How cities are governed around the world

...to create arrangements that reflect local capacity and conditions. Fifth, senior governments play a critical role in enabling the success of cities. As in the UK, countries ranging from Brazil...
...to create arrangements that reflect local capacity and conditions. Fifth, senior governments play a critical role in enabling the success of cities. As in the UK, countries ranging from Brazil...
...will be around and spoke to the leaders of the future: the youth of today. The Good Childhood Report of 2013 shows that out of 10 different categories, young people...
...enlightenment, democracy, freedom and inscribed with transformative power for individuals, communities and society. However these positive aspects have also been contrasted by portrayals as hellish places full of fear, despair...
...that Manchester didn’t miraculously re-emerge from the post-industrial doldrums by sheer fortune. Everything about the city-region as it is today; its ambience, its infrastructure, the distinct juxtaposition of original and...
...with uncertainties and unknowns? Read the full report The Future of Cities project welcomes contributions so please feel free to share your thoughts and opinions. Featured image by keith ellwood...
...businesses are largely free of, and their institutional geography does not always fit their rational ‘market’. Certainly, it is clear that in the new global era, cities and businesses have...
...his most recent book 'Good cities, better lives', resonate well with some of the emerging themes in the Future of Cities project: free the cities goad city leaders to grow...
...antithesis of visionaries. If you ask me who I worry about beating us, I give very little thought to the traditional power companies. It’s going to be a 'free for...
...personal growth and development, social activities, learning, collective play and gaming (figure 1). They help us adjust and align our perception of reality in real-time and for free. All we...
...the countryside over living in densely packed urban spaces. Nevertheless, being fundamentally social creatures who enjoy the day-to-day interactions made possible by urban dwelling, in time people return and cities...