What makes a great city?
Please visit my web page "Urban Tenets" at https://urbantenets.nl/
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Please visit my web page "Urban Tenets" at https://urbantenets.nl/
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Luck, inheritance, coincidence, distinct leadership,
resourcefulness, and experimentation
LUCK
· Geographic
positioning – less susceptible to seasonal and weather extremities, and diurnal
variations
· Environmentally
guarded geography – less vulnerability to climate change catastrophe
· Regional
positioning (sea coast, river bank, hills, valley) - economic and ecological
potential
· Natural
resources (minerals, ecological assets)
COINCIDENCE
· On a trade
route – economic edge
· Twin city or
polycentric regional setting – symbiotic advantage
INHERITANCE
· Heritage –
something to nurture and to build on
· Legacy
institutions (industries/ businesses/ hub of public and private institutions)
DISTINCTIVE LEADERSHIP
· Transformative
vision (planned spatial growth and development blueprint, policy formulation,
sectoral roadmap, city branding)
· Creating
economic and knowledge ecosystems (anchor industries and MSME, commerce,
startups, universities)
· Tackling
socio-economic challenges (poverty, inequality, crime)
· Controlling
demographic indicators (education, gender ratio, vocation, etc)
· Mitigating
environmental impact
· Preparing for
climate resilience
RESOURCEFULNESS
· Finding means
of revenue generation
· Attracting
investments
· Assuring
funding
· Attracting
human capital
· Attracting
footfall
· Creating a
network of global and regional partnerships and a support system
EXPERIMENTATION
· Living labs
· Districts of
experimentation
The above factors and possibly a few others, dictate the
present and future of metropolitans, cities, towns, and “would-be cities”;
these are interdependent factors. While luck, inheritance, and coincidence have
their own place, and sometimes cities have no choice; going beyond,
theoretically and technically any city can be a great city if it decides to be
one, if it focuses on leveraging what is coincidental, building on what has
been inherited, finding right leadership, being resourceful and experimentative!
Author: Anoop Jha
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[Recent update
Starting 2024, launching urban management, interior design, home decor and commissioned artwork services in the Netherlands, serving local as well as international remote clients.
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