial Transformations of Cities: Global City-region? Mega-city Region? Kathy Pain I C Relational Empirics 10. World Cities and Airline Networks Tony H. Grubesic and Timothy C. Matisziw 11. Internet Networks of World Cities: Agglomeration and Dispersion Edward J. Malecki 12. Corporate Networks of World Cities Arthur S. Alderson and Jason Beckfield 13. Advanced Producer Servicing Networks of World Cities Peter J. Taylor, Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler and Frank Witlox PART II: WORLD CITY ANALYSES II A World City Infrastructures 14. Airports: From Flying Fields to Twenty-first Century Aerocities Lucy C.S. Budd 15. Global Cities, Office Markets and Capital Flows Colin Lizieri 16. International Trade Fairs and World Cities: Temporary vs. Permanent Clusters Harald Bathelt 17. Mega-events: Urban Spectaculars and Globalization John Rennie Short 18 Cyberinfrastructures and ‘Smart’ World Cities: Physical, Human and Soft Infrastructures Andrew Boulton, Stanley D. Brunn and Lomme Devriendt II B World City Economies 19 Centrality, Hierarchy and Heterarchy of Worldwide Corporate Networks Ronald Wall and Bert van der Knaap 20. Business Knowledges Within and Between the World City James Faulconbridge and Sarah Hall 21. Highly Skilled International Labour Migration and World Cities: Expatriates, Executives and Entrepreneurs Jonathan V. Beaverstock 22. Grasping the Spatial Paradoxes of Finance: Theoretical Lessons from the Case of Amsterdam Ewald Engelen 23. The Cultural Economy and the Global City Andy C. Pratt 24. Starchitects, Starchitecture and the Symbolic Capital of World Cities Paul Knox 25. How Global is the ‘Global Media’? Analysing the Networked Urban Geographies of Transnational Media Corporations Allan Watson 26. World Cities of Sex Phil Hubbard II C World City Governance 27. Global City-region Governance, Ten Years On John Harrison 28. Cities and Sustainability: Reflections on a Decade of World Development Kathy Pain 29. Planning for World Cities: Shifting Agendas and Differing Politics Peter Newman and Andy Thornley 30. Surveillance in the World City David Murakami Wood 31. Global Cities and Infectious Disease Harris Ali and Roger Keil II D World City Divisions 32. Urban Social Polarization Chris Hamnett 33. Gentrifying the World City Loretta Lees 34. The Privileged World City: Private Banking, Wealth Management and the Bespoke Servicing of the Global Super-rich Jonathan V. Beaverstock 35. Global Workers for Global Cities: Low Paid Migrant Labour in London Kavita Datta, Cathy McIlwaine, Joanna Herbert, Yara Evans, Jon May and Jane Wills 36. Cultural Diasporas Caroline Nagel 37. Suburbanization and Global Cities Roger Keil PART III: WORLD CITY CASE STUDIES 38. NY-LON Richard G. Smith 39. Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong Within a Financial Centre Network Karen P.Y. Lai 40. More than an Ordinary City: The Role of Mexico City in Global Commodity Chains Christof Parnreiter 41. Mumbai as a Global City: A Theoretical Essay Jan Nijman 42. Accra: A Globalizing City Richard Grant 43. Geographies of Power in the Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle Tim Bunnell, Carl Grundy-Warr, James D. Sidaway and Matthew Sparke 44. Randstad Holland: Probing Hierarchies and Interdependencies in a Polycentric World City Region Bart Lambregts and Robert Kloosterman 45. From National Capital to Dismal Political World City: The Politics of Scalar Disarticulation in Brussels Stijn Oosterlynck 46. Las Vegas: More than a One-dimensional World City? Robert E. Lang and Christina Nicholas 47. South Florida: World City, Edgeless City Robert E. Lang and Christina Nicholas 48. Marked by Dynamics: Berlin and Warsaw in the Process of Functional Change Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak 49. ‘The World City Concept Travels East’: On Excessive Imagination and Limited Urban Sustainability in UAE World Cities David Bassens 50. Sydney: The Wicked Power-geometry of a Greening Global City Michele Acuto Index

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Book SynopsisThe Global Urban Competitiveness Report - 2010 is an empirical study of the competitiveness of 500 cities around the world This one-of-a-kind resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of which are described and assessed Using a sophisticated methodology and a team of 100 researchers from the Chinese Academy of Social Science, the book not only ranks these cities but also presents a wealth of information with regard to the strengths and weaknesses of each city in relation to each other The book includes a full discussion of the factors that create urban competitiveness, what sorts or categories of cities are most competitive, and comments on the policies and initiatives that are adopted by the most competitive cities.Scholars and researchers in the areas of urban economics, planning, geography, and regional economics will find the information invaluable, as will local authorities, decision-makers, and economic planners in cities throughout the world.Table of ContentsContents: 1. The Conceptual Framework and Index System 2. Analytical Methods 3. Econometric Findings 4. The City Rankings 5. Which Cities are the Most Competitive in the World? 6. What are the Characteristics of Global Urban Competitiveness? 7. Which Factors Decide Global Urban Competitiveness? 8. Cities: Everything is Possible in the Future Appendices Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWith the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the 'creative city' became the new hot topic among urban policy makers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and urban environments. The economist Ake E. Andersson and the psychologist Dean Simonton are the other members of this 'creative troika'. In the Handbook of Creative Cities, Florida, Andersson and Simonton appear in the same volume for the first time. The expert contributors in this timely Handbook extend their insights with a varied set of theoretical and empirical tools. The diversity of the contributions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of creative city theorizing, which encompasses urban economics, economic geography, social psychology, urban sociology, and urban planning. The stated policy implications are equally diverse, ranging from libertarian to social democratic visions of our shared creative and urban future. Being truly international in its scope, this major Handbook will be particularly useful for policy makers that are involved in urban development, academics in urban economics, economic geography, urban sociology, social psychology, and urban planning, as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students across the social sciences and in business.Table of ContentsContents: PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Analysing Creative Cities David Emanuel Andersson and Charlotta Mellander 2. Creative People Need Creative Cities Åke E. Andersson 3. The Creative Class Paradigm Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Patrick Adler 4. Big-C Creativity in the Big City Dean Keith Simonton 5. Clusters, Networks and Creativity Charlie Karlsson PART II: PEOPLE 6. The Open City Peter Jason Rentfrow 7. The Value of Creativity Todd M. Gabe 8. Understanding Canada’s Evolving Design Economy Tara Vinodrai 9. Technology, Talent and Tolerance and Inter-regional Migration in Canada Karen M. King 10. Higher Education and the Creative City Roberta Comunian and Alessandra Faggian PART III: NETWORKS 11. Research Nodes and Networks Christian Wichmann Matthiessen, Annette Winkel Schwarz and Søren Find 12. Scenes, Innovation, and Urban Development Dan Silver, Terry Nichols Clark and Christopher Graziul 13. The Arts: Not Just Artists (and Vice Versa) Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Kevin M. Stolarick 14. The Creative Potential of Network Cities David F. Batten 15. Why Being There Matters: Finnish Professionals in Silicon Valley Carol Marie Kiriakos PART IV: PLANNING 16. Creative Cities Need Less Government David Emanuel Andersson 17. Land-use Regulation for the Creative City Stefano Moroni 18. The Emergence of Vancouver as a Creative City Gus diZerega and David F. Hardwick PART V: MARKETS 19. Cultivating Creativity: Market Creation of Agglomeration Economies Randall G. Holcombe 20. The Sociability and Morality of Market Settlements Arielle John and Virgil Henry Storr 21. Creative Environments: The Case for Local Economic Diversity Pierre Desrochers and Samuli Leppälä 22. Does Density Matter? Peter Gordon and Sanford Ikeda 23. Creative Milieus in the Stockholm Region Börje Johansson and Johan Klaesson 24. The Creative City and its Distributional Consequences: The Case of Wellington Philip S. Morrison PART VI: VISIONS 25. Contract, Voice and Rent: Voluntary Urban Planning Fred E. Foldvary 26. A Roadmap for the Creative City Charles Landry Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a welcome and timely analysis of how global economic and financial powerhouses in Asia also aim to become global cultural cities. It critically examines the tension between top-down policies implemented by strong states to boost urban culture, which are typically focused on the hardware of iconic venues, museums, and opera houses mostly designed by famous western architects, and the need for freedom to enable more organic cultural initiatives rooted in local practices.'- Robert C. Kloosterman, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsWhile global cities have mostly been characterized as sites of intensive and extensive economic activity, the quest for global city status also increasingly rests on the creative production and consumption of culture and the arts. Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities examines such ambitions and projects undertaken in five major cities in Asia: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Singapore.Providing a thorough comparison of their urban imaging strategies and attempts to harness arts and culture, as well as more organically evolved arts activities and spaces, this book analyses the relative successes and failures of these cities. Offering rich ethnographic detail drawn from extensive fieldwork, the authors challenge city strategies and existing urban theories about cultural and creative clusters and reveal the many complexities in the art of city-making.This noteworthy study will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as academics from a variety of disciplines ranging from urban and cultural geography to Asian studies. Arts and cultural policy makers and artists will also find this a fascinating read.Contents: 1. Arts spaces, New Urban Landscapes and Global Cultural Cities PART I 2. The National Grand Theatre in a City of Monuments: Discourse and Reality in the Construction of Beijing's New Cultural Space 3. Rivalling Beijing and the World: Realizing Shanghai's Ambitions through Cultural Infrastructure 4. Hong Kong's Dilemmas and the Changing Fates of West Kowloon Cultural District 5. The Making of a 'Renaissance City': Building Cultural Monuments in Singapore 6. In Search of New Homes: The Absent New Cultural Monument in Taipei PART II 7. Cultural Creativity, Clustering and the State in Beijing 8. Remaking Shanghai's Old Industrial Spaces: The Growth and Growth of Creative Precincts 9. Factories and Animal Depots: The 'New' Old Spaces for the Arts in Hong Kong 10. Reusing Old Factory Spaces in Taipei: The Challenges of Developing Cultural Parks 11. From Education to Enterprise in Singapore: Converting Old Schools to New Artistic and Aesthetic Use 12. Culture, Globalization and Urban Landscapes References IndexTrade ReviewThis book not only establishes the importance of cultural projects in crafting Asia's new global cities, it offers the first systematic comparison of both governmental plans and artists' actions in major urban sites from Beijing to Singapore. Whether art is viewed as an economic engine or a creative act, the authors show that it is a highly visible part of Asian societies that no one can ignore. --- Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban PlacesThis volume makes two very significant contributions to the literature on Asian cities: it shifts the focus away from manufacturing and real estate as drivers of growth to the role of creativity in fostering the development of global cities; and it chronicles how arts and culture are changing the physical character of the cities studied. It is a highly welcome addition to our understanding of the dynamics of urban Asia and its increasing importance in generating global culture. --- Susan Fainstein, Harvard Graduate School of Design, US and author of The Just CityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Arts spaces, New Urban Landscapes and Global Cultural Cities PART I 2. The National Grand Theatre in a City of Monuments: Discourse and Reality in the Construction of Beijing’s New Cultural Space 3. Rivalling Beijing and the World: Realizing Shanghai’s Ambitions through Cultural Infrastructure 4. Hong Kong’s Dilemmas and the Changing Fates of West Kowloon Cultural District 5. The Making of a ‛Renaissance City’: Building Cultural Monuments in Singapore 6. In Search of New Homes: The Absent New Cultural Monument in Taipei PART II 7. Cultural Creativity, Clustering and the Sstate in Beijing 8. Remaking Shanghai’s Old Industrial Spaces: The Growth and Growth of Creative Precincts 9. Factories and Animal Depots: The ‛New’ Old Spaces for the Arts in Hong Kong 10. Reusing Old Factory Spaces in Taipei: The Challenges of Developing Cultural Parks 11. From Education to Enterprise in Singapore: Converting Old Schools to New Artistic and Aesthetic Use 12. Culture, Globalization and Urban Landscapes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis engaging book addresses the question of how diverse communities, whether in a nation, city or organization, can live together and prosper whilst retaining and enjoying their cultural differences. This is a particularly pertinent issue in the context of the modern world where mass migration and immigration are pervasive global phenomena. This volume brings together a series of contributors from various disciplines and cultural settings to address two central questions: how does cultural diversity contribute to or hamper central notions of sustainability such as human welfare, social cohesion or socio-economic development? how can cultural diversity unfold in a positive way through particular forms of interactions, processes and structures? The authors offer a conceptual discussion on the meaning and operationalization of sustainability within various contexts and settings. They provide concrete examples of the contribution of sustainable diversity to prosperous nations, communities and companies, but also identify a number of tensions which may undermine this positive potential. They highlight recognition, empowerment and inclusion as the three fundamental pillars on which policies should be built in order to create the necessary trust and legitimacy that provide the foundations for truly sustainable diversity Combining extensive theory and practice, this unique volume will be required reading for post-graduate students and researchers in a wide range of subjects connected to cultural diversity such as economics, sociology, anthropology, public policy and organization studies.Trade Review‘In the global context of mass migration, this book is a timely and valuable contribution to urban policy and organization studies. . . Recommended’ -- D.A. Chekki, Choice‘This is a very useful book on a very important subject. The preservation of the rich and diverse body of cultures that history and continued diversity provide is of great significance for humanity and the welfare of society. The failure to appreciate, and even to hate other cultures, is surely a threat to world peace and civilization. I particularly value the chapters that focus on policy and provide evidence indicating what policy approaches are effective and which are not.’ -- William J. Baumol, New York University and Princeton University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction PART I: CONCEPTUAL INTRODUCTION 1. Sustainable Diversity Selma van Londen and Arie de Ruijter 2. An Historical Perspective on Sustainable Diversity: Market and Nation as Catalysts of Diversity in Modern Europe (1800–1950) Francesco Chiapparino and Roberto Giulianelli PART II: SUSTAINABLE DIVERSITY AT THE LEVEL OF THE NATION 3. Sustainable Diversity and Inequality: Race in the USA and Beyond Phillip J. Bowman and John J. Betancur 4. The Republic Against Republicanism: The French Debate on Cultural Diversity (1983–2005) Olivier Rousseau and S. Romi Mukherjee 5. Cultural Diversity in Bolivia: From Liberal Interculturalism to Indigenous Modernity J. Fernando Galindo 6. Diversity in European Regions: Lessons from Germany Elena Bellini, Iskra Christova-Balkanska, Tonia Damvakeraki, Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Edith Pichler, Dino Pinelli, Giovanni Prarolo, Max Steinhardt and Lena Tsipouri 7. Diversity and Tolerance: Rhetoric versus Reality Yilmaz Esmer PART III: SUSTAINABLE DIVERSITY AT THE LEVEL OF THE CITY 8. Material Culture in the City: Consumption, Diversity and Sustainability in City Neighbourhoods Susanne Küchler and Rossella Lo Conte 9. From Uniformity to Sustainable Diversity: Transformations of a Post-Socialist City Alexandra Bitušíková and Daniel Luther 10. Cultural Diversity-Based Projects and their Effects on Sustainable Development Milena Dragićević Šešić, Ljiljana Simić and Jean Pierre Deru 11. Cultural Capital, Local Identities and Ethnic Diversity: A Study of Amsterdam Cultural Tourism Trends Patrizia Riganti 12. Migration in the Czech Republic: A Source of Social Diversity and Formation of New Social Networks in the Urban Environment Zdenek Uherek PART IV: SUSTAINABLE DIVERSITY AT THE LEVEL OF THE ORGANIZATION 13. Towards Sustainable Diversity in Organizations: Lessons from Good Diversity Management Practices Patrizia Zanoni, Angela Nilsson, Maddy Janssens and Nils Wåhlin 14. Managing Diversity Conceptually: Shifting Conceptualizations of Diversity in the Context of Immigrant Organizations in Sweden Kiflemariam Hamde and Nils Wåhlin 15. Ethnicity and Sustainability in Organizations: Does Organizational Identification Matter? Hans Siebers and Anne-Marie Poels 16. Migrant Entrepreneurship in a Diverse Europe: In Search of Sustainable Development Tüzin Baycan-Levent and Peter Nijkamp Index

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Book SynopsisThe global economy has transformed during the last few decades. Though the changes have benefited some, many mature industrial economies (MIEs) have not been treated well by the changes they have seen and have been forced to adapt to dramatically changed circumstances. In this collection of original papers, economists and geographers from Asia, North America and Europe examine the policy initiatives that have succeeded in their countries. The analyses address issues such as local, state and federal governance, aging populations, inter-city cooperation and loss of dominant firms. Additionally, the authors discuss policy issues such as industrial tourism, the roles of education, knowledge and culture, and repositioning a regions place in the global economy. The volume also includes an empirical estimation of the competitiveness of major cities. The contributors to this book hold that it is possible for the overwhelming majority of MIEs to shape their policy in such a way that many of the objectives that will yield the most prosperity will fall within their reach. In that spirit, this book offers the elements for generating economic strategies for mature industrial economies. Suggesting frontier polices to help cities chart a course for future developmental success, this stimulating work is ideally suited to economists, policymakers, city planners, students and scholars of business, economics, urban studies and public policy, and all those concerned with creating equity for the cities of tomorrow.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Peter Karl Kresl 2. Global Competitiveness and the Role of Higher Education/Community Partnerships David J. Maurrasse 3. Montreal’s Technological and Cultural Clusters Strategy: The Case of the Multimedia, and Film and Audiovisual Production Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay 4. The Knowledge Base, Research and Development and Regional Economic Policy: The US and UK Experience William F. Lever 5. Government and Governance – How to Build and Sustain a Consistent Focus: The Case of Three Italian Cities Stefano Mollica, Marco Lucchini and Giovanna Hirsch 6. Economic Structure and Business Organization in the Central Region of Mexico Jaime Sobrino 7. Cooperation and Competition Between Cities: Urban Development Strategies in Hong Kong and Shenzhen Jianfa Shen 8. A City Loses its Major Industry – What Does it Do? The Case of Turin Daniele Ietri 9. Northeastern US Cities and Global Urban Competitiveness Ni Pengfei 10. Industrial Tourism: Opportunities for City and Enterprise Leo van den Berg, Alexander Otgaar, Christian Berger and Rachel Xiang Feng 11. An Aging Population and the Economic Vitality of Pennsylvania’s Cities and Towns Peter Karl Kresl 12. The Repositioning of Cities and Urban Regions in a Global Economy Saskia Sassen Index

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Book SynopsisThe year 2120 may appear a long way into the future but will come quickly. The global population reached one billion in 1804, four billion in 1974, six billion in 1999, seven billion in 2012, and nine billion predicted for 2020. Given the speed of current development under the threat of changing climate, this book attempts to project ahead but with a particular focus. Housing and feeding so many people is about saving the planet while laying the foundations for a quality of life that is within what people in 2120 will want in their living conditions.One factor has not been considered, namely, how each new generation comes in at a different reference point. Previously, the ideal home might have had a house, a garden, perhaps a swimming pool or tennis court. Teenagers today don’t care about these amenities as long as they have access to their electronic devices. Grandparents might resent living in one-room apartments, while young people could find this acceptable. The planning conundrum is to anticipate the expectations of future generations. This text looks at best theories of urban development, attempting to integrate future expectations in the hope of guiding governments to think outside the box.

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Book SynopsisFood and architecture, the two pillars of human civilization, have intertwined to such extents to sustain the civilization itself, that the connection between the two has visually ceased to exist. The apparent diverse fields of human life have worked upon similar principles through ages from the beginning of mankind and they complemented our existence. Food is fundamental to cross-cultural studies of behavior, thought, and imagery. We eat for many reasons than just to satisfy our appetite. The act of eating is now a way of socializing with others. Hence all major institutes of food service are trying hard to amaze their users with a built environment that complements the served delicacy. Although most of the users might not understand the thought consciously but subconscious mind keeps alarming when things don’t fall in place. The book surfs through all the aspects of such two diverse fields and tries to show a parallel through a very socialistic and holistic perspective. It’s interesting to understand the intangible logics behind the very tangible aspects of human life.

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Book SynopsisThis book highlights current concepts of Social Urbanism, the contemporary set of multiple and interdisciplinary urban studies that have emerged mainly from the complex realities of Latin American cities. The discussion that follows places special emphasis on public land policy and the innovative urban instruments developed in that region to promote social and territorial inclusion. Critical reflections throughout the pages of this book shed light into the local context of each case-study in order to understand their specific set of challenges and opportunities. Relevant lessons are extracted from the three cities here analyzed, the medium-scale city of Medellin, the large-scale city of Bogota, and the megacity of Sao Paulo, as well as from local innovative experiences in Argentina and Uruguay. These cities underwent promising transformation processes over two decades, applying planning and financing instruments of land policy which have produced significant shifts in the urban development paradigm in the region. The quest for social inclusion has emerged as the common denominator in these cities, awakening growing interest across several fields of urban studies, from public policies and city management to urban law, city financing, urban development, and innovative community participation processes. The book brings implications on urban land policy for transition cities in the Global South. The question of social inclusion in Global South cities is however far from being solved; the analysis presented in this book shows advances and hope, besides a long path still ahead, which can only be faced through a continuous and challenging incremental process. May this book be an incremental step.Table of ContentsPreface PART I: Concepts and Context 1. Social Urbanism in Latin America PART II: Cases 2. Medellin 3. Bogota 4. Sao Paulo PART III: Instruments of Planning, Promotion and Financing 5. Instruments of Planning and Promotion 6. Instruments of Financing Conclusion Notes

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Book Synopsis​This book presents the outcomes of the symposium “NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES,” held at Mediterranea University, Reggio Calabria, Italy on May 26–28, 2020.Addressing the challenge of Knowledge Dynamics and Innovation-driven Policies Towards Urban and Regional Transition, the book presents a multi-disciplinary debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools in connection with urban–rural area networks and metropolitan centers. The respective papers focus on six major tracks: Innovation dynamics, smart cities and ICT; Urban regeneration, community-led practices and PPP; Local development, inland and urban areas in territorial cohesion strategies; Mobility, accessibility and infrastructures; Heritage, landscape and identity;and Risk management,environment and energy. The book also includes a Special Section on Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. Given its scope, the book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in issues concerning metropolitan and marginal areas.Table of ContentsDisposal of Bergamot By-products by Animal Productions.- Sustainable Attitudes of Local People on the Purchase of Local Food. An empirical investigation on Italian products.- Transhumance Routes in the Perspective of Tourist Use: Case Studies in Calabria, Italy.- Italy Testing the Place-based Approach: River Agreements and National Strategy for Inner Areas.- The "blue vision" of Ionian Coastal Rural Area.

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Book SynopsisThe book explores approaches, methods and best practices related to health promotion in urban areas. Thanks to the increasingly tight connection among urbanism, architecture, bioethics, anthropology, sociology and medicine, we are now reaching an “ecological” health perspective. This new viewpoint has pushed the study of social health determinants and their unequal distribution in the population, resulting in the study of the generation of structurally-determined differences in health and healthcare. There is the need to make use of a unitary framework in order to understand the intertwining of multidimensional dynamics that define the urban context and the need to disseminate, enhance, and improve existing interventions in the field. This volume consequently results in the discussion and comparison of contents and methods to be implemented in multidisciplinary interventions related to the promotion of community-based healthcare and health in the urban setting. The book represents a useful opportunity for scientific growth and international sharing of methodologies that can help develop a common language and approach to be shared across different academic spheres. This is not only an exchange of knowledge among different fields of study, but also the creation of foundations for creating an increasingly complex network of scientific culture and operational collaborations to transfer knowledge and attract academic and public attention, influencing decision-makers and gaining advocacy accordingly.Table of ContentsUrban Regeneration Between Well-Being, Social Determinants and Sustainable Development Goals.- Public Health Approach to Outdoor Urban Health.- Security, Health and Social Exclusion In Urban Contexts. A Sociological Perspective.- From the Phenomenological Redefinition of Body to Inequalities in Health.- Pathways for Therapy and Urban Health in the Field of Mental Suffering. Illness Narratives from a Residential Complex for Public Housing Assistance in Rome, Italy.- Does Urbanization Correlate with Health Service Assistance? An Observational Study in Rome, Italy.- A Walkable Urban Environment to Prevent Chronic Diseases and Improve Wellbeing, an Experience of Urban Health in the Local Health Unit Roma.- Housing and Health in Urban Areas.- Health, Well-Being, Good Living. Architectural Attempts with Acupuncture-Type Regenerations for Quito, Cairo and the Baghère Region.- We For Us: Collective Action In The Favelas During The Pandemic.- Empower Shack Housing.- Measuring Disability Among Migrant People in Urban Area.- Conclusions. From a Multidisciplinary Cultural Approach to an Integrated Organization of the City, to Build Health Capabilities.

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Book SynopsisThis book reports on a large research project on community regeneration, which integrated the spatial, social, economic and organizational factors with the dimensions of sustainability, resilience and participation. Upon providing a detailed review on concepts of community and urban regeneration, it analyses a set of successful case studies from 30 European cities, which were selected by the authors from different rankings and awards. Fifty-seven key performance indicators and the results of self-assessment questionnaires are here introduced to allow a comparative study of best practices and eventually to outline 20 guidelines and 100 strategic actions for future community regeneration projects. All in all, this book offers extensive information and a source of inspiration for urban planners, economists, sociologists, public administrators, stakeholders and all those involved in the development and management of sustainable cities.Table of ContentsDesigning the regeneration of urban communities.- Sustainable Urban Regeneration: a literature review.- The research Design: the definition of the Key Performance Indicators and the choice of the analysis sample.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the phenomenon of urban fear – the increasing anxiety over crime and violence in Western cities despite their high safety – with a view to developing a comprehensive, critical, exploratory theory of fear, space, and urban planning that unravels the paradoxes of their mutual relations. By focusing especially on the southern European cities of Palermo and Lisbon, the book also aims to expand upon recent studies on urban geopolitics, enriching them from the perspective of ordinary, as opposed to global, cities. Readers will find enlightening analysis of the ways in which urban fear is (re)produced, including by misinformative discourses on security and fear and the political construction of otherness as a means of exclusion. The spatialization of fear, e.g., through fortification, privatization, and fragmentation, is explored, and the ways in which urban planning is informed by and has in turn been shaping urban fear are investigated. A concluding chapter considers divergent potential futures and makes a call for action. The book will appeal to all with an interest in whether, and to what extent, the production of ‘fearscapes’, the contemporary landscapes of fear, constitutes an emergent urban political economy.Table of ContentsLiving in a fearscape?.- Western paradoxes of security and fear.- Us and Them: otherness and exclusion.- Fear and space.- Planning, fear and power.- Thinking future.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a new paradigm of knowledge and action with respect to urban waterfronts and the “fluid city paradigm,” explaining its methodological framework and describing an integrated and creative planning approach in which waterfront regeneration is pursued as a key urban-renewal strategy. It focuses especially on the WATERFRONT project (“Water And Territorial policiEs for integRation oF multisectoRial develOpmeNT”), which was funded jointly by Italy and Malta with the goal of developing common guidelines, strategies, and operational tools for the planning of coastal areas, based on cross-border exchange of experiences. In the described approach, the waterfront is recognized as having a broad identity, acknowledging the complexity of the relationship between seaport and town and taking into account the physical and environmental components of human settlement, infrastructure, and productive and recreational activities. It highlights details of the process of renewal in the port city of Trapani, with discussion of the implemented actions, plans, and programs. The book also examines the practices adopted to transform city–port relationships across Europe in pursuit of innovative and sustainable development.Table of ContentsThe Fluid City Paradigm: a deeper innovation.- Waterfronts and tourism.- The Waterfront Theorem: an integrated and creative planning approach.- Harbourscape: between specialization and public space.- Waterfront Projects in Italy.- From the harbour to the city. The process of urban renewal in Trapani.- An atlas of the Mediterranean Waterfronts: an instrument for knowledge and direction.- Waterfront and transformation in contexts of conflict.- Definition of the precincts and instruments for shared and harmonised planning of waterfront areas.- The fluid city experience: an update.

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Book SynopsisEine funktionierende leitungsgebundene Energieversorgung ist Voraussetzung für die industrielle Entwicklung eines Landes. Das Buch gibt einen fundierten Überblick über die Strom-, Gas- und Fernwärmeversorgungssysteme in den Ländern der Visegrad-Gruppe, des Baltikums sowie Russlands, Belarus und der Ukraine. Gleichzeitig werden Ansatzpunkte zur Modernisierung der Energienetze offengelegt. Nationale Besonderheiten und Entwicklungsstände werden aufgezeigt. Durch die abgestimmte Struktur der Beiträge ist ein Vergleich der Systeme möglich. Die Länderberichte sind von ausgewiesenen Fachleuten der betreffenden Staaten verfasst. Sie spiegeln die seit 25 Jahren bestehende Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen des Zittauer Energieseminars zur energiewirtschaftlichen Situation in Mittel- und Osteuropa wider. Jeder Beitrag beinhaltet eine technisch-ökonomische Sachstandsanalyse und geht auf Entwicklungsperspektiven ein. Das Werk zeigt Verbesserungspotentiale bzgl. Infrastrukturausbau und Energieeffizienz auf.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Grundlagen der leitungsgebundenen Energieversorgung.- Visegrad-Gruppe: Polen, Tschechische Republik, Slowakei, Ungarn.- Baltikum: Littauen, Lettland, Estland.- Russland, Belarus, Ukraine.- Schlussbetrachtung.

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch bildet das Modul Methoden, Netzwerke, Steuerung ab und zeigt wesentliche Grundlagen für die Ausgestaltung einer Wirtschaftsförderungstätigkeit auf. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen steigenden Anforderungen von Seiten der Wirtschaft, durch zunehmenden Standortwettbewerb und nicht zuletzt Ressourcenbegrenztheit der öffentlichen Haushalte, muss die Wirtschaftsförderung ihre Aufgabenwahrnehmung definieren. Eine besondere Rolle nimmt die Netzwerkarbeit der Wirtschaftsförderung ein. Vernetzung ist für eine effiziente und effektive Leistungserbringung vielfach erforderlich, in Beratung und Projekten. Sie ist Rahmenbedingung, da die Arbeit der Wirtschaftsförderung von vielen externen Strukturen und Akteuren abhängig ist, und Grundlage für neue Strategien der Wirtschaftsförderung zugleich. In dem beschriebenen Spannungsfeld hat auch die Steuerung der Wirtschaftsförderung eine zunehmend bedeutende Rolle. Die Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten der Steuerung werden praxisnah und systematisch aufgezeigt, um Möglichkeiten der Weiterentwicklung einer Wirtschaftsförderungseinheit systematisch anzugehen. Den Abschluss eines jeden Bausteins des Moduls bilden Kontrollfragen, die den Leser beim Erarbeiten des Lernstoffes unterstützen und den Lernerfolg zu überprüfen helfen.Table of ContentsBeratungsarbeit.- Projektarbeit.- Grundlagenarbeit.- Marketing.- Vernetzung, Unternehmensnetzwerke, Interkommunale Netzwerke.- Steuerung durch Zielsetzung.- Steuerung durch Erfolgskontrolle.- Neues Steuerungsmodell.- Steuerung mit Standards.

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch führt in die Module Verwaltung und Wirtschaftsförderung ein und beleuchtet die sich hier ergebenden Möglichkeiten von Serviceorientierung und Qualitätsmanagement. Bestehende Entwicklungen werden analysiert und im theoretischen und historischen Gesamtkontext erörtert. Weiterhin wird den interkommunalen Kooperationen auf den Gebieten Verwaltung und Wirtschaftsförderung breiter Raum geschenkt.Auf dem langen Weg hin zu einer Serviceorientierung von Verwaltung und Wirtschaftsförderung haben einige bundesdeutsche Kommunen bereits eine beachtliche Strecke zurückgelegt. Attraktivität und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit dieser Kommunen konnte mittels der bislang umgesetzten Maßnahmen erheblich gesteigert werden.Die erfolgreiche Implementierung serviceorientierter Denk- und Verhaltensweisen setzt eine intensive Beschäftigung mit dieser Thematik voraus, idealerweise in Form einer institutionalisierten Aus- und Weiterbildung. Auch hierbei liefern die Autoren wertvolle Unterstützung und praxiserprobte Hilfe. Table of ContentsVerwaltung.- Wirtschaftsförderung.- Serviceorientierung und Qualitätsmanagement.- Interkommunale Kooperationen.

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch zeigt die für die Wirtschafts- und Regionalförderung erforderliche Bandbreite des Informationsmanagements auf. Mit der Darstellung dieser Grundlagen wird vermittelt, dass die Verfügbarkeit über Informationen die entscheidende Basis für Entscheidungen und die strategische Ausrichtung der Wirtschaftsförderung bilden wird. Daher stehen folgende Fragestellungen im Fokus: Welche Daten werden in der Wirtschaftsförderung benötigt? Welche Informationen liegen bereits in der Verwaltung bzw. bei anderen Akteuren vor? Welche dieser bereits vorhandenen Informationen können von der Wirtschaftsförderung abgerufen werden?Zum anderen soll mit diesem Modul das Verständnis dafür entwickelt werden, welche Bedeutung den neuen Technologien (CRM-Systeme, Web 2.0, regionale Wissenssysteme) zukommt, um eine neue Qualität der Partizipation zu erreichen. Regionalwissenschaftliche Studien haben den hohen Stellenwert betont, der funktionierenden Netzwerken, schnellerer Informationsbereitstellung und hoher Wissensverbreitung beigemessen werden kann. Wenn die Möglichkeiten der neuen Technologien erkannt worden sind und in der Praxis erfolgreich angewendet werden, bieten sich der kommunalen Wirtschaftsförderung enorme Potenziale für die Vernetzung der relevanten Akteure und zur Erfüllung ihrer neuen Aufgabenfelder.Den Abschluss eines jeden Bausteins des Moduls bilden Kontrollfragen, die den Leser beim Erarbeiten des Lernstoffes unterstützen und den Lernerfolg zu überprüfen helfen.Table of ContentsInformationsgrundlagen der Wirtschaftsförderung.- Einsatz von Informationssystemen in der Wirtschaftsförderung.- Einführung von CRM-Systemen.- Mögliche Wege zur Verbesserung des Kontaktmanagements.- Kennziffern in der Wirtschaftsförderung.- Ämterübergreifende Zusammenarbeit.- Regionales Wissensmanagement.- Möglichkeiten des Einsatzes von Social Media.

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Book SynopsisDieses Fachbuch beschreibt die zentralen Herausforderungen, mit denen sich Städte konfrontiert sehen und zeigt Ansätze, welche Handlungsoptionen sich den Städten aus Sicht des Städtemanagements bieten. Angesichts der in Deutschland und weltweit zu beobachtenden steigenden Urbanisierung ist die Auseinandersetzung mit Smart Cities ein zentrales gesellschaftspolitisches Thema. Zur Erhaltung der Zukunftsfähigkeit von Städten wird erörtert, welche zentralen Themenfelder am dringendsten zu berücksichtigen sind. Hierzu zählen ebenso nachhaltige Verkehrskonzepte wie auch innovative Formen des Verwaltungshandelns mit Blick auf die Einbindung der Bürger. Dieses Fachbuch ist für Führungskräfte in Stadtverwaltungen interessant, gleichermaßen aber auch für Studierende mit Studienschwerpunkten in den Bereichen Nachhaltigkeit, Logistik, Controlling, Vernetzung, Digitalisierung und Innovation in urbanen Kontexten.Table of ContentsLeistungsdimensionen von Smart Cities.- Strategieentwicklung für Smart Cities.- Regionale Abhängigkeiten trotz Smartness?.- Zentrale Akteure von Smart Cities.- Handlungsfelder (Urban Production & Logistics, Innovation und Digitalisierung, Risikomanagement, Megaprojekte).- Smarter Cities – Best Practice Beispiele von IBM (städtische Leitzentrale in Rio de Janeiro, Connected Car-Initiative, Verkehrsmanagement Stockholm, Stadionmanagement Miami).

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch bildet das Modul Standortmanagement ab und bietet fundiertes und nachhaltiges Wissen zu den Wechselwirkungen zwischen Standortgegebenheiten und Wirtschaftsentwicklung. Dabei werden die unterschiedlichen Perspektiven von Standortmanagement beleuchtet und in Beziehung zueinander gebracht. Die Autoren vermitteln die Fertigkeiten zur Analyse von Wirtschaftsräumen durch die Vorstellung zahlreicher darauf abstellender Instrumente. Ebenso werden Standortfaktoren, Flächen- und Immobilienmanagement vorgestellt und in Beziehung zur tagtäglichen Arbeit von Wirtschaftsfördererinnen und Wirtschaftsförderern gesetzt. Den Abschluss eines Themenbereichs bilden jeweils Kontrollfragen, die den Leser beim Erarbeiten des Lernstoffes unterstützen und den Lernerfolg zu überprüfen helfen.Table of ContentsEinführung.- Standortmanagement und Standortentwicklung.- Standortfaktoren für Unternehmen.- Infrastrukturmanagement.- Flächen- und Immobilienmanagement.

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch bildet das Modul Innovationsmanagement ab und zeigt wesentliche Grundlagen auf. Die Autorin erklärt zunächst wichtige Begriffe und geht anschließend auf das Innovationsmanagement im Unternehmen ein. Dabei werden der Innovationsmanagementprozess erklärt, die Merkmale einer erfolgreichen Innovationskultur benannt und innovationsspezifische Erfolgsfaktoren thematisiert. Anschließend wird Wissensmanagement als wichtige Grundlage des Innovationsmanagements vorgestellt und im Themenkomplex Kommunikation und Innovation verdeutlicht, welche Rolle der Kommunikation im Innovationsprozess zukommt. Hierbei wird auch erklärt, wie ein erfolgreiches Innovationsmanagement die Unternehmenskommunikation unterstützen und die Arbeitgebermarke des Unternehmens stärken kann. Im Kapitel Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit werden die Chancen von nachhaltigen Innovationen für die langfristige Wertschöpfung des Unternehmens thematisiert. Fallbeispiele aus der Praxis runden die Themengebiete ab. Jeder Baustein endet mit Kontrollfragen, die den Leser beim Erarbeiten des Lernstoffes unterstützen und dabei helfen, den Lernerfolg zu überprüfen.Table of ContentsEinführung.- Begriffsdefinitionen: Innovation, Innovationsmanagement und Innovationsprozess.- Innovationsmanagement in Unternehmen.- Erfolgsfaktoren im Innovationsmanagement.- Praxisbeispiele.- Wissensmanagement als Grundlage für Innovationsmanagement.- Kommunikation für Innovationen.- Innovationen und Nachhaltigkeit.- Zusammenfassung und Abschlusskontrolle.

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Book SynopsisDas Thema Urbane Mobilität rangiert sehr hoch in nahezu allen Gesellschaftsbereichen. So ist es nicht zwingend ein alleiniges Automobilthema, sondern betrifft Branchen wie Immobilien, Handel, Hospitality, Energie und Finanzen. Die Coronakrise hat nochmals unterstrichen, wie wichtig Mobilität im Sinne von Logistik und Fortbewegung für den wirtschaftlichen Wachstumsgedanken ist. Mobilität im Sinne von geistiger Beweglichkeit stellt einen wichtigen Kulturfaktor dar, Mobilität als Synonym für Freiheit.Das vorliegende Buch fokussiert Urbane Mobilität unter den Gesichtspunkten Technologie, neue Lebensformen, neue Wirtschaftssysteme und Gesellschaft. Mobilität muss nicht nur branchenübergreifend neu gedacht, sondern als ein kultureller Veränderungsprozess in seiner Gesamtheit verstanden werden. Urbane Mobilität vereint Themenwelten von Generationenkonflikt, über Nachhaltigkeit und Klimawandel bis hin zu einem neuen Politikverständnis. Unterstützt wird die Diskussion durch Beiträge von Experten aus unterschiedlichsten Branchen. Table of ContentsKultur und Zeitgeist.- Urbane Mobilität.- erlebnisRAUM Stadt - neue Lebensmodelle.- Umparken im Kopf - zukunftsorientiertes Handeln.

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Book SynopsisThis report is an important resource to explore critical and emerging policy opportunities to realize urban sustainability for the Asian and Pacific region. It informs policies and actions from a sustainable development perspective, putting cities at the centre of development policy debates. It identifies future policy pathways for urban decision makers and stakeholders to reimagine the built and natural environments in Asian and Pacific cities and offers policy solutions across different types of cities to achieve the global development agendas. The solutions address four major development challenges - natural resource management, climate change, disaster risk and inequalities - through a focus on the key means of implementation to accelerate the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.

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Book SynopsisFor many decades, cities in the Asia Pacific region have followed unsustainable patterns of transport development: worsening congestion and traffic safety, deteriorating air quality, high consumption of fossil fuels, and rising greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, many city governments are now developing sustainable transport strategies to target these issues and promote more sustainable modes, such as public transport and non-motorized transport. To date, however, their efforts to design effective strategies have been thwarted by their limited capacity to collect and analyze data. The Sustainable Urban Transport Index (SUTI) was developed by ESCAP to address this gap. The SUTI is a tool that summarizes, tracks and compares the performance of cities in sustainable urban transport and related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SUTI is a composite index made up of ten indicators, each measuring different aspects of sustainable urban transport. In addition, the data which make up the SUTI can be collected by city officials at low cost and on a regular basis, thereby allowing them to continuously monitor their city's performance over time. The main aim of this report is to demonstrate how SUTI can be used by policymakers to monitor progress towards sustainable urban mobility, as well as to identify those policies which will move urban transport systems towards sustainability. It contains the results of SUTI assessments conducted in 24 cities of the Asia and Pacific region between 2017 and 2021

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Book SynopsisThis book offers essential insights into potential catastrophic events that might befall upon the emerging urban landscape in South Asia, and which are due to hazards, risks and vulnerabilities inherent in the region’s geophysical location, as well as due to climate change and unplanned urbanization. It highlights major physio-graphic, demographic, geological and geophysical indicators that are responsible for changing the pattern and trend of urbanization in South Asia – a crucial issue in view of emerging threats of climate change, and changes in the demographic profile. The book addresses the disaster management scenario in South Asia, manifestations of climate change in the region and various urban setups under climate-change-induced risks. Further, it elaborates on the challenges of urbanization-based neo-risks and vulnerabilities, which manifest in the form of slum area growth, piling and littering of waste and filth, new health risks, groundwater contamination, air pollution, highly energy-dependent lifestyles, poverty, socio-economic tensions, etc. It also critically examines the institutional mechanisms for disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation (CCA) and urban governance, and suggests appropriate changes in the governing structure to mitigate these risks. The book draws the attention of urban planners and policymakers to current shortcomings in the administrative and financial structures of local urban bodies. While outlining climate-associated risks and adaptation strategies in South Asia, it also suggests measures for integrating climate change and urban adaption with state's planning processes, and puts forward a risk alleviation platform to bring the risk managers working in different fields together, so that they make concerted efforts to achieve sustainable development. It offers valuable takeaways for researchers, urban planners, those working in industry, consultants, and policymakers.Table of ContentsChapter-01: Introduction.- Chapter -02: South Asia Region & its Urban Agglomerates -Changing Risk Characterization.- Chapter -03: Disaster Management Scenario of South Asia.- Chapter -04: Manifestations and Impacts of Climate Change in SAR.- Chapter -05 : Urban Setups in South Asia Region (SAR) under Climate Change induced Risk.- Chapter -06 : Challenges of Urbanisation led neo risks and vulnerabilities.- Chapter -07: Institutional Structure for DRR, CCA and Urban Governance.- Chapter -08: Conclusions and Future Perspective – A Road Map.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the public acceptability of congestion pricing in the Chinese context. Successful in western cities, notably London, congestion pricing has overcome vested interests to revitalize city centers and reduce pollution. Given the radically different nature of China's culture and political system, the author articulates why public acceptability should be an issue and how it will look in an authoritarian context. Based on stakeholder interviews, focus groups and an attitudinal survey, this book will interest policymakers, planners, and scholars of transport governance.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Observations from the Literature.- Chapter 3: Research Design and Methodology.- Chapter 4: Acceptability in the Chinese Context: Exploratory Interviews.- Chapter 5: The Complex Nature of Public Acceptability of Congestion Charging: What Should Be Considered in the Chinese Context?.- Chapter 6: Results of the Quantitative Analysis.- Chapter 7: Discussion: Authoritarian Public Accessibility.- Chapter 8: Conclusion and Recommendations.

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Book SynopsisThis book is novel in that it reveals significant issues of economics, management and business fields currently observed in network industries such as public utilities and transportation, and provides empirical evidence of their mechanisms and policy implications from various perspectives. This is a holistic collection of literature on public utilities economics and management, since the industries discussed include a wide range such as electricity, water supply, sewerage, transport, and postal service, which compound social infrastructure as public benefit service, and the issues examined contain not only economics topics such as cost, efficiency, and productivity, but also management topics such as governance, strategy and organizational restructuring. The book also investigates general private companies to derive future implications for policy and governance of public utilities, and covers multiple countries such as Japan, the US, and Vietnam. It demonstrates various empirical approaches and methodologies for public utility analysis through 17 chapters by experts in each field, which contributes to further cultivation of empirical studies in public utilities.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- An Analysis of the Effect of Demand Response on Electricity Consumption: Assessing Households’ Heterogeneous Reaction to Dynamic Pricing.- Estimation of Tap Water Demand in Japan: A Panel Data Analysis.- Economies of Scale and Consolidation Effects in the Japanese Sewerage Industry.- Productivity Measurement and Decomposition of Total Factor Productivity in Japan’s Postal and Parcel Delivery Industry.- Preferential Slot Allocation for LCCs at a Congested Airport, and Airfare: The Case of Haneda Airport in Tokyo.- The Impact of Airport Concession on Technical Efficiency: Evidence from Major Airports in Japan.- Travel-Based Multitasking in Japan between 2001 and 2016: Descriptive Analysis.- Understanding the Relationship between Daily Travel and Long-term Subjective Well-being.- The Relationship between Bicycle Accidents and Urban Structure in Cities in Japan.- Brand Strategy in Airline Mergers: Simulation Examples with Delta and North-west.- The Impact of Cooperation on the Multimarket Contact Effect in the U.S. Airline Industry.- The Japanese Sewerage Industry: Institutional Aspects and the Governance Systems.- Evaluating the Institutional Reforms and Private Participation in Japanese Container Ports - Evidence from Multi-Stage DEA Analysis.- Industrial Structure Change and Corporate Strategy: The Case of the Japanese Apparel Industry.- Effects of Sustainable Development Goals Engagement on Profit in Public Utilities: Comparison with General Private Companies.- The Relationship among Corporate Social Responsibility, Network Cooperation, Green Innovation, Environmental Performance and Firm Performance: Evidences in Viet Nam

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Book SynopsisThis book follows the citizenship-based approach and interrogates the policies on urban village redevelopment from a perspective of social exclusion and inclusion. It focuses on two questions: how policy makers and urban villagers understand social inclusion differently, and what makes a difference in enhancing social inclusion. Firstly, an examination of citizenship conceptions, as reflected in the Chinese traditional discourses, provides the basis for questioning the political rhetoric of social inclusion in China. Secondly, a comparison between policy makers’ and villages’ interpretations on urban citizenship helps explore the different understandings of citizenship between them. Finally, by studying six redeveloped urban villages in the city of Xi’an, the book identifies what villagers strive for, and discusses how their strivings make a difference in achieving social inclusion during urban village redevelopment. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Urban Village Redevelopment: The Paradox of Social Inclusion1.1 Introduction1.2 Urban Village and its Development in Xi’an1.2.1 Making sense of the urban village in China1.2.2 Taking Xi’an as the case study city1.3 Urban Village Redevelopment: From Exclusion to Inclusion1.3.1 Urban village and inclusion1.3.2 Citizenship: an alternative approach beyond economic dimension1.4 The Paradox of Social Inclusion: Some Clarifications1.5 Research Methods1.5.1 Selection of study cases1.5.2 Interviewing1.5.3 Questionnaires1.6 Plan of the BookThis chapter explains why the urban village redevelopment in Xi’an is worthyof study and justified the use of citizenship as the key concept to study socialexclusion and inclusion.Chapter 2 From Social Exclusion to Social Inclusion: Where doesCitizenship Fit in?2.1 Introduction: A Short History of Concept Evolvement2.2 The Meanings of Social Exclusion2.2.1 Definitions: who, what, and how2.2.2 Social exclusion in China2.3 The Meanings of Citizenship2.3.1 Citizenship as a Western conception2.3.2 Theorising Chinese citizenship2.4 From Exclusion to Inclusion2.4.1 The importance of citizenship2.4.2 The importance of “sense of inclusion”2.5 Conclusion: The Theoretical FrameworkThis Chapter discusses how the concepts of social exclusion/inclusion andcitizenship can be adapted in China, and where citizenship fits in thediscourse of inclusion. Social exclusion in China is more than a matter ofeconomic disadvantages but is also an expression of incomplete citizenshipand rights deprivation. The interpretation of Chinese citizenship can beexplored in four aspects: first, citizenship as membership is closely related tothe household registration system in China; second, citizenship as rights andobligations in China incorporates a strong sense of Confucianism; third,citizenship as identity closely links to an individual’s sense of inclusion;fourthly, citizenship as the process of right extension is an emerging focus.The four aspects also provide the analytical framework for the followingchapters.Chapter 3. Government’s Understanding of Social Inclusion3.1 Introduction3.2 From Buildings to People: What is Inclusion?3.3 Citizenship as Membership: Gongmin, Renmin, Jumin, or Shimin?3.4 Citizenship as Rights, or as Compensation?3.5 Citizenship as the Process of Struggle for Rights, or as Benevolence?3.6 ConclusionThis chapter explores how the notion of social inclusion is understood by theXi’an government and its implication on citizenship as membership, as rights,and as the process of struggle for rights. Influenced by the Chinese traditionalphilosophies, the local government’s interpretation on inclusion mainly focuson “urban membership” with associated social benefits, and villagers areconsidered as passive actors who receive benefits out of governors’benevolence. This interpretation implies a trade-off, by which villagers aremade to compromise on property rights in exchange for social rights.Chapter 4. Villagers’ Understanding of Social Inclusion4.1 Introduction4.2 Being Urban Citizen: A Socioeconomic Comparison4.2.1 Financial status of urban villagers4.2.2 Living environments and housing facilities4.2.3 Urban standards? “Look at what we had before redevelopments”4.3 Citizenship as Identity: Urbanite, Farmer, Somewhere in between4.4 Being Urban Citizen: What the Villagers Strive for?4.5 ConclusionThis chapter explores how the notion of inclusion is understood by thevillagers in terms of citizenship as identity and as the process of struggle forrights. In response to the government’s trade-off policy, villagers do not take achange to “urban membership” with associated social benefits as a process ofinclusion. What villagers strive for is not only a fair compensation for asecured livelihood, but also the rights to have a say, and to not beingdisplaced from urban life in renewed centrality.Chapter 5. Making a Difference: Inclusion through Active Participation5.1 Introduction5.2 Village Self-governance: A Foundation for Urban Villagers’ Participation5.2.1 Village autonomy: a rural way of citizen participation5.2.2 Villagers’ participation in the process of urban village redevelopment5.3 Villagers’ Strategies: How Optimised Solutions Achieved?5.3.1 W’s experiences: reciprocal communication5.3.2 X’s experiences: trust and mistrust5.3.3 R’s experiences: the representativeness of village representatives5.4 Some Reflections from Villagers’ Differing Strategies5.4.1 Best practices of villagers’ differing participations5.4.2 Regarding village committees and independent third parties5.4.3 Regarding the mode of governance and the elite few5.5 ConclusionThis chapter continues the discussions on the connection between villagers’interpretation on inclusion and the citizenship in terms of right extension,and explores that how villagers’ participation plays an important role inshaping the course of urban village redevelopment. It demonstrates thatvillagers can act as an active agent in the process of inclusion. It concludesthat optimised solutions can be achieved based on three conditions: afoundation of neighbourhoods’ self-governance, local governments’ neutralstanding-point, and a reciprocal channel of communication and mutual trustamong different stakeholders.Chapter 6. Conclusions: Social Inclusion, Citizenship and Beyond6.1 A Revision of the Key Findings6.1.1 Government’s understanding on social inclusion6.1.2 Villagers’ understanding on social inclusion6.1.3 Villagers’ efforts in creating social inclusion6.2 Theoretical Implications6.2.1 Chinese citizenship6.2.2 Social Inclusion6.3 Reflections on Redevelopment Policies and Urban FutureThis chapter discusses a wider theoretical and practical implications oncitizenship and future urban development in China.

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