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Cities of the future global competition, local leadership*

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Cities of the future

Cities of the future - global competition, local leadership

Contents

Part 1 Cities of the future

Executive summary 1

Chapter 1 The vision for cities 7

Chapter 2 The way to the future in cities 13

Chapter 3 Managing capitals 27

Chapter 4 Capitals, the key issues 37

4.1 Intellectual and social capital 38 4.2 Democratic capital 45 4.3 Cultural and leisure capital 52 4.4 Environmental capital 57 4.5 Technical capital 62 4.6 Financial capital 69

Chapter 5 Summary and conclusions 77

Part 2 Cities in focus

List of participating cities 85

Interview summaries 86

Appendix 1 Lead authors 174

Appendix 2 Bibliography 175

Cities of the future - global competition, local leadership

Cities of the future

Cities of the future - global competition, local leadership

Part 1

Cities of the future

"We need new perspectives on cities, their dreams, knowledge, creativity and motivation in order to find new ways to develop strategic city management. Therefore PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) will develop a new arena for dialogue with leaders in cities as a tool for strategic development and knowledge sharing, resulting in added value for people in cities, organisations or companies."

Executive summary 1

Executive summary

Many of the challenges and opportunities that are coming to define the early part of the 21st century are at their most visible in the cities in which a growing proportion of the world's population now lives.

In response to the importance of cities in the global economy, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) established a City and Local Government Network in 2004. The Network aims to bring together city leaders so that they can share the experience, knowledge and insights that they have gained and to develop their ideas and strategies for the future.

The City...